The story of South Bronx drug lord George (Boy George) Rivera will be made into a television show produced by hip-hop superstar-turned TV mogul 50 Cent and called Obsession in honor of Rivera’s signature brand of heroin sold in the 1980s. The news broke late last week on 50 Cent’s social media platform.
Besides being one of the best selling rap artists of the New Millennium, 50 Cent, a native of Queens and one-time dope man himself, produces and appears in the wildly popular show Power for Starz, which spins the tale of a New York drug kingpin nicknamed “Ghost” and is in its sixth season. His slate of future TV projects will be anchored by the Boy George project and a highly-anticipated show about Demetrius (Big Meech) Flenory and his Black Mafia Family (BMF) currently in pre-production with Power scribe Randy Huggins on board as the show runner. Flenory and his BMF crew controlled narcotics trafficking across two dozen states in the late 1990s and first half of the 2000s.
Boy George Rivera ran the heroin trade in the South Bronx and parts of Manhattan in the late 1980s. Called the Puerto Rican James Bond of the underworld for his suave demeanor, dapper fashion style and penchant for always having the latest gadgets on hand to show off, Rivera actually incorporated his drug business and structured it with employee profit sharing, bonus incentives and health care benefits. On Christmas Eve 1988, he held a black-tie holiday party for his organization on a private yacht where rapper Big Daddy Kane performed. Rivera was busted in 1989.
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