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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I might as well give it to her." We were just being street capitalists

I might as well give it to her." We were just being street capitalists

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I might as well give it to her."
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We were just being street capitalists.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:53
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.
That didn't care about anything but making money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
That didn't care about anything but making money.
♪ From sun up, sun down ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
♪ From sun up, sun down ♪
With crack, it was sort of... There was no middle man. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
With crack, it was sort of... There was no middle man.
You had to be a little savvy, and you could make that happen yourself. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
You had to be a little savvy, and you could make that happen...
If you have the money, even if you're young, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
If you have the money, even if you're young,
Making off rock, you can easily set up a small shop on the corner, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
Making off rock, you can easily set up a small shop on the c...
I put together a small crew that I had of the dudes that was in my age group. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I put together a small crew that I had of the dudes that was...
And we basically locked our two buildings down. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And we basically locked our two buildings down.
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.