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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: The Untold Autobiography is a 2014 memoir by former drug kingpin Rick Ross, co-authored by American crime writer Cathy Scott, about the rise and fall of Ross, in the 1980s and '90s, to his 2009 release from prison. [1] The book was released by Freeway Studios in June 2014.
Infamous drug trafficker Ricky "Freeway Rick" Ross is suing rapper William "Rick Ross" Roberts, Universal's Def Jam music label, and former Def Jam President Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter for alleged ...
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... who, at the dawn of the 1980s, found himself adrift on the streets of South-Central Los Angles."
Rick Ross's single, Little Havana, released December 2, 2021, opens with an audio clip of Falcon. [12] In the clip, a character playing Falcon claims to have helped build Miami into the city it is today and expresses appreciation to Rick Ross for “keeping my name alive in your music”.
The FBI reported that Ross, whose organization was known as DTO, dealt with a cartel known as Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion. At one point, Ross sent $2.5 million to the drug dealers as a ...
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