Yes! So genuine, and humble. Down to earth dude. Even while he were selling, possibly tearing families apart, he also gave back. Giving away money, gassing up cars, feeding strangers, and paying their bills. Dude has a good heart. Could’ve been blowing that shit on cars, houses, private jets, and whatever the hell else. But he chose to keep a low profile. I respect that.
This shit is incredibly impressive! Not only did he teach himself to read as a grown man, but he taught himself to read well enough to decipher through a bunch of legal jargon and find a loop hole in the laws that got him locked up.
Quincy Owens it does not matter weither or not someone taught him how to read; it has always been like that. No one went on his own , without any help, to learn how to read . Someone has to teach you the first words . The homie did great. I guess you can not even read a law’s book.
emailerc C unfortunately....there's too much selfishness and ignorance in some of my brothers and sisters, especially the ones around my age. They're all lost.
Jeffery Fenton bruh your comment is the most fascinating personification in American history. Lol!!! he just happen to stumble on a connect that took him above the clouds that's all. He was doin it but 1600 Penn. was the real blend Rick was the hang glider for the whole operation.
Freeway Rick is an intelligent guy. Anyone who can make millions under the radar like that has to have smarts. The fact that he was illiterate yet still maneuvered and prospered demonstrates this. I'm learning a lot from these interview clips
anyone that can make a substantial amount of money under the radar is an intelligent guy. I'd go a step further tho and say anyone who can make MILLIONS under the radar is a genius in certain aspects..
iBIaaaze that advice was for those fake rappers who act like they were big on the streets like fake Rick Ross Curtis 50 Jackson Yayo all act tough bosses but were bitches on the street
The lines that’ll stay with me forever form this interview: VladTV: do you personally know of anybody in the drug game that didn’t get caught by the police? Ricky: I know some... VladTV: how? Ricky: they got satisfied... they made enough and quit!!! Remember when a wise man said ‘quit whilst you’re ahead’?
I was 34 when I wrote my first sentence in city college. I paid my tutors very well....I went on to get my Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with an option in Finance.
This man is dropping jewels, and educating us on how the government concentrates on making your lives a living hell, from the cradle to the grave.....and what are niggas doing making jokes.........
@@klomasteroutlaw He taught himself how to read as a completely illiterate grown man in his mid thirties and add to that, taught himself how to read well enough to decipher and sift through legalese and was able to prevent himself from being in prison for the rest of his natural life and really, did a better job of representing himself and fighting his case than his own lawyer did. That's an incredible story. I'll give the homie a pass for mispronouncing Oprah's name.
The advice he gave on how to become a drug dealers is the same exact advice for a young man to start a profitable legit business. This man could have become anything with the knowledge he possessed as a young man.
I'm just blown away that he couldn't read, however he was a genius with numbers and ran many legit businesses. what a great story, I love how he doesn't glorify the drug game.
love freeway. he shows off one of my favorite aspects of human beings, that being the ever present need to improve yourself and learn and always learn by reading and self effort. this alone makes people wildly successful. you see we like him more for his level of thinking not that he was a drug dealer, if anything he just happened to be a drug dealer.
I would get into the drug business, keep my education growing, then get a decent amount of understanding about a legitimate business with nice profit margins then switch over.
VLADTV: “a black kid in a poor neighbourhood, the first successful business person they see is a drug dealer” Rick: “absolutely” A lot of these drug dealers would actually make great upstanding citizens owning a normal business if given the opportunity
@@YoungEighty Lol, right, I have Snowfall a watch last year and it became one of my favorite shows on TV (possibly one of the best shows on TV right now)
( Dj ) Officer Vlad : do you know of any major drug dealers personally that never got caught? 12:21 hahahahahaha the way he looks at the camera after that question
Where is the documentary? They took it down from everywhere! Is there a DVD I can purchase? Can you put a link of where to buy it in the description? What's the point of talking about the doc if NOBODY can watch it?!!?
Trey Don The funny thing is he's a best selling author who makes quite a bit of money that way alone so they have no reason to do such a thing now, both that and the statue of limitations of his past crimes has far gone. What do you mean "watchlist" you speak of some invisible list that has his name on it even though in the court of law he is a free man. I'm not saying that some people aren't on FBI watchlists, but I feel that your argument is quite flawed.
