Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ricky Donnell "Freeway Ricky" Ross (born January 26, 1960) [1] is an American author and former drug lord best known for the drug empire he established in Los Angeles, California, in the early to mid 1980s. [2] He was sentenced to life in prison, though the sentence was shortened on appeal and Ross was released in 2009. [3]
Rick Ross (born January 28, 1960), [23] a.k.a. "Freeway" Ricky Ross, is a convicted drug-trafficker best known for the drug empire he presided over in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. [24] The nickname "Freeway" came from Ross growing up next to the 110 Harbor Freeway. [25]
Freeway Rick Ross debuted at the Eso Won Bookstore in Los Angeles at a book launch on June 17, 2014 to a standing-room only crowd. [7]KCET TV wrote in its review, "(The book) is fascinating for its unsentimental, inside look at his career on the streets of South Central, which started for Ross with car theft and quickly shifted to drugs and the big time."
Street credibility is a valuable asset, and Ricky Ross may be the first former drug trafficker to attempt to use the U.S. court system to assign it a price tag. Whether or not a name can be ...
Six men a part of a "drug empire" hid millions of dollars worth of meth and cocaine inside Bluetooth karaoke speakers and smuggled the narcotic-filled devices from California to Pennsylvania ...
To support these claims, the series focused on three men: Ricky Ross, Oscar Danilo Blandón, and Norwin Meneses. According to the series, Ross was a major drug dealer in Los Angeles, and Blandón and Meneses were Nicaraguans who smuggled drugs into the U.S. and supplied dealers like Ross. Ross was described as "a disillusioned 19-year-old ...
An Atlanta man described by federal authorities as a drug lord who moved more than 4,000 pounds of cocaine into Georgia was sentenced to two life terms in prison Monday in U.S. District Court in ...
Freeway" Ricky Ross, a reformed drug kingpin, sought $10 million in damages in his lawsuit. [83] Also, Freeway Ricky Ross threatened to block the release of Ross's album, Teflon Don. [citation needed] A week after the lawsuit was filed, Rick Ross responded to the charges: "It's like owning a restaurant, you're gonna have a few slip and falls.