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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I couldn't wait to finish collegeand make money 'cause I wanted that lifestyle

I couldn't wait to finish college
and make money 'cause I wanted that lifestyle

Full Transcript

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I couldn't wait to finish college and make money
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'cause I wanted that lifestyle.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:54
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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Movie Summary

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
The movie Scarface made it so popular to do cocaine. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
The movie Scarface made it so popular to do cocaine.
We would be in the clubs and have our $100 bills - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We would be in the clubs and have our $100 bills
It was, like, a glamorous thing to do, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
It was, like, a glamorous thing to do,
It was like, people that were driving Mercedes-Benzes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
It was like, people that were driving Mercedes-Benzes
You know, that was not... That particular drug, powder cocaine, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
You know, that was not... That particular drug, powder cocai...
What comes with Reagan is the proliferation of wealth for a few - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
What comes with Reagan is the proliferation of wealth for a ...
The Reagan administration takes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The Reagan administration takes
We see millions of more people coming into extreme poverty. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
We see millions of more people coming into extreme poverty.
The line stretched around three sides of the block - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The line stretched around three sides of the block
Almost 8.5 million Americans are without jobs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Almost 8.5 million Americans are without jobs.
1982 is one of the highest rates of unemployment - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
1982 is one of the highest rates of unemployment
And then Black communities' unemployment, always twice that of the white community. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And then Black communities' unemployment, always twice ...
♪ Broken glass everywhere ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:18
♪ Broken glass everywhere ♪
♪ It's like a jungle sometimes ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:14
♪ It's like a jungle sometimes ♪
It was paper money with, you know, brown, purple and... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It was paper money with, you know, brown, purple and...
We didn't have money, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We didn't have money,
Or we'd go to the Safeway to earn money by carrying people's groceries home. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Or we'd go to the Safeway to earn money by carrying peo...
And sometimes we would walk with someone, carrying their groceries home, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And sometimes we would walk with someone, carrying their gro...
Sometimes I had to wear my sister's jeans, hand-me-down jeans. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Sometimes I had to wear my sister's jeans, hand-me-down...
You know, it's this classic picture of me in the fifth grade. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
You know, it's this classic picture of me in the fifth ...