Trey Don What? I want to have a discussion I don't know what you mean by that, also no, I do not feel better now. I'd rather you break down why I'm incorrect instead of trying to be funny.
That's how i used to fell about it but its amazing i love it now you learn new things big words scare me but i see the word and study the word and meaning
On reading I went through a similar thing...In 1st grade we were being taught to read and I thought it was stupid. "See Jane run." No one talks like that. Certainly no one even tried to explain why reading was useful. So I just faked it. When called on to read aloud I looked at the pictures in the book and used what I'd heard other kids read and I made up a story. The teacher didn't say anything and none of the other kids said anything. I still don't know why no one called me out on it. The teacher OK I can see it, but why wouldn't another kid speak up? I assume no one in the class was actually following along. Maybe none of us knew how to read? Several months later my parents bought me a book about animals for my birthday, it was an adult level book. I was interested in animals so I then understood the reason to learn how to read.
I just thought about pusha t's line he said : "Reagan era I ran contraband Money caused turf wars through the promised land" Damn that was deep Shout out Push T Shout out Vlad Shout Out Freeway .. The real Rick Ross.
I always see people say they looked up and wanted to be drug dealers, but it's just like when people say their teachers told them that they wouldn't amount to anything, I never believe it was actually true but it makes your story seem better as if you "made it" against all odds.
I mean, why hustle that hard to make all that money and not be able to spend it for fear of getting caught! Might as well stay away from that life in the first place.
Lol I remember Vlad got mad and commented to me when I called him First 48 Vlad. If he compiled all the data from his hood questions, he'd be a super king pin.
I really like this dude, not because he's an iconic figure of the underworld but because he's honest.
💯💯
Yes! So genuine, and humble. Down to earth dude. Even while he were selling, possibly tearing families apart, he also gave back. Giving away money, gassing up cars, feeding strangers, and paying their bills. Dude has a good heart. Could’ve been blowing that shit on cars, houses, private jets, and whatever the hell else. But he chose to keep a low profile. I respect that.
Don't think he hasn't had a few people knocked off.
@ZULU MATUBU i think it's how i feel and I'm entitled to express that in whatever capacity i choose..
I like him because he is so humble.
This shit is incredibly impressive! Not only did he teach himself to read as a grown man, but he taught himself to read well enough to decipher through a bunch of legal jargon and find a loop hole in the laws that got him locked up.
Real talk, learned how to read, study law and got his self out of prison. Knowledge is 🔑 !
Not true, the homie helped him read. That s the truth
Quincy Owens ..plus he had alot of time to learn
Vlad is a Cop, every cop wishes he was a dope boy. Especially DEA cops
Quincy Owens it does not matter weither or not someone taught him how to read; it has always been like that. No one went on his own , without any help, to learn how to read . Someone has to teach you the first words .
The homie did great. I guess you can not even read a law’s book.
Rick is one of the most fascinating people in American History.
Jeffery Fenton
I agree
hes also one of the few black people that acts like a intelligent human
emailerc C unfortunately....there's too much selfishness and ignorance in some of my brothers and sisters, especially the ones around my age. They're all lost.
Jeffery Fenton bruh your comment is the most fascinating personification in American history. Lol!!! he just happen to stumble on a connect that took him above the clouds that's all. He was doin it but 1600 Penn. was the real blend Rick was the hang glider for the whole operation.
Jeffery Fenton you're right
Freeway Rick is an intelligent guy. Anyone who can make millions under the radar like that has to have smarts. The fact that he was illiterate yet still maneuvered and prospered demonstrates this. I'm learning a lot from these interview clips
anyone that can make a substantial amount of money under the radar is an intelligent guy. I'd go a step further tho and say anyone who can make MILLIONS under the radar is a genius in certain aspects..
But like him u don't find many rich retired drug dealers
Look how he ended up.He would have got out when he had millions if he really was intelligent.
@DJ FX exactly coz the money was helping america
Kummakummakummakummakummachameleon you must be kind of slow not to think he didn’t get out a millionaire still
Lil Duval in 20 years
Jawan Martin lmaooooooooooooooooo
Smile Bish Cmon
Lmao
Same smile n all 😂😂😂
Jawan Martin “I’m livin my worst life”. 😂
Im convinced vlad wish he was a dope boy
DON YEEZ he wants to be black period
I DOUBT it cause he's interviewed porn stars just as much
I'm convinced you wish you was 'successful'. For example like Vlad.
