American Gangster: Trap Queens explores the rise and fall America's most notorious female criminals. With crimes ranging from million-dollar scams, to drug trafficking, to murder, these cautionary tales show the steep price paid for life in the game.
Perrion gets caught up in the Alabama drug game. Public shootouts, cartel dealings and murder indictments follow in the wake of her rise to Queenpin. She was the original Queen of the South.
A daddy's girl follows in her kingpin father's footsteps. Ties to the Black Mafia Family make Brandi a player, but a backstabbing friend causes her years of incarceration and pain. She was the dope gang princess until she claimed her crown as Queen.
Dwen led a double life where she would become a master identity thief, scamming millions from her victims while becoming the toast of Black Hollywood. She was flossing with celebs while fleecing trust funds.
A tragic childhood and a twist of fate launches Tiffani's 17-year career of stealing millions in merchandise from malls all around Michigan. Before her fall, she was boosting millions from the mall.
Shauntay gains a rep as a sharp-shooting coke-dealing Queenpin on the streets of Kansas City. After a deadly confrontation, she was so feared on the streets they made her America's Most Wanted.
Tonesa Welch found luxury and fame as a key part of the drug-dealing Black Mafia Family, but her son's involvement in the business helped her turn her life around.
Connections with star athletes brought Peggy Fulford millions as a superstar manager, but the alleged fraud she committed in the process eventually fell out from under her.
A dominant crack empire gave Jamaican immigrant Claudette Hubbard a fast track to the American dream, but the devastating toll it took on her family and community led to a rebirth.
Baltimore politician Catherine Pugh's dreams came true when she rose to the mayor's office, but her career collapsed when she took the fall for a scandal over a line of children's books.
Distracted from her musical dreams by the allure of the drug hustle, Priscilla Echi made a critical decision that transformed her into a powerful activist.