#Rick ross big meech producer series#

The brothers started out on the streets of Detroit, dealing cocaine while in high school вЂ“ which is explored in this season. Played by his younger son Demetrius Flenory Jr, Demetrius вЂBig MeechвЂ™ Flenory built up and ran the Black Mafia Family drug empire alongside his brother Terry Flenory during the late вЂ™80s and up until their arrest in 2005. ET on Starz.Related: PowerвЂs 50 Cent teases Power Book IV: Force Tasha Smith (вЂњEmpire,вЂќ вЂњPower,вЂќ вЂњWhy Did I Get Married?вЂќ) directed some of the episodes.Д«lack Mafia Family premieres on Sept. Filmed in Atlanta and Detroit, Detroit native Randy Huggins (вЂњStar,вЂќ вЂњRebel,вЂќ вЂњPowerвЂќ) serves as executive producer alongside Curtis вЂњ50 CentвЂќ Jackson.

#Rick ross big meech producer series#

The series examines their upbringing, love, their belief in family loyalty, and the ups and downs of their relationship. Beyond the drug trade, the brothersвЂ™ influence on hip-hop and culture would cement them as icons across the globe. The BMF series is inspired by the true story of two brothers, Demetrius вЂњBig MeechвЂќ Flenory and Terry вЂњSouthwest TвЂќ Flenory, who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most notorious drug distribution networks in the country. вЂњHeвЂ™s a genius at what he does and he made sure everything was portrayed just as how my dad wanted it, so I know my family would be proud.вЂќ

вЂњItвЂ™s just funny because I was talking to Meech like two nights ago, and he was like вЂI only went three laces up, and the tongue was out,вЂ™ and I was like вЂWell, I tried to tell that to your son, and he was like вЂMan, this is whack, IвЂ™m not wearing my shoes like that.вЂ™вЂќ Huggins said.В вЂњWeвЂ™re there, but there is this creative freedom, and I think thatвЂ™s what exists throughout our whole project,вЂќ Huggins added.ДЇlenory Jr. Huggins also added that even as Big Meech gave his input, his sonвЂ™s own character came through.ДЄTLANTA, GEORGIA вЂ“ SEPTEMBER 23: Executive Producer, Randy Huggins attends STARZ Series вЂњBMFвЂќ World Premiere at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on Septemin Atlanta, Georgia. вЂњSo I had to allow creative freedom and flexibility there.вЂќ вЂњI also have to give the actors an opportunity to be themselves in these characters and Meech donвЂ™t wear his jeans the way his daddy wore his jeans, and he donвЂ™t tie his shoes the way his daddy tied his shoes,вЂќ Huggins said with a laugh. Huggins also said he had to allow the actors a certain amount of versatility in their roles. and Huggins added that Big Meech - who is advising on the show from federal prison - was even particular about the way he tied the shoes.В вЂњThis is the challenge I have in trying to bring this show to reality, because a lot of the fashion, they donвЂ™t even make no more,вЂќ Huggins said, adding that the seriesвЂ™ wardrobe designer Keia Bounds did an excellent job. вЂњAnd just the clothes, my dad was so strict about the clothes,вЂќ Flenory added.Д«oth Flenory Jr. To give you an example, the only music they listened to back then was techno, house music - no words.В My dad was like, вЂMake sure Randy knows that when weвЂ™re in the club, itвЂ™s no words and everybodyвЂ™s just dancing,вЂ™вЂќ he said. So he wanted to know that certain sh-t would show. attends STARZ Series вЂњBMFвЂќ World Premiere at Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on Septemin Atlanta, Georgia. 1, I gotta hear my daddyвЂ™s mouth.В HeвЂ™s gonna call me every day after set like вЂHey, whatвЂ™s going on, how did it go?вЂ™вЂќ he said.ДЄTLANTA, GEORGIA вЂ“ SEPTEMBER 23: Demetrius вЂњLil MeechвЂќ Flenory Jr.

said it was important to him to get even the smallest of details right.В вЂњI just wanted to make sure, вЂ™cause No. вЂњI was tied to it really emotionally, so every scene I put forth was my all,вЂќ he said.ДЇlenory Jr. said by the time they were in the thick of shooting the series, he had really grounded himself in the character. вЂњI really had to understand his emotions, understand what he was, where his head was at that point in time, and really attach myself emotionally and what IвЂ™ve been through in my early years to that so I could have real emotion and all my scenes would look natural and I could be comfortable on set,вЂќ he said. The biggest obstacle I feel like was really buckling down and really understanding what my dad came from,вЂќ Flenory Jr. In the series, Flenory plays his real-life father Demetrius вЂњBig MeechвЂќ Flenory Sr., one half of the brothers who founded the Black Mafia Family, one of the most influential African-American crime families in history. and executive producer Randy Huggins recently talked about the portrayal of characters in the new Starz series executive produced by Curtis вЂњ50 CentвЂќ Jackson. вЂњBlack Mafia FamilyвЂќ star Demetrius вЂњLil MeechвЂќ Flenory Jr.