Doesn't everyone (except for the prison part)
I wish I won the lotto
Thanks Ricky now I can start my long awaited drug career, can't wait!
iBIaaaze You've already blown your own cover. You'll never be a success now.
iBIaaaze 😂
iBIaaaze that advice was for those fake rappers who act like they were big on the streets like fake Rick Ross Curtis 50 Jackson Yayo all act tough bosses but were bitches on the street
oh yeah he was baked. why not, dude did life and hes got cali weed
bberger2k10 YOU DONT KNOW WTF YOU TALKING ABOUT. GO TO QUEENS AND ASK ANY REAL STREET DUDE AND THEY WILL TELL YOU 50 WAS NO BITCH
Jesus Saves, turn to Him and He will save you. 💯
WuTang Gyarados lmao underrated comment 😂
WuTang Gyarados holy shit that's funny
bandicoot2ps1 His name is underrated too. WuTang Gyarados got me dying. 😂😂😂
WuTang Gyarados Floyd read jokes still a thing? lol
WuTang Gyarados never thought I'd spot a civil logo on UA-cam
THE REAL RICK ROSS DONT RAP 💯💯💯😎👌💰
Eugene Godley just like the fat fake don't sell drugs
1forrest 1 he did use to sell drugs
Yesss he sold drugs
FAQS
he traps ❤
This is why you never judge anyone by appearance. This mans story is amazing
This is why you should respect your teachers and grind in the classroom
The lines that’ll stay with me forever form this interview:
VladTV: do you personally know of anybody in the drug game that didn’t get caught by the police?
Ricky: I know some...
VladTV: how?
Ricky: they got satisfied... they made enough and quit!!!
Remember when a wise man said ‘quit whilst you’re ahead’?
Om god
You gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them. Know when to walk away, know when to run....
"Learning how to read saved my life."
Musa I of Mali musa I can see you know your history of Mali 🇲🇱
What did he say he read??
@@ezequielperez2789 He has said in other videos, but in this video he meant he learned how to read in general.
Ur point is 😂
"how not to get caught" breaks out handy dandy blues clues notebook
xblazedv 😂😂😂😂
Mr Meeseeks same here 📝📝🎓
Rick got caught tho lol...
+ben lee if he knew how to read before hand and defend himself properly in court he wouldn't have all facts
You so stupid lmao
I was 34 when I wrote my first sentence in city college. I paid my tutors very well....I went on to get my Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with an option in Finance.
Go make a sandwich
The Codas aha ini lad nobody cares abar her life story
You're a man.
That’s amazing
That's crazy his own lawyer tried to say there's not chance and almost threw away this man's life.
Respect your teachers and grind those books. Drug dealers like Rick is a sellout
hearing him say “the kobe’s” hit different this time
king fuego we get it, Kobe’s dead
Kobe 🥺
Damn been 2 months already
It's nice to hear some real talk from the real Rick Ross. 💯
Dude look like an older Anderson silva lol
Shakee Aveboy oml
Hi key he do
ZULU MATUBU “no the fuck he don’t”? You mean, no the fuck he does not.
😂😂😂😂😂 on my soul
FOH💀💀
This man is dropping jewels, and educating us on how the government concentrates on making your lives a living hell, from the cradle to the grave.....and what are niggas doing
making jokes.........
TollFree999 if you sell drugs the government will make your life hell.. what is crazy about that?
That's all you heard, him speaking on selling drugs? lol ok, then.
Realest interview I've seen on here since the legend pee wee Kirkland was on!!! Good shit #Salute
Supreme General yea these interviews are was doper that some leaned out mumble rapper.😂😂fr.
You want real? Wait ti' Vlad interviews Pee Wee Herman. Dats a real G!
Hahhahaaaa!!
CommentCop Badge#666 stfu
Ofrah!!!
Well at least he made it out of jail & still is on the hustle...Yea it might seem funny, but it's amazing of the progress.
Lollllll
Who is Ofrah??
