<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:23:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>The Official Blog of the Real Freeway Ricky Ross</title><description>Finishing his sentence at the Texarkana Federal Correctional Institution,&lt;br&gt;Freeway Ricky Ross is determined to educate and create&lt;br&gt; a positive change in our culture and society.</description><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>86</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-1776455113374554217</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-10-18T06:33:34.997-07:00</atom:updated><title>Two Men Were Shot in South Los Angeles (10/16/18)  ~ Live Crime Scene</title><atom:summary type="text"></atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2018/10/two-men-were-shot-in-south-los-angeles.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (FreewayEnterprise.com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/nM3KpcyV3vM/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>20</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-6824773289148297712</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-05-03T13:04:17.929-07:00</atom:updated><title>A Million Hits/DeathRow Compton Homicides Part 1 2016</title><atom:summary type="text"></atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2016/05/a-million-hitsdeathrow-compton.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (FreewayEnterprise.com)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/L1rETbhV3sg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2282095531085012207</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-01T08:33:45.517-08:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text">

Ex-Drug Dealer Ricky Ross Pushing Indie Film About His Life



By Maya Pope-Chappell Wall Street Journal




“Freeway” Ricky Ross

After shopping his story to major movie houses in Hollywood, “Freeway” Ricky Ross, has decided to go independent.
“I’ve met with almost everyone in Hollywood,” said Ross, who was a 
mastermind of the crack-cocaine trade in Los Angeles in the 1980s. “All 
of them </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/02/freeway-rick-ross-busted-l.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (FreewayEnterprise.com)</author><thr:total>19</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-5112670150783779752</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-31T13:57:50.816-08:00</atom:updated><title>I&#39;m Back, America!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">I’m receiving nothing but love and support since I’ve been out.  The support has been pouring in from the streets, the community, N.B.A. stars, professional boxers, rappers and the entire Hip-Hop family.  It has actually been so overwhelming, but I’m taking it all in.  While incarcerated I read over 300 books, elevated my spirit, and strengthened my mind.  Prison taught me patience. After being </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-back-america.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ADW)</author><thr:total>38</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-6399387873775434008</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-04T13:37:56.185-07:00</atom:updated><title>Classic blog...</title><atom:summary type="text">The Rise and Fall of the Rapper and Rap Music</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/10/classic-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ADW)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-4267535990869830575</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-04T13:29:16.820-07:00</atom:updated><title>Note to the readers</title><atom:summary type="text">Rick hasn&#39;t been able to blog from the halfway house due to B.O.P. restrictions, but he will be back soon!</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/10/note-to-readers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ADW)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-8178526699211876804</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-04T13:13:08.133-07:00</atom:updated><title>Freeway Rick is a free man!!</title><atom:summary type="text">South Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Freeway Ricky Ross was a 1980s drug kingpin who became a multi-millionaire urban legend in Los Angeles. So much so that a rapper took his name and parlayed that into a career as a music star.The real Rick Ross spent 20 years in prison for his crimes... but now that he&#39;s a free man, he&#39;s got big plans for the future.Ross sat down with FOX 11&#39;s Chris Blatchford </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/10/freeway-rick-is-free-man.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ADW)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-4691464095669227759</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-29T21:27:57.643-07:00</atom:updated><title>Swine Flu</title><atom:summary type="text">I guess you guys heard about the Swine Flu. If it&#39;s not one thing, it&#39;s another. Now where did this come from? Say quite a few people died, and quite a few more are in intensive care.  We had a town-hall meeting about it today; told us not to worry, they will treat it just like a common cold. And if they do, I bet a lot more people will die... they usually prescribe us water and rest.  Well, I </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/swine-flu.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-7680907587199642738</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-25T15:29:42.202-07:00</atom:updated><title>May 4!</title><atom:summary type="text">Just got word that May 4th, &quot;I get my freedom back!!&quot; I am too excited. What am I going to do? $FWE$</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/may-4.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>16</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-6284194434491401201</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-23T19:08:59.872-07:00</atom:updated><title>Real Talk with G Status</title><atom:summary type="text">Triple R: How is everybody doing? I want to introduce you all to my new writing partner G Status A.K.A. Erroll Sheperd. G: What&#39;s up you all, nice to meet everybody.  This is my first time blogging but my book with Rick Ross isn&#39;t my first, I have a fiction street lit book that is going to be released in July entitled, &quot;Pedal to the Metal&quot;, so be on the look out. Triple R: G Status and I are from</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-g.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-5155211299778435276</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-23T18:44:35.430-07:00</atom:updated><title>Guest Blog: &quot;Why are prison guards paid more than teachers&quot;</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey everybody, My fellow comrad Rick Ross asked me what he deemed the &quot;Hundred thousand dollar question.&quot; Why are prison guards paid more then teachers? Well for all the Rick Ross supporters out there I sincerely hope you feel my reply. Check this. If I were to tell you that the incarceration of minorities in this country was an intentional guise hidden within layer upon layer of judicial </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/guest-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-5601713246315537467</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-18T03:21:20.846-07:00</atom:updated><title>The RAID</title><atom:summary type="text">Well, today started off like any other. Got up to get my workout on, feeling good and thankful I am still alive. Another chance to make something happen. I had been finished with my workout for about 30 mintues and was about to shoot some ball to get a little cardio, when I heard them call my name to report back to the unit.  First thing came to my mind, were they calling me to sign my papers for</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/raid.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>14</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-1461011743040618789</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-18T03:20:44.942-07:00</atom:updated><title>True Friends</title><atom:summary type="text">This has been on my mind for a couple weeks, just couldn&#39;t put it together so I thought I would start letting it rip. It is based on friendship. Who are true friends? Everyone claims to be, but are they willing to live up to the responsibility? I am close to being released now, and a lot of old freinds are starting to pop back in the picture. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I had a lot of friends; some that </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/04/true-friends.