BMF Drug Lord Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory Released From Prison

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Former cause lord Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, whose cocaine empire inspired the Starz play BMF, was released from situation Oct. 15, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told E! News.

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Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory is retired of national prison.

The erstwhile cause lord—who gained notoriety arsenic the co-founder of the Black Mafia Family transgression enterprise—was released from FCI Coleman Low successful Florida Oct. 15, Federal Bureau of Prisons serviceman Scott Taylor said successful a connection to E! News.

Following Flenory’s release, the 56-year-old was transferred to assemblage confinement—which consists of either location confinement oregon a halfway house—the serviceman told E! News. His projected merchandise day is present January 27, 2026.

Flenory co-founded his cause dealing concern alongside his younger brother, Terry Lee "Southwest Tee" Flenory, successful Detroit successful the 1980s, according to Newsweek. Per the outlet, the concern yet grew into a nationalist enterprise, distributing implicit $270 cardinal worthy of cocaine passim the U.S. earlier the brothers’ apprehension successful 2005. They some pleaded blameworthy to moving a continuing transgression endeavor 2 years later, and were sentenced to 30 years successful prison.

The brothers’ communicative is depicted successful Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s transgression play BMF, which has aired 3 seasons connected Starz. In the series, Big Meech is portrayed by his real-life son, Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory, Jr., who turned to his begetter and uncle for proposal connected the project.

“They decidedly person a large input due to the fact that the communicative is based connected truth,” Lil Meech told Revolt successful March, “and they privation their characters to beryllium portrayed successful the mode they were. You can’t beryllium 100 percent truthful due to the fact that radical volition get incriminated, but the communicative is 90 percent true.”

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While the histrion had nary anterior credits earlier landing the role, helium was pushed by the “In Da Club” rapper to enactment with acting coaches and be workshops successful bid to bring his father’s communicative to the tiny screen.

“A batch of times radical don’t person the quality to make a absorption that beardown but helium was capable to bash it afloat time,” helium told Metro UK successful 2021. “I gave him a comfy enactment situation and helium made the determination that helium wanted to beryllium a large histrion truthful helium took it seriously.”

Despite his guidance, Jackson credited the 24-year-old with earning the relation done his ain hard work.

“When helium came back, and we got him connected portion for the network, helium really got the job,” helium recalled. “He did it, not me.”

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