During the height of his drug dealing, Ross was said to have sold "$3 million in one day." According to the Oakland Tribune, "In the course of his rise, prosecutors estimate that Ross exported several tons of cocaine to New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, and made more than $500 million between 19." According to an October 2013 Esquire magazine article, "Between 19, federal prosecutors estimated, Ross bought and resold several metric tons of cocaine," with Ross' gross revenue claimed to be more than $900 million (equivalent to $2.7 billion in 2021) and profits of almost $300 million ($990 million in 2021). The nickname Freeway came from Ross owning properties along Los Angeles' Interstate 110, also known as the Harbor Freeway. Ross has said that when he first saw crack cocaine as a teenager in 1979, he did not immediately believe it was a drug because it looked different from other drugs he had seen.
He played for the tennis team but was unable to get a college scholarship because he was illiterate. Ross attended school at Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. He was sentenced to life in prison, though the sentence was shortened on appeal and Ross was released in 2009.
Ricky Donnell " Freeway Rick" Ross (born January 26, 1960) is an American author and convicted drug trafficker best known for the drug empire he established in Los Angeles, California, in the early to mid 1980s. Freeway, The Real Rick Ross, Freeway Rick Ross, Freeway RickyĬonspiracy to possess 100 kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C.
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