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Scarface was fatally struck by a barrage of bullets in one of the most iconic shoot-outs in Hollywood history, while Henry Hill not only broke the cardinal rule of the 10 Crack Commandments - getting high off his own supply - but also turned into a government informant, breaking the universal code of the streets. In both films, the lead characters lose everything they’ve worked for. And if you’re a gangsta, who put in work, somebody's gonna be after your head.”īut, as in films like Scarface or Goodfellas, the rise and fall of the protagonist (or antagonist, depending on your POV) becomes far more compelling when the stakes are high. Because to a certain extent, you become a public figure. “When we sold drugs, it was hard to gang bang and sell drugs. Kids believe that that’s really his name,” Freeway Rick Ross told HNHH in a 2017 interview.
“The record labels promote it as if it’s fact. An industry that claims thousands of lives and incarcerates as many more. Rappers like Ross are often accused of glorifying the drug trade, even by the people that inspire them. Ross isn’t the sole rapper in the history of the genre’s 40 year plus existence that was inspired by Freeway Ricky Ross - but he is the biggest. The authenticity of his storytelling has constantly been questioned - a supposed plug who later admitted to being a C.O., taking inspiration from a real kingpin. It’s ironic that Rick Ross has become one of the decade’s most trusted voices in rap. Rick Ross applied the leadership and vision of a director with the relentless hustle of a kingpin to cement the MMG tag in the soundscape of the game.