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
Harlem's American Gangster No More" was released as a single but didn't reach any major "Billboard" charts. Jim Jones explained to MTV why he chose to do the album,"The title of this mixtape is a bit controversial," Jim recently told Mixtape Monday about his response to Jay-Z's American Gangster. "[Roc-A-Fella co-founder] Dame [Dash] feels the same way I do about American gangsters: If you snitch, you're not an American gangster. Understand me. That's what we're doing it for." Dame actually crops up on the mixtape — he surfaces in the intro and in a series of skits — while Byrd Gang flagship member