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Jun 2021
53m 13s

187: White Boy

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Fam, if you thought New York in the 70s, was bad, WELCOME TO DETROIT IN THE 80s. It’s the height of “the war on drugs” and, according to local law enforcement, it seems that a new drug gang is popping up every week. Enter the notorious White Boy Rick—a SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DRUG KINGPIN WHO IS RUNNING DETROIT LIKE A MAFIA BOSS…or so the legend went. In reality, he was a14-year-old informant for the FBI who was thrust into the world of drugs and gun by his father, and then sold out by everybody.

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