"Here's a guy who was a chess player, a poet, a philanthropist, a murderer and a drug dealer," Forest Whitaker says of the real-life gangster, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson, he plays in "Godfather of ...

Mayme Hatcher Johnson, the widow of former Harlem underworld boss Bumpy Johnson, died on Friday (May 1). The outspoken Mayme Johnson, 94, died in her Philadelphia home of respiratory failure, ...

Harlem stood out like a glittering jewel when America was at war with itself. It became a Mecca for Black people who wanted to live, thrive, and love away from oppressive racism. Harlem was never ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --Godfather of Harlem will return for a fourth season on MGM+. The streaming service announced in a press release Wednesday that it renewed the crime drama for Season 4. Godfather of ...

Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson was born on October 31, 1905, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was given the nickname “Bumpy” due to an abnormal growth on his head. Johnson landed in Harlem to ...

Learn everything you need to know about the newest season of Forest Whitaker’s acclaimed series. The battle for Harlem is going to get more desperate and dangerous than ever before. “Godfather of ...

The Epix series stars Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as the infamous gangster and crime boss Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson. It’s official: Bumpy Johnson will return to the streets of Harlem once ...

“Bumpy Johnson is gonna be dead by the end of the day.” Can we get that in writing, please? Epix has released the first teaser for Season 2 of its period crime drama Godfather of Harlem and set its ...

More details have surfaced about the new movie rapper 50 Cent is shooting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 50 Cent is in the state shooting scenes for the upcoming flick Caught in the Crossfire, which also ...