"OG Mr. Rick sits down for an intriguing interview with Freeway Ricky Ross. ""Freeway"" Rick Ross built a $900 million drug empire selling crack cocaine in 1980s Los Angeles. Despite starting as an illiterate high school dropout, he became a self-made multimillionaire. Ross played a major role in popularizing crack cocaine, which led to widespread addiction and turmoil in local communities. After receiving a life sentence, he was eventually released and reinvented himself. Although Ross wasn’t responsible for inventing the drug or smuggling it into the United States, he played a significant role in making it popular. Throughout most of the 1980s, he managed to promote his product as a notorious entrepreneur in Los Angeles and elsewhere. While his business flourished, people living in nearby communities faced poverty, addiction, violence, and widespread chaos."