*Netflix announced in a Tweet on Tuesday that Will Smith will play crime boss Nicky Barnes in an upcoming film that the actor will also produce. “Will Smith is set to produce and star as Nicky Barnes ...

American Gangster is the story of Frank Lucas and Leroy "Nicky" Barnes - their rise from street punks to the top of New York's 1970's high-flying drug market. The two men were considered the drug ...

Suddenly it's raining African American drug lords. Marc Levin's documentary "Mr. Untouchable" beats Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" into the theaters by only a few weeks and probably means to ...