Drug Kingpin Frank "Black Caesar" Matthews (Episode 142)

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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A notorious gangster and drug dealer named Frank Lucas was played by Denzel Washington in the 2007 movie, American Gangster. He made MILLIONS of dollars selling heroin in Harlem during the late 60s and 70s. But someone ELSE was selling drugs around the same time and got his start in New York as well.. But his organization was ASTRONOMICALLY bigger and more profitable. So JOIN US today as we discuss Frank Matthews.. Also known as Black Caesar.

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1:18.0	Without further ado sister are you ready let's get into it. Let's get started. A notorious gangster and drug dealer named Frank Lucas was played by Denzel Washington in the 2007 movie American Gangster.
1:31.0	He made millions of dollars selling heroin in Harlem during the late 60s and 70s, but someone else was selling drugs around the same time and got his start in New York as well.
1:43.8	But his organization was astronomically bigger
1:47.5	and more profitable.
1:49.2	So join us as we discuss Frank Matthews, also known as Black Caesar.
1:55.4	What?
1:57.4	Yeah, girl.
1:58.6	He was bigger than Frank Lucas,
2:01.4	well at least his organization was.
2:04.2	Girl.
2:05.2	Everything that he did on the level that he did it on was bigger than
2:09.1	Frank Lucas. There was no real comparison.
2:11.9	What?
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