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. [5] The nickname Freeway came from Ross owning properties along Los Angeles' Interstate 110, also known as the Harbor Freeway. [6] .

Apr 8, 2024 · As Rick Ross’s profits grew, he started to purchase properties as investments and as a way to launder the money he was making from his drug sales. He earned the nickname Freeway because most of these properties were located along Los Angeles’ Interstate 110, or Harbor Freeway.

The notorious Los Angeles drug lord known as Freeway Rick, who once boasted that his coast-to-coast cocaine empire grossed more than $1 million a day, walked out of a Texas jail Wednesday and vowed to return home in search of redemption.

May 4, 2023 · After building a $900 million drug empire in 1980s Los Angeles, "Freeway" Rick Ross was sentenced to life in prison — but then he got out and reinvented himself. In some ways, “Freeway” Rick Ross was a rags-to-riches, American business success story.

Sep 25, 2013 · On a sunny morning in southern California, Rick Ross is driving from his cramped but rent-free apartment along tony Ocean Avenue in Long Beach toward some pressing new business in blue-collar...

Oct 15, 2024 · In 1996, Freeway Rick Ross was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to possess over 100 kilograms of cocaine, resulting in a life sentence under California's three-strikes law.

Sep 1, 1994 · For at least the next two months, Ross will be hooked to an electronic tracking bracelet at his father’s home in Tyler, the small East Texas rose-cultivating community where he was born.

Jul 21, 2022 · Rick Ross hit the jackpot when he bought the palatial estate for only $5.8 million, given the area and amenities offered by the home. In 2020, he spent $1 million to buy a property next to the Georgia mansion, dubbing it the Promise Land.

Rick Ross (born January 28, 1960), [23] a.k.a. "Freeway" Ricky Ross, is a convicted drug-trafficker best known for the drug empire he presided over in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. [24] The nickname "Freeway" came from Ross growing up next to the 110 Harbor Freeway. [25]

Apr 22, 2024 · Rick Ross paid $5,879,000 for the former Holyfield house back in 2014, shortly after it had fallen into foreclosure, joining the long list of hip-hop celebrities that live in Atlanta (and the neighboring areas). With 109 rooms, the megamansion is almost as big as the White House.