Please join me on “The Dedan Tolbert Show” Monday April 12th as I interview former drug kingpin, “Freeway” Ricky Ross.
“Freeway” Ricky Ross, the drug king pin who was at the center of a CIA cocaine-dealing scandal, oversaw a Los Angeles based multi-state drug operation in the early 1980’s, which earned upwards of $2 million dollars per day at its height.
In 1996, he was sentenced to life in prison, after he attempted to purchase over 100 kilos of cocaine from an undercover federal agent.
Ross’ sentence was later reduced through appeals and after a series of explosive articles by the late Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Gary Webb.
Webb wrote a series titled “Dark Alliance” for the San Jose Mercury News, which exposed the C.I.A.’s role in importing cocaine into black communities to fund Sandinistas in El Salvador, as part of the Iran-Contra scandal.
Ross is currently working on a book and film and is seeking deals for both projects.
Ross will officially enter the music business, via a new record label with industry veteran Wendy Day.
In addition to those projects, Ross is filming a reality show that will track his release from his prison in Texarkana, Texas to a halfway house in California.
Along the way, Ross will talk with incarcerated youth in detention centers.
Ross’ colorful, yet tragic life has been the subject of numerous rappers’ rhymes throughout the years, from Brooklyn rapper Mos Def, to Los Angeles rapper The Game.
For more information visit Ross’ new site, www.FreewayEnterprsie.com.
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