Frank Lucas
Aside from inspiring a top-notch performance from Denzel Washington in American Gangster, the real Frank Lucas served 15 years for various counts of narcotics trafficking. He allegedly ran the Harlem drug trade from Uptown to Thailand controlling the supply of “Blue Magic” and occasionally getting violent with those who threatened the money train. Lucas was brazen enough to try and buy another kilo in 1984, which earned him another seven-year, government-sponsored vacation.
