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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And we basically lockedour two buildings down

And we basically locked
our two buildings down

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And we basically locked our two buildings down.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:19:01
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
And then we locked it down to, like, the projects at one time, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
And then we locked it down to, like, the projects at one tim...
I left Miami in 1984. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I left Miami in 1984.
And then, when I came back home on visits to see my friends, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
And then, when I came back home on visits to see my friends,
Telling me how much loot they were making with this, you know, rock. Crack. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Telling me how much loot they were making with this, you kno...
And at 18, 19, 20, you feel like you the man. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And at 18, 19, 20, you feel like you the man.
Kids were turning into kingpins overnight. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Kids were turning into kingpins overnight.
A kid that was broke in the projects, wearing his brother's clothes to school, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
A kid that was broke in the projects, wearing his brother�...
There was an entire economy built around crack-cocaine. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
There was an entire economy built around crack-cocaine.
I wasn't even old enough to drive and I bought a car, cash. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I wasn't even old enough to drive and I bought a car, c...
I'm driving up to the high school to show it off. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I'm driving up to the high school to show it off.
"Yeah, I got a car." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
"Yeah, I got a car."
I was in there for money, clothes, jewelry, and girls. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I was in there for money, clothes, jewelry, and girls.
And it started... It was fun. It was very fun. I had a bunch of fun. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And it started... It was fun. It was very fun. I had a bunch...
All new. You wear them one or two times, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
All new. You wear them one or two times,
♪ You could say what you want ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
♪ You could say what you want ♪
I'll tell you what we can do. We can give it to the poor. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I'll tell you what we can do. We can give it to the poo...
At that time, I was doing... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
At that time, I was doing...
About a million dollars every day, at that time, would go through my hands. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
About a million dollars every day, at that time, would go th...
And my profit would probably be anywhere from 200 to 300,000, you know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
And my profit would probably be anywhere from 200 to 300,000...
I bought things like a motel, I bought a theater, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
I bought things like a motel, I bought a theater,