Exclusive: Executive Music Producer Swizz Beatz talks MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem Season 3
Now playing on MGM+, formerly EPIX, is the third season of its critically acclaimed series, Godfather of Harlem.
Executive produced by Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith, and Joe Chappelle, the cast includes Forest Whitaker, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Jason Alan Carvell, Michael Raymond-James, and Yul Vasquez.
Godfather of Harlem tells a story inspired by infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) who in the early 1960s returned from 11 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles.
Season Three will find Bumpy Johnson continuing to battle for control of Harlem, with other aspirants to the throne, namely the Cuban Mafia from neighboring Spanish Harlem. Taking on the Cuban mob will put Bumpy, his loved ones, and his community in the crosshairs of not only the rival Italians, but ruthless Latin assassins and, ultimately, the CIA. Godfather of Harlem is a collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement during one of the most tumultuous times in American history
Blackfilmandtv.com correspondent Sidnee Michelle spoke with Executive Music Producer Swizz Beatz regarding his work for Season 3.