Buggy Stokes

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Buggy Stokes
Real Name	Samuel Stokes
Alias(es)	Buggy Stokes
Species	Human
Citizenship	American
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Stokes Crime Family
Status	Deceased
Appearances
TV Series	Luke Cage (mentioned)

"My husband, his brother, and me built this here Harlem game brick by brick. Numbers, pussy, guns."

―Mama Mabel^[src]

Samuel Stokes, also known as Buggy Stokes, was the husband of Mabel Stokes and the grandfather of Cornell Stokes and Mariah Dillard.

Biography

"Two dishwashers. One Jamaican, the other American. Like brothers... they built their empire together. Bushmaster's Rum, Harlem's Paradise. Until the Italian gangsters and the Irish cops and the politicians them come for their company. But mi fada nah wan' sell. He's Jamaican. We resist. But Buggy Stokes, him cave in when they told him that he could keep the bar, and make a likkle profit off the rum if he got rid of mi fada. So he kill mi fada. But not before mi fada shot him back in him belly. It took Buggy Stokes five month to die."

―John McIver to Mariah Dillard and Tilda Johnson^[src]

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Being dishwasher in New York City, Buggy Stokes made friends with Quincy McIver. Together, they bought nightclub at Harlem, named Harlem's Paradise. They built their empire based at club and rum Bushamster. Buggy Stokes married Mabel Stokes, a woman who used to date his brother Peter, and together with McIver they ran a business. Their success drew attention of Italian gangsters, Irish policemen and the local politicians who came for their company. McIver refused to gave it. However, they made a deal with Stokes: he keep the bar, and make a profit off the rum if he kill McIver.

Stokes agreed and killed his friend. But Quincy managed to shot him in his belly. Buggy died within five months. On his deathbed, Buggy asked Peter to protect Mabel and the family, to which he agreed, even though he secretly wanted to assume control of Harlem's Paradise.

Relationships

Family

• Stokes Crime Family
  • "Mama" Mabel Stokes † - Wife
  • Peter "Pistol Pete" Stokes † - Brother
  • Mariah Stokes † - Granddaughter
  • Cornell Stokes † - Grandson
• Jazmine Stokes - Daughter
• Tilda Dillard - Great-Granddaughter and Niece

Enemies

• Quincy McIver † - Friend turned Victim and Killer

Appearances

• Luke Cage
  • Season Two
    • The Creator (mentioned in flashback)
  • Season One
    • Manifest (mentioned)
  • Season Two
    • I Get Physical (mentioned)
    • All Souled Out (mentioned)
    • On and On (mentioned)
    • If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right (photograph)
    • The Main Ingredient (mentioned)
    • They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (mentioned)

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