Godfather of Harlem is a scripted TV series, but it lives and breathes American history. The MGM+ show fictionalizes the life and times of Bumpy Johnson (played by film icon Forest Whitaker), who rose ...

Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson was born on October 31, 1905, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was given the nickname “Bumpy” due to an abnormal growth on his head. Johnson landed in Harlem to ...

A criminally underrated crime drama is now climbing the charts on streaming. Led by Academy Award winner and acting icon Forest Whitaker, the series Godfather of Harlem explores the life of the ...

Throughout the fourth season of Godfather of Harlem, Forest Whitaker’s Bumpy Johnson has been a man caught between two worlds: the Harlem he’s trying to build and the shadows he’s trying to leave ...