Who is Pat on the Starz BMF series in real life? Pat is played by actor Wood Harris and based on Edrick “E.D.” Boyd. The Gangster Report explains that “Black Pat” is based on Boyd and Harold “H-Town” “Halloween” Mills. While Boyd led the 50 Boyz, Mills was Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory’s first wholesale supplier.
Mills and Dexter “Sosa” Hussey own separate versions of the registered-trademark copyright and licensing for “BMF” and the term “Black Mafia Family.” While Hussey owns the term for film and television, Mills owns the term and phrase for merchandising.
Complex explains that Boyd mentored Meech and Terry in their early days as the 50 Boyz, giving them the wisdom they needed to evolve into the Black Mafia Family.
Meech came across Edrick “E.D.” Boyd, the Cocaine plug who was raised in New York and migrated to Detroit. E.D. took a liking to Meech because of his confidence and ego at 15 years old.
— Boss (@_ValTown_) October 24, 2021
Southwest T, E.D. and Meech. pic.twitter.com/dSuLkxANIb
In the video below, Boyd explains that he was born in Detroit and moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was 3-years-old. Boyd’s father was a professional box who died playing Russian roulette. He caught his first case when he was 10-years-old for spraying graffiti. He learned the drug game from a Puerto Rican in Brooklyn named Cesar.
Boyd was initially a lookout for Cesar and eventually learned everything he needed to know to become a successful drug dealer. Boyd’s mother eventually decided to leave New York and move back to Detroit.
Boyd graduated from Ecorse High School in 1981 and his mother sent him to Miami, Florida to become an air traffic controller. Boyd’s family owned a carwash on Joy Road and Quincy Street that his family used as a cover for illegal activity including dealing drugs and running numbers.
Boyd would run into drug dealers at the car wash and he eventually started selling drugs with a dealer named Bear. Boyd tried to convince Bear that they needed to start selling drugs in Southwest, Detroit and Ecorse but Bear wasn’t convinced so Boyd eventually started selling drugs with his own crew in Southwest, Detroit and Ecorse.
In the video below, Boyd explains that once Bear saw that he was selling drugs on his own, he sent a couple of guys to a hotel Boyd was at to convince Boyd to stop selling on his own. The guys Bear sent to convince Boyd knew him, and refused to do any harm to Boyd.
Boyd eventually established relationships with Raymond Peoples and Herbie but he never did any business with YBI leader, Butch Jones. YBI stands for Young Boys Incorporated, a major drug gang in Detroit, Michigan.
Boyd recently shared the following pic on Instagram:
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