He was sentenced to life in prison, though the sentence was shortened on appeal and Ross was released in 2009. Ricky Donnell " Freeway Rick" Ross (born January 26, 1960) is an American author and former drug lord best known for the drug empire he established in Los Angeles, California, in the early to mid 1980s.
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