@@klomasteroutlaw He taught himself how to read as a completely illiterate grown man in his mid thirties and add to that, taught himself how to read well enough to decipher and sift through legalese and was able to prevent himself from being in prison for the rest of his natural life and really, did a better job of representing himself and fighting his case than his own lawyer did. That's an incredible story. I'll give the homie a pass for mispronouncing Oprah's name.
I wanted to say something but didn’t out of respect to the OG
The level of honesty that this guy has is really Impressive ... 👍👍👍
Some real mfs just don’t have the ability to lie.
He followed me on twitter 😂 but Freeway is a intellectual, whether or not he could read for less than half his life. Very smart dude 💯👌
NEVER SELL FROM WHERE YOU LIVE
2 Pap 🤗I never do
Do not hang in a spot with friends like i did
never show yo whole pack or wea it’s @ even to yo niggas !
Donny Skates never show the whole pack bro don’t get yo ass robbed fa no reason
Donny Skates u must be talking abt just selling weed cus u definitely don’t wanna post drugs ma nigga
I SWEAR THIS NIGGA STILL GOT MONEY.
AND I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT A PAYCHECK.
Koofey McDonald McDonald ofc bro he deff stashed like 10 mill or more.
Koofey McDonald McDonald he too smart not too
Definitely still got money. He got arrested on the Freeway last year with 100k in the car.
Koofey McDonald McDonald he is selling shirts he don't need shit
Koofey McDonald McDonald yea he had money stashed away like Pablo. Luckily he didn't get killed like him
I love how this man doesn’t let his ego trip him up.
“Lmfao So your daughter has more book smarts at 4 than you did at 30”
“Oh hell yea lol”
that was a diss
"Oooh look, you've got Ophra!" Lit.
FideTheProducer I came to the comments to see if somebody said this😭
R.i.p to my Big Momma cuz thats how she said her name too..OH-FRUH!! lol
Madison T lol me too
that part had me in stitches.
😂😂😂😂😂 super lit!
i learn a lot from freeway rick videos.....this is one of the most down to earth people on youtube
The advice he gave on how to become a drug dealers is the same exact advice for a young man to start a profitable legit business. This man could have become anything with the knowledge he possessed as a young man.
K d
True
Rick a very good speaker.. he answers every question very well.. you can tell he's a Genuine dude
12:18 that boy said "You Dressed like a bum" 🤦🏽♂️ VLAD a fool
Where?
12:18 "you dressed like a bum" this dude disrespectful...
Lmao
Caught his mouth at 2:30...
FastMoney FastLife nah, that’s what rick said himself in another interview with vlad
Shoutout to Ophra 😂😂
CWALLACETV 🤣🤣🤣
CWALLACETV I came down to the comments just to see if someone was going to say something lol
he killed me when he said that
CWALLACETV yo I'm dead my nigga🤣🤣🤣😂😂
Ophra Wimfree 😂😂👌🏻
freeway Ricky got a cousin named Lil Ramp.
Sincerely his step bro
Traffic Tay
he got a son named lil pump and hes the trapper of the century
Traffic tay i been looking for you...
its parking lot pete your second cousin.
Kritikal K and his uncle parallel park Prince
hey its tester bumbum across the street park.
He got another uncle Black Top Willie
he said Ofrah lol
And
hard not to be impressed with this guy... accomplished all that without the ability to read or being ruthless
I'm just blown away that he couldn't read, however he was a genius with numbers and ran many legit businesses. what a great story, I love how he doesn't glorify the drug game.
Vlad trying his hardest to get this nigga locked up again.
You can be the smartest dealer in the world, but you can't control other people's mouths, and people have got big mouths.
KoKane oh there’s definitely a few ways 🤐
KoKane mouths can speak words but words aren’t proof
Thats why you read & pay attention to people, they tell on themselves sooner or later.
love freeway. he shows off one of my favorite aspects of human beings, that being the ever present need to improve yourself and learn and always learn by reading and self effort. this alone makes people wildly successful. you see we like him more for his level of thinking not that he was a drug dealer, if anything he just happened to be a drug dealer.
