Frank Lucas, the drug trafficker portrayed by Denzel Washington in American Gangster snitched on other drug dealers to have his 70-year sentence reduced.

Even so, the story of Frank Lucas, who died on Thursday night in Cedar Grove, N.J., at 88, is a larger-than-life tale of ambition, organization and ruthless brutality.

Rome Flynn discusses playing real-life drug lord Frank Lucas in the upcoming fourth season of the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem.

EXCLUSIVE: Rome Flynn is set to portray real-life drug lord Frank Lucas in the upcoming fourth season of the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem, in an origin story of sorts from an era that has ...

As the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues, many parts of his past are being revisited. That includes his father’s friendship with the late gangster, Frank Lucas. Melvin ...

"Being the daughter of Frank Lucas has been somewhat stressful throughout my life," she said, "I had to constantly disguise who I was." Like many children of incarcerated parents, Lucas grew up ...

Denzel Washington plays a renowned drug lord in Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. The biographical crime film is loosely based on the criminal activity of Frank Lucas, who smuggled heroin into ...

Frank J. Lucas Jr., age 81, of Maple Heights, and a former parishioner of St. Wenceslas, died Aug. 3, 2011. Mr. Lucas was the father of Dale, Frank III, ...

As the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues, many parts of his past are being revisited. That includes his father’s friendship with the late gangster, Frank Lucas. Melvin ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rome Flynn is set to portray real-life drug lord Frank Lucas in the upcoming fourth season of the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem, in an origin story of sorts from an era that has ...