https://www.spreaker.com/show/freeway-ricky-ross-the-real-rick-rossenNewsCopyright Richard Kooncehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8a68918f4a8c145bc621ba0efb93f161.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/freeway-ricky-ross-the-real-rick-rossMon, 19 Jun 2017 17:14:01 +0000Richard KoonceRichard Kooncefeeds@spreaker.comThis is a sample of the Freeway Ricky Ross interview by Zeke Johnson for his podcast, The Attik. For the entire podcast, visit The Attik on SoundCloud.com. The interview was given after The Father's Day event sponsored by El Da'Sheon Nix and Stephen...cleanepisodicRichard Kooncefeeds@spreaker.comThis is a sample of the Freeway Ricky Ross interview by Zeke Johnson for his podcast, The Attik. For the entire podcast, visit The Attik on SoundCloud.com. The interview was given after The Father's Day event sponsored by El Da'Sheon Nix and Stephen Moore on Saturday, June 17.Nohttps://www.spreaker.com/user/rkoonce/the-real-rick-ross-interviewhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/12157797Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:16:25 +0000Richard KoonceFreeway Rick Ross (the real Rick Ross), whose family was abandoned by his father when he was only 4 months old, was in Sandusky recently to speak at an event highlighting the importance of fathers and father figures. The event was sponsored by El Da'...901cleanfullRichard KoonceFreeway Rick Ross (the real Rick Ross), whose family was abandoned by his father when he was only 4 months old, was in Sandusky recently to speak at an event highlighting the importance of fathers and father figures. The event was sponsored by El Da' Sheon Nix and Stephen Moore. Although Freeway Rick was illiterate and chose to deal drugs in Los Angeles at the age of 19 and gained notoriety for heading an empire during the crack epidemic that netted more than $1 million a day, he eventually served 20 years in prison and earned his freedom by learning to read, study, and think critically while incarcerated. Ross was at the center of a national controversy that questioned CIA complicity in allowing drugs to be sold in South Central Los Angeles that eventually led to the crack epidemic throughout America in the mid- to late 1980's. An investigative journalist, Gary Webb, published a series of articles for the San Jose Mercury News that uncovered ties between the CIA and drug-smuggling Nicaraguans. Although sources indicate that Webb committed suicide after his career was destroyed by the media's attack on his series, Dark Alliance, the 2014 movie Kill the Messenger seems to paint a different picture about what may have happened. This information and more, if interested, you should read and determine for yourself.No