Did Ricky say “Ofra” when he trying to say Opera? He is a legend 😂
Malibu Ken - did you just say Opera when you were trying to say Oprah ? 🤣
He probably had TVs but never watch tv
😂😂😂😂
10:22 If you're just here for the Vlad "FBI" questioning!!!
headtrauma911 Good lookin
headtrauma911 you the plug for real
headtrauma911 I
Vlad the feds
You the plug that got 2/15✊
Freeway rick is the realest
this guy I can watch clips of interviews on all day. freeway Ricky has the dopest story i seen thus far on vladtv.
I would get into the drug business, keep my education growing, then get a decent amount of understanding about a legitimate business with nice profit margins then switch over.
Yeah but if you have lots of money from no where it'll be suspicious
Doesn’t work like that, when you sell drugs you have peopl tryna rob you and mess your life and then boom life is fucked
VLADTV: “a black kid in a poor neighbourhood, the first successful business person they see is a drug dealer”
Rick: “absolutely”
A lot of these drug dealers would actually make great upstanding citizens owning a normal business if given the opportunity
am not an American but that guy is quite knowledgeable about the system..I wish people would pay keen interest to his words
I need to take a ride with this man and have some truth spoken in my Life
I love this dude he’s very respectable and admirable
"As long as your math is fast if your reading is slow"-Jay Z
Learning how to read saved my life
Quote of the day
Dayumm......I am blown away. This dude is wayyyy smarter than I thought he was. Respect.
"They got satisfied; they quit"
Smart. You gotta have a "enough" button out here.
Did he say "OFRAH"??? LOL. This dude is a G
I would love to see a biopic or a TV mini-series of this man's life
The irony
@@YoungEighty Lol, right, I have Snowfall a watch last year and it became one of my favorite shows on TV (possibly one of the best shows on TV right now)
@@MaruTheGreat facto
This man just said “Ofra” instead of “Oprah” lmao
( Dj ) Officer Vlad : do you know of any major drug dealers personally that never got caught? 12:21 hahahahahaha the way he looks at the camera after that question
Abc Abc officers lock people whom did vlad put away square
He tried so hard to pronounce that “r” in freeway the second time, gotta love this guy
Where is the documentary? They took it down from everywhere! Is there a DVD I can purchase? Can you put a link of where to buy it in the description? What's the point of talking about the doc if NOBODY can watch it?!!?
Still Chillin cheap ass 200$ documentaey
Young Jortana why you hating nigga?
ua-cam.com/video/2C4RvHpIbi0/v-deo.html
Still Chillin , check Netflix ; Seriously check Netflix .
Still Chillin is on Netflix
"It is easy, but it ain't easy" 👊🏽 only real one knows that
I think what he meant was " its simple, but not easy".
Dat ninja said OFRAH!!! 😂😂😂
He said “and find the biggest drug dealer that I can, that will sell $25 worth” 😂😂😂💀
Vlad "If you can start selling drugs again today ..how would you go about doing it?" "how would you avoid getting caught?" cmon dog Foh
Trey Don
So that's not something you would ask?
def. not in an interview with an audience of over 1.7m ...feds already think he'll never stop selling drugs..he on the watch list til he dies
Trey Don
The funny thing is he's a best selling author who makes quite a bit of money that way alone so they have no reason to do such a thing now, both that and the statue of limitations of his past crimes has far gone. What do you mean "watchlist" you speak of some invisible list that has his name on it even though in the court of law he is a free man. I'm not saying that some people aren't on FBI watchlists, but I feel that your argument is quite flawed.
zZZzzzzz feel better now?
Trey Don
What? I want to have a discussion I don't know what you mean by that, also no, I do not feel better now. I'd rather you break down why I'm incorrect instead of trying to be funny.
That's how i used to fell about it but its amazing i love it now you learn new things big words scare me but i see the word and study the word and meaning
"Do you know any drug dealers that never went to the jail" If Vlad ain the feds ion know who is.
