TV has a new godfather. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This isn’t the first time Bumpy Johnson has been depicted, so why did you feel he deserved further exploration? FOREST WHITAKER: There’s some really ...

Forget the Bloods and the Crips, Harlem was run by real gangsters in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. It is hard to imagine the Ellsworth Raymond Johnson (Margaret and Willie’s boy) would grow from being a ...

Bumpy Johnson is back, and he’s ready to reclaim his territory in the Season 3 of “Godfather of Harlem.” In an exclusive clip and two exclusive photos, Johnson weighs his options as he sets his sights ...

Here at The Root, we have no patience. Season 3 of Godfather of Harlem ended in March 2023 and we’ve had been waiting for season 4 to be announced ever since. Now that it’s here, we can say the show ...

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 ...

The new EPIX series Godfather of Harlem is a gangster tale of how Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) rose to power in the ‘60s. It’s a dramatization of the true story with historical figures like Johnson ...

Mayme Hatcher Johnson, the widow of former Harlem underworld boss Bumpy Johnson, died on Friday (May 1). The outspoken Mayme Johnson, 94, died in her Philadelphia home of respiratory failure, ...

So what if the infamous gangster’s been dead for 51 years? Johnson remains captivating, as depicted in “The Godfather of Harlem” premiering Sept. 29 on Epix. Forest Whitaker plays the crime boss who ...

TV has a new godfather. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This isn’t the first time Bumpy Johnson has been depicted, so why did you feel he deserved further exploration? FOREST WHITAKER: There’s some really ...

Forest Whitaker stars as Bumpy Johnson (Image source: Epix Publicity photo for Godfather of Harlem) During times of oppression in the Black community, there have arisen both men and women who can best ...