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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I remember seeing that commercial.I was like, "I worked there." You only made $3.35 an...

I remember seeing that commercial.
I was like, "I worked there." You only made $3.35 an hour

Full Transcript

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I remember seeing that commercial. I was like, "I worked there."
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You only made $3.35 an hour.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:04
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.
So, my man came to me and he said, "I got a way for you to make some money." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
So, my man came to me and he said, "I got a way for you...
I asked him, "What is it?" He's like, "It's cocaine cooked up." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
I asked him, "What is it?" He's like, "I...
And no more than, like, 20, 30 minutes, that was gone. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And no more than, like, 20, 30 minutes, that was gone.
Walk away from the stem, it's saying, calling you back, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Walk away from the stem, it's saying, calling you back,
People would come with a handful of money, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
People would come with a handful of money,
And, you know, after I had learned the business, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
And, you know, after I had learned the business,
I can make money quick." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
I can make money quick."
The only thing you hear is people selling crack, crack, crack. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The only thing you hear is people selling crack, crack, crac...
When crack came along, it was like, "Yo, this is it right here." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
When crack came along, it was like, "Yo, this is it rig...
It was like the gold rush. It was like a gold rush that hit the hood. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It was like the gold rush. It was like a gold rush that hit ...
The majority had the attitude of, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The majority had the attitude of,
Suburbanites come to this neighborhood in New York - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Suburbanites come to this neighborhood in New York
There was so many people on the street buying crack at the time, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
There was so many people on the street buying crack at the t...
People would be sitting in their cars, blowing the horn for them to hurry up - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
People would be sitting in their cars, blowing the horn for ...
They would actually have traffic jams to coming in and buy drugs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
They would actually have traffic jams to coming in and buy d...
And I lived in a neighborhood that was all Black, 99 % Black. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And I lived in a neighborhood that was all Black, 99 % Black...
There was people coming from all over to buy this wonder drug. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
There was people coming from all over to buy this wonder dru...
They come around here from New Jersey and all those places - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
They come around here from New Jersey and all those places
I think that crack was widely seen as a drug of the inner city, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:15
I think that crack was widely seen as a drug of the inner ci...
I was a crack addict, so I knew, based on my own experience, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
I was a crack addict, so I knew, based on my own experience,