Starz has canceled its series BMF after four seasons.
What is now their final season premiered in June and concluded with its tenth episode, “Dreams Deffered,” on August 15. While the series finale buttons up a lot of the drama for the Flenory brothers, there was a cliffhanger with Big Meech (Demetrius Flenory Jr) getting arrested by Detective Von Bryant (Steve Harris). However, the series is based on the real-life Black Mafia Family, with their founders, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (played by Da’Vinci), at the center of the crime drama, and can be researched for further details on how their stories continued. Flenory is played by his real-life son in BMF.
Back in March, we reported that a fifth season of the hit crime drama was still in contention. Sources close to production said at the time that Starz “is pleased with Season 4 creatively” and is “looking forward to sharing new action-packed episodes with fans.”
While the network touted the show’s ratings across its run, a point of contention was the declining relationship between executive producer Curtis “50” Jackson and the real-life Big Meech that stems back to 2001, when the latter was released from jail. At the time, Jackson accused Big Meech of having been a federal informant, an accusation Flenory adamately denied. The relationship further ruptured when he appeared in a promo alongside Rick Ross, Jackson’s longtime rival. Their beef about the above, among other issues, often played out to broad audiences across social media platforms.
We hear the feud was not the reason for the show’s cancellation. However, it did cause anxiety on the set of the third and fourth seasons as cast and crew wondered how long the show could continue, sources close to production revealed.
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