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American Gangster: Kenneth"Supreme" McGriff Posted 12/08/2009 Kenneth"Supreme" McGriff was called a drug lord, but he saw himself as a businessman and hip hop players

American Gangster: Rayful Edmonds III Posted 12/08/2009 Rayful Edmonds III serves a double life prison sentence but continued as a drug kingpin

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	Mutulu Shakur Shakur spent the past 25 years in federal prison for helping plan and execute the $1.6 million robbery of a Brinks armored truck in New York in 1981. The heist left three people dead.
	Romper Room Gang This group of notorious homegrown bank robbers, from the troubled Bay Area suburb of Vallejo, robbed dozens of banks in that area in the mid-’90s.
	Willie Lloyd Loyd grew up in the Lawndale, on Chicago’s west side, a stronghold of the Vice Lords – the city’s oldest and largest active gang, along with the Gangster Disciples.

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Since its debut in 2006, BET's and Centric's groundbreaking documentary program American Gangster has earned a rare mix of critical praise and popular acclaim. Drawing the highest viewer ratings of any series debut on the network, American Gangster has garnered several citations for its overall quality and depth of purpose, culminating in its recent nomination for a 2007 NAACP Image Award. The stories in American Gangster are told from the street, utilizing first-person accounts from everyday citizens, community leaders, law enforcement officials, social historians, crime victims, and associates and intimates of the subjects themselves. These are gritty urban tales whose effects ripple far and wide, sometimes ascending to the highest levels of government. Part biography, part social history, American Gangster neither glamorizes nor air brushes the grim acts and consequences of criminal behavior, but provides a detailed veiw of the social and historic circumstances which surround it - a view rarely provided amid the oft-sensationalized treatment of crime related issues on television.