![]() ![]() Huge swaths of urban America were engulfed by violence and despair as the hunger for crack grew. Within a few short years in the early and mid-1980s, crack - a highly addictive, smokable and, most importantly, cheap form of cocaine - had rocketed into virtually every big city in America, thanks in large part to Ross’ particular business acumen. He has victims, though - thousands and thousands of them.Īmerica’s “crack epidemic” began on the South Central Los Angeles streets Ross controlled with an iron fist and a seemingly endless appetite for domination. ![]() Last week, Cassavetes delivered a script for the movie to Ross.īut, he adds, thinking about it carefully, the only one who can really make Ross rich again, rich the way he once was - when he could pay for a house in cash on the spot or dole out $25,000 a week to his five girlfriends - is Ross himself. ![]() Ross, 50, is now a free man, smiling coyly and driving a beat-up blue Chevrolet Astro van down Del Amo Boulevard toward Carson, where he lives, and toward his conference call with Cassavetes, who Ross hopes will be the one to help tell his life story on the big screen. ![]()
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