It is also believed that rapper Rick Ross got his stage name, and subject matter, from Freeway Ricky Ross. Ross was such a legend in his hood that he influenced the lyrics spit by practically everyone in the gangsta rap movement which came out of that era. The man who once had dreams of becoming the next Arthur Ashe was now looking up to Super Fly.
Tennis initially kept Ross off the streets, but his inability to read kept him out of college and back to the streets he worked so hard to stay away from. The film tells how Ricky Ross rose from a promising tennis star to becoming the biggest hustler in Los Angeles. Director Marc Levin did a great job in documenting the ups and downs in the life of Freeway Ricky Ross, the original “King of Crack,” the CIA’s involvement in trafficking drugs into the hoods of Los Angeles, police corruption, media cover-ups and scandals that involve Congress, the Contras and even the President of the United States. The film is currently being screened throughout the United States.įreeway: Crack In The System is a documentary detailing how crack cocaine was introduced to the inner cities and how it spread throughout the country in the early 1980s. Ace Buchanan reviews Freeway: Crack in the System, a Marc Levin project which looks at the story of the role of notorious former drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross, the CIA, law enforcement and more, during the crack era of the 1980s.
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