Rick Ross: How I Made $2 Million a Day on The Streets

Former Drug Kingpin Rick Ross Talks About Making $2 Million Dollars a Day, how he managed over 1000 drug dealers, and his motto on taking risks.

When you first hear the name “Rick Ross”, you might think of a plump gentlemen with a gold chain around his neck that raps for a living. Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you all to meet the Real Rick Ross:

“Freeway” Rick Ross is arguably one of the most famous drug traffickers in American history. He was a key drug kingpin in the 1980’s during the crack epidemic. At his prime, he had thousands of drug dealers under him and was averaging at least $2 million dollars a day in revenue. Unfortunately, his downfall came when his main cocaine source helped the FBI lead to his arrest. In a past video footage recorded by TMZ, Ross says the prosecutor valued his net worth at around $600 million during the time of his incarceration. After his release in 2009, with a second chance at life, Ross is now focused on his 5 small businesses and reclaiming his name and identity in court with rapper Rick Ross.

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the man himself. In this exclusive interview, Rick Ross talks about his life as a drug kingpin, how he became successful, and his motto for taking risks in life when it comes to business.

Here are some highlights of the interview:

On how he was able to manage over 1000 drug dealers that were under him during the 1980’s

Well you know, you have to have an attitude of caring about people. I mean when I tell that to people they are like “Ah man! You sold drugs! How can you care about people?”, but you really do have to care about people. What a lot of people don’t understand is that when I first started selling drugs, I didn’t understand the negatives effects of the drug. Only thing I knew is that every time people would get ready to go party, they wanted to be high. So I related it to having fun and it was a while before I found out the negative effects, but I really really genuinely love people.

On how he treated the people that were under him during his drug dealing days

If somebody robs you or steals your dope, a lot of people would go out and kill em’. I didn’t look at it like that, because when I started a business, I vowed that I would never hurt anyone over money. And I believe that that helped me to stay out of prison right now.

How he kept people loyal to him

You know when my guys would go to prison, I would try to go out and I would try to get the best attorney I could. I would try to bail them out of jail immediately, and do all the things that they needed to put their life back on track, because that thats the way I would’ve wanted for somebody to do for me.

Rick Ross: How I Made $2 Million a Day on The Streets

On how he was able to manage over 1000 drug dealers that were under him during the 1980’s

On how he treated the people that were under him during his drug dealing days

How he kept people loyal to him

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