Pretty Boy Floyd involvement in the "Kansas City Massacre." Floyd later appeared as a character in the 2008 comic book "Pretty, Baby, Machine". Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934) nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the Midwest and West South Central States, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. Like several other prominent outlaws of that era, he was pursued and killed by a group led by Melvin Purvis. Historians have speculated as to which officers were at the event, local or the FBI: known accounts
American Gangster (film) film. It was speculated that the album's release in conjunction with the film would attract a young audience and help Universal Pictures generate profits to recover from the film's troubled development history. According to Jay-Z: "American Gangster" premiered in Harlem at the Apollo Theater on October 20, 2007. Over two weeks before the release of "American Gangster", a screener for the film leaked online. The film debuted in the United States and Canada on November 2, 2007 in 3,054 theaters. In its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, it grossed an estimated $43.6 million, averaging $14,264 per theater,