![]() Through the story of his early days selling drugs and his introduction to a new supplier, Nicaraguan drug trafficker Oscar Danilo Blandon Reyes, Rick and his friends are soon transformed from low-level street hustlers to major dealers. “We were starving, we were just looking for a way to succeed,” recalls Ollie Newell, Rick’s former business partner. At the center of the story stands the former “King of Crack,” Freeway Rick Ross, who grew up in economically depressed South Central Los Angeles with dreams of becoming a tennis pro. “Freeway: Crack in the System” tells the true story behind America’s crack scourge of the ’80s and ’90s, featuring exclusive interviews with the people who lived it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part 1 encores on Sunday, March 8 at 9pm ET, immediately before Part 2 debuts. “Freeway: Crack in the System” Part 1 premieres on Sunday, March 1 at 10pm ET and Part 2 premieres on Sunday, March 8 at 10pm ET. The film’s original title track “Crack in the System” is written and performed by Snoop Dogg. Produced by Al Jazeera America in association with Blowback Productions and Royal Interactive Studios, this is a story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-proving once again that documentary is more compelling than fiction. Untouchable, Brick City) chronicling the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of Freeway Rick Ross, the man considered responsible for ushering crack cocaine into Los Angeles and ultimately across the United States. NEW YORK, Febru- Al Jazeera America will premiere “Freeway: Crack In the System,” an original two-part documentary by award-winning filmmaker Marc Levin ( SLAM, Mr. “We sat in a garage and I said, one day I’m going to be running L.A.” –
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