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Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography
by
Rick Ross
,
Cathy Scott
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Freeway Rick Ross: The Untold Autobiography is an intimate look at the day-to-day dealings of a drug kingpin in the heart of the ghetto. It's also the story of a boy born in poverty Texas who grew up in a single-parent household in the heart of South Central, who was pushed through the school system each year and came out illiterate. His options were few, and he turned to
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In the opening passages of Ross's book, he makes it clear that he is not a gangster. He may have come close, he may have affiliated with gangsters, but he steadfastly eschews the distinction when describing himself. For some, this may seem to be at odds with story of a young, black kid from South Central LA who became the region's biggest cocaine kingpin, but Ross's story is miles from the Scarface archetype embodied by so many real-world players in the drug enterprise.
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Freeway Ricky was a pioneer to the drug game. Contrary to popular belief, Freeway was not the type of dealer that was killing people left and right. He was once a tennis prodigy that was headed towards college, but derailed by the public educational system. Isolated and excluded from the traditional American path, he found himself in the streets of South Central trying to find his way. After a stint of petty crimes he makes contact with a connect from Columbia and makes history.
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Great Autobiography well worth the read
Great Auto Biography. Read it in 2 days.
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