One thing I must say that takes a lot of guts to say I didn't know how to read in front of the world much respect
10:27 for the people who don’t care bout this mans story😂
Real nicca 💯💯
onna b
Thank you 🙏🏾
Honestly rick sounds like a chill dude, I’d hangout with him lol not even to talk about his career as a kingpin.
this interview reminded me of the black guy from cocaine cowboys part 2 ....interview that guy vlad!
oscar garcia Charles Crosby
On reading I went through a similar thing...In 1st grade we were being taught to read and I thought it was stupid. "See Jane run." No one talks like that. Certainly no one even tried to explain why reading was useful. So I just faked it. When called on to read aloud I looked at the pictures in the book and used what I'd heard other kids read and I made up a story. The teacher didn't say anything and none of the other kids said anything. I still don't know why no one called me out on it. The teacher OK I can see it, but why wouldn't another kid speak up? I assume no one in the class was actually following along. Maybe none of us knew how to read? Several months later my parents bought me a book about animals for my birthday, it was an adult level book. I was interested in animals so I then understood the reason to learn how to read.
am literally taking down notes.
I just thought about pusha t's line he said :
"Reagan era I ran contraband
Money caused turf wars through the promised land"
Damn that was deep
Shout out Push T
Shout out Vlad
Shout Out Freeway .. The real Rick Ross.
I always see people say they looked up and wanted to be drug dealers, but it's just like when people say their teachers told them that they wouldn't amount to anything, I never believe it was actually true but it makes your story seem better as if you "made it" against all odds.
This man is the prime example of why you dont need to go to School for your whole life to succeed.
Real rap💯💯💯
But it’s better to have some education though
@@amardiid305 Facts, the least people can do is have a highschool diploma.
People never seem to notice or detect the low key shade Vlad be throwing at his guests
Until someone slap da shit out em
To back what Ricky says, and to quote the great Jeru The Damaja, "I didn't know drug dealers confessed in stereo!"....
Freeway Ricky the type to smoke crack an say he's "testing the product"
Jokes aint funny when they dont make sense lol... he literally said that he never tested products and took cocaine for only like a week
Ajax Bleach u made my day
Ajax Bleach 😂😂I know lads who do just that 😂😂
Drey gtfoh kill joy, it made me laugh. shit was funny.
Ajax Bleach lol
Vlad,is good.
i like how he answred vlad bout starting up a drug business. give the most basic answer
The most humble ex dealer ever🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Does anybody else find it cringy when Vlad tries to talk Hood 🤔
James Piccone vlad secretly racist
Cringe worthlessness
Da real Rick Ross
He looks like a black Trevor Phillips.
D Z I can’t unsee
"Learning to read saved my life"
"Literally"
I mean, why hustle that hard to make all that money and not be able to spend it for fear of getting caught! Might as well stay away from that life in the first place.
Exactly
Because you can launder it.
Power and pride, black men couldn’t be successful owning businesses back then and so he did the only thing he could do to gain power and money
"I would not do any coke." As he's sniffing & snorting on the drip. ;p
"If you had to start offf being a drug dealer today, how would you do it?" I mean come on Vlad these questions are so bait. Why is the dude answering?
How would it look if he refused to answer?
ricks face when vlad gives his version of how he dressed 12:15 vlad "you were low key and you dressed like a BUM!!! 😂😂😂
Lol I remember Vlad got mad and commented to me when I called him First 48 Vlad. If he compiled all the data from his hood questions, he'd be a super king pin.
donbrasco81 yo he never put nobody in the can. Proof me wrong shoe paperwork that vlad is the people
3 yrs later what video was it in where he responded to the comment
Ricky Ross need to make a movie about his life story .. gracias for the great interview
Loops L.A here it is ua-cam.com/video/P1g1Fu0DilM/v-deo.html
Vlad said he dress like a bum 😂😂... Got to do what you have to do to dodge the 👮
This guy personifies street smarts fascinating guy love listening to his life experiences he’s seen a lot
when i come through u better lock that medicine cabinet because i will go in there and take the benzos because i am the XANDMAN
nigga you aint feel datass tyson or the human durag flap. stop taking the bodega boys jokes
southern tradition Young Chipotle x Baby Newport...?
xblazedv nigga fuck you the brand is strong
apeshit clothing ben barson barmeloo Xanthany
Darkskin Steph Curry haha shit funny, maybe bc I've gone thru too many cabinets.
thanks for the advice uncle ross
"Paid in Full" is considered one of the greatest hood movies ever... How would you know that Vlad?
Coz hes black
This man has so much knowledge and if he has so much impact and can and try to change
Officer vlad... goddamn.
good interview Vlad!
Officer vlad reporting for duty
You aren't smart at all
Crying
always interesting to listen 2.