The first Black owner of the Apollo Theater in Harlem was a dashing ladies’ man, sports fan, bon vivant – and drug lord. Growing up in the rough and tumble Patterson projects of the South Bronx, Fisher became the youngest and most flamboyant member of “the council,” a consortium of top drug dealers in Harlem in the 1970s headed by Nicky Barnes. Both friends and foes paid tribute to Fisher’s sharp intelligence and organizational skills, which kept “the council” going long after Barnes’ own conviction and life sentence for trafficking in 1977.
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