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-5153824840260694961</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-31T14:04:18.772-07:00</atom:updated><title>Accepting Responsibility</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey, what&#39;s up everybody?  Well, I can&#39;t seem to stay on track with these blogs.  I have been wanting to sit down and write about this for a couple weeks, but this release date has had me in suspense.  I thought today I would be home.  But that is okay, whenever the time is right, it will happen.  I have been doing a lot of thinking about accepting responsibility;  how we are always looking for </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/taking-responsibility.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2907332362427176244</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-27T19:53:32.721-08:00</atom:updated><title>Getting Back</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey what&#39;s up y&#39;all?  I am trying to get back on track.  With all the things that have been going on lately, it has been hard for me to get focused. Seems like my time has slowed down, but I haven&#39;t been able to get anything done. But I did want to be a witness to let everybody know hard work does pay off. As you all know, Jimmy got out, and he has been doing quite well. I mean just last night </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/getting-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>12</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-390809587517661435</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-27T19:53:13.387-08:00</atom:updated><title>Hey everybody, what&#39;s up?</title><atom:summary type="text">First of all, let me apologize for me being gone so long.  First we had some techncal difficulties; after we got that worked out, my man Jimmy went home. That had me off my square. At the same time, I was atticapating a court ruling. Just wasn&#39;t in the mood to do anything extra. Well Feb 2nd that court date came through. I got my time reduced and I could be home in the next four to six weeks, </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/hey-everybody-whats-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2908429373782303774</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-04T18:39:01.685-08:00</atom:updated><title>Waiting for Destiny</title><atom:summary type="text">There are two types of people in this world: those who chase after their destiny, and those who wait for their destiny to come to them. Too often people sit around waiting for something magical to happen. Their big break, so to speak, might be right around the next corner. They hope, wish and pray for things without putting in any effort to make them come to fruition. They are what we call The </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/01/waiting-for-destiny.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>22</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-8819318349511417759</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T12:50:21.273-08:00</atom:updated><title>Happy New Year!</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey everybody. Wanted to wish you all Happy New Years. We are blessed to still be in the land of the living. So many didn&#39;t make it to see today, so we must be thankful. Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. So what are we going to do with it. alot of people squander off last year. Some are saying the things they are going to do this year, but they know in their heart that they are not</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2574415333331475871</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-18T22:35:14.126-08:00</atom:updated><title>Basketball</title><atom:summary type="text">Well, not only is basketball fantastic in the NBA, but when it goes down like our game did last night, it can be fantastic in prison too. We had a double overtime game last night, and I said before the game that I was going to leave all mine on the court. And believe me, I did. Right now I feel like I was in a fight with Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and they are on the same team. We had beat this</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/12/basketball.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-5720158081155557826</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-04T17:13:28.506-08:00</atom:updated><title>Hey, what&#39;s up?</title><atom:summary type="text">Woke up this morning with something on my mind. Ran into some old friends, and man am I excited about that. I also had a chance to read some old investigating papers yesterday. One of my friends is doing research for my autobiography, and he came up with some stuff that sent chills down my spine. It was these five or six states that had an investigation on me. And these initial papers had people </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/12/hey-whats-up.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>13</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-1603039609893791960</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-02T22:58:51.732-08:00</atom:updated><title>Let&#39;s get to 1,000!</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey, what&#39;s up everybody? Just wanted to say hello, and tell everybody thanks for all the support that they have been giving me with the site. The site is coming along well.  So excited about it.  Starting to get some great people on there, and I can see us having a commune that they have never seen before.  We are all going to grow and build together and have a chance to see one another make it.</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/12/lets-get-to-1000.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2316247096775036408</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-18T15:17:42.453-08:00</atom:updated><title>Shooting for the Stars</title><atom:summary type="text">I have been hearing a lot of people complain about the ecomony and how tough it is. When I talk to these same people, I always seem to get the same story. They want more but are not willing to give more. Its funny that they will never pick up a book or go to a seminar. They are still looking for pie in the sky, for somebody to just swoop down and erase all their problems. And with me, it&#39;s </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/shooting-for-stars.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-4806681445319414322</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-14T08:45:34.401-08:00</atom:updated><title>What&#39;s up out there?</title><atom:summary type="text">Yea, this is your man Rick and I just got off the weight pile. I had a great workout this morning but last night we got our butt whipped in basketball.  I am not the one for pointing the finger but if the refs wasn&#39;t my homeboys, I would have sworn they were hating.  They made a couple of crucial calls at the wrong time in the game.  But you know me, I will bounce back.  Right now we are 1 and 3.</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-up-out-there.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>10</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-6585532757898100978</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-10T21:31:35.049-08:00</atom:updated><title>Who is Nicholas Black?</title><atom:summary type="text">I&#39;ve been hearing a lot lately about this guy named Nicholas Black.  His name has been coming up in conversation and I&#39;m curious aobut who he is. The way people are talking, maybe he&#39;s on artist or a writer... I&#39;m not sure. Somebody said I might have already met him. If anyone can find out anything about Nicholas Black, get back at me. Maybe Nicholas Black is a friend of mine and I don&#39;t remember</atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-is-nicholas-black.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1466195080320903326.post-2704530274399983771</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-06T14:13:27.425-08:00</atom:updated><title>Obama</title><atom:summary type="text">Congratulations everybody!! We have a new president - someone that seems to be open to change - and that is a good thing.  I see guys around here saying he is going to open up the flood gates for the prison system; and then some say that trades from other countries will open up and that money will start flowing again. And since he has a Democratic Senate and Congress, he has a chance to go </atom:summary><link>http://freewayenterprise.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Ross)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>