"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 ...

Flying under the radar in the fiercely competitive world of streaming TV, MGM+'s Godfather of Harlemis looking to get renewed for a fifth season soon. The historical crime drama fictionalizes the life ...

With season 4 of “Godfather of Harlem” currently filming, we at The Root thought it would be the perfect time to dig into Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, the titular subject of the show. Played by Academy ...

Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the show Godfather of Harlem.Godfather of Harlem is a must-see gangster series starring Forest Whitaker as crime boss Ellsworth 'Bumpy' ...

A Black teenager gets shot dead by a policeman, opioids wreak havoc and the U.S. government flounders in the face of a divided nation. The year is 1964. The show is “Godfather of Harlem.” And the ...