Black Mafia Family Story Rights Sold For Television

[Elano]

After the success of Frank Lucas' story evolving to American Gangster , another urban drug saga may be coming to screens in upcoming years. The Black Mafia Family, a nationwide ring of high-volume cocaine distributors, better known as BMF, has been sold to DuBose Entertainment.
Announced today, the terms of the sale were not made public. However, a statement from the company declared that a TV series, similar to The Wire, was being scripted. The statement also alluded to a film script in development as well.

Per DuBose' report, "Brothers Demetrious 'Big Meech' Flenory and Terry Flenory were sentenced to 30 years in prison for operating a multi-state criminal enterprise involving cocaine distribution. 'Big Meech,' the leader of the notorious BMF, lived a lavish lifestyle that he generously shared with his members garnering him a level of notoriety and celebrity status usually reserved for hip hop royalty. Authorities estimate the operation began in Detroit during the 1990s and eventually expanded to Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, California and Texas."

Meech had been widely known in Hip Hop for his close association with Young Jeezy [click to read] as well as BMF Entertainment's own artist Bleu DaVinci [click to read].
"This is a complex crime story that weaves elements of humanity, a strong family bond, street-level survival and opulence with real consequences," says James DuBose. "The acquisition of the Black Mafia Family story reflects my mission to pursue contemporary and authentic stories."

DuBose also recently announced a partnership with Disturbing Tha Peace's Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon on their own venture Ebony Son Entertainment.

[LONDON!!]

i hope big meech is getting some royalties or some sort of payoff off this, true stories

[R-Tistic]

Damn...the only reason I don't want to see it is because it'll glamorize the good parts to where youngsters may still be influenced by it, even if they do show them going to jail. It should be hella interesting though

[LONDON!!]

theirs nuthin glamourous about doing 30 years wit no parole cuzzy, truss me on that

[R-Tistic]

theirs nuthin glamourous about doing 30 years wit no parole cuzzy, truss me on that

It definitely isn't...but that won't even be 2 minutes in the movie...we know they'll show thousands of clips at strip clubs, glamorous parties, and all else. Even with American Gangster, they spoke on how Lucas went to jail...but they showed more scenes about how much respect he got and how flossy he was.