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His story defies all odds and proves that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. He would later betray Ross in a DEA drug sting, sending him to federal prison with a life sentence. But he didn’t know that his supplier and friend, Blandon, was using some of the profits to help fund the Contras in Nicaragua and was part of a network connected to the CIA.

Ross built a drug empire, and by1983 was sending five million vials of crack a month to streets across the country, taking in over a million dollars in cash a day. At a vocational school, an instructor set him up with a Nicaraguan drug connection. Once a promising tennis player, he lost his chance at a college scholarship after it became apparent he couldn’t read. In South Central LA, he is an urban legend – a black godfather figure whom most people have never seen, but know by reputation.

Check out the trailer above.The definitive story of the birth of the crack plague, told by the man at the epicenter of the CIA/Contra/cocaine connection: “Freeway” Ricky Ross. There is nothing about this film that should not compel you – abuse of power in our government, mass incarceration policies and militarization of police, the spread of gang violence and guns, and the loss of entire generations. The stories of Rick and his “Freeway Boys” inspired the lyrics of N.W.A., Above The Law, and Mix Master Spade, as well as the worlds portrayed in films and video games that dramatize the drug trade. Freeway Rick—not to be confused with the rapper, Rick Ross, who took his name and identity—built a drug empire that spread crack cocaine across the country, ruining millions of lives but profoundly influencing street culture in its wake. Most of all, this is the story of the one who once stood atop it all… Freeway Rick Ross.Īt the center of the story stands the reformed King of Crack, Freeway Rick Ross, once just a clever kid from South Central with dreams of becoming the next tennis great and his eyes fixed on the good life.

This is the truth: About the onset and onslaught of crack, the ‘drug war’ of the Reagan Era, and everyone involved in starting and perpetuating the crack epidemic (including those supposedly fighting it). The definitive story of the birth of the crack plague, told by the man at the epicenter of the CIA/Contra/cocaine connection: Freeway Ricky Ross. This trailer teases a provocative tale, but it’s no tale at all.