Harlem's Paradise

Harlem's Paradise is a nightclub founded by Buggy Stokes and Quincy McIver. It became the base of the criminal activities of the Stokes Crime Family and a front to launder its dirty money. After Buggy's death, the club was inherited by Mama Mabel, who passed it on to Cornell Stokes. After his murder at the hands of his cousin Mariah Dillard, she took over the club before bequeathing it to Luke Cage upon her death.
==History==
===Prohibition Era===
The building that would become Harlem's Paradise once belonged to notorious criminal . Because of the Prohibition Luciano ordered that the building contain several nooks and crannies, and storage space under building.Luke Cage: 1.11: Now You're Mine In the late 1960s, the building was bought by Samuel "Buggy" Stokes and his friend Quincy McIver. They built their own night club, Harlem's Paradise and McIver designed the general interior of the club. Stokes and McIver families founded their new successful business based on club and rum named Bushmaster.Luke Cage: 2.04: I Get Physical
Eventually, through the work of the Stokes Crime Family, they began being challenged by the Italian criminals, Irish cops and local politicians, who had all become considerably more interested in the building and tried to take it tor themselves. McIver did not want to sell the club because it meant too much to him but Stokes was not so resistant. A deal was made where he would kill his friend and the club would remain under his control. Stokes killed McIver, but McIver managed to get a retaliatory gut shot off on Stokes first. It took Buggy Stokes five months to die.Luke Cage: 2.07: On and On
Quincy's wife Gwen tried to claim her rights to the club and confronted Mama Mabel and Pistol Pete. However, the Stokes proceeded to travel to Jamaica with Benjamin Donovan to challenge their claim, only for McIver to prove a deal had been made by the deceased, resulting in Mama Mabel murdering McIver in order to keep Harlem's Paradise.Luke Cage: 2.11: The Creator Mabel and Pete ran Harlem's Paradise for several years and made it the center of their criminal activities. The club was in decline before their death, at which point Cottonmouth then took over the club's management.Luke Cage: 1.01: Moment of Truth
===Cottonmouth's Management===
In the wake of the death of Mama Mabel, her grandson Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes took control of Harlem's Paradise whilst also building himself a new career as a criminal who more or less ran all of Harlem's criminal activities. During this time, Stokes oversaw the operations of Harlem's Paradise, ensuring that they kept the best quality of service and the best music acts they could find.
In 2015, Cottonmouth had organized a weapons deal between the Stokes Crime Family and the Colon Crime Family. Cottonmouth invited Domingo Colon to the club whilst Raphael Saadiq was performing, to discuss the deal with Stokes.
===Diamondback's Management===
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===Mariah Dillard's Management===
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===Bushmaster's Management===
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===Return to Mariah Dillard===
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===Luke Cage's Management===
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==Employees==
Name 	Position 	Status
Samuel Stokes 	Former Owner	Deceased
Quincy McIver 	Former Owner	Deceased
Mabel Stokes 	Former Owner	Deceased
Cornell Stokes	Former Owner	Deceased
Mariah Dillard	Former Owner	Deceased
John McIver 	Former Owner	Alive
Luke Cage 	Owner 	Alive
Nate 	Manager 	Alive
Dante Chapman 	Bartender 	Deceased
Candace Miller	Waitress 	Deceased
==Musical Performers==
*Raphael Saadiq
*Faith Evans
*Charles Bradley
*Jidenna
*The Delfonics
**Garfield Fleming
**John G. Johnson
**William Hart
*Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
*Joi
*Gary Clark Jr.
*Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
*Stephen Marley
*Jadakiss
*KRS-One
*Rakim
*Adrian Younge
*Ali Shaheed Muhammad
==Appearances==
Appearances for Harlem's Paradise
In chronological order:
*Luke Cage
**Season One
***Moment of Truth
***Code of the Streets
***Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
***Just to Get a Rep
***Suckas Need Bodyguards
***Manifest
***Blowin' Up the Spot
***DWYCK
***Take It Personal
***Now You're Mine
***Soliloquy of Chaos
***You Know My Steez
*Iron Fist
**Season One
***Dragon Plays with Fire (mentioned)
*Luke Cage
**Season Two
***Soul Brother #1
***Straighten It Out
***I Get Physical
***All Souled Out
***The Basement
***On and On
***For Pete's Sake
***The Main Ingredient
***The Creator
***Can't Front on Me
***They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
==Trivia==
*Although the address is 199 Malcolm X Boulevard, there are ads placed around the city stating the address to be 224 W 133 Street.
==Behind the Scenes==
*The Music Hall of was used for the exterior scenes of the Harlem's Paradise.
==References==
Category:Locations
Category:Establishments
Category:Luke Cage (TV series) Locations
Category:Stokes Crime Family Facilities
Category:Stylers Facilities