Freeway Ricky Ross: "The Drug Business Funded Hip-Hop"

In a recent sit down interview with HipHopDX, convicted drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross explains why the criminal justice system works perfectly and how the money from drugs helped rappers launch their careers."We gotta be honest. The drug business funded Hip Hop," he said. "Most guys didn't have money to buy $1,000 turntables or mixing boards, so Hip Hop was funded by drugs. Even if you look at the way the cycle moved from state to state, it was usually the states that had just got a hold of cocaine and were booming in the drug business. The game kind of gelled out of those areas, so when you look at it, it was vital."Ross would continue, saying, "Nobody else was going to give us a loan. Nobody was going to give a young Eazy-E a loan to go out and do records, rent a studio or any of the stuff he had to do. Nobody was gonna loan him that money to pay someone to introduce him to Jerry Heller. So he had to get his money by any means that he could. By any means necessary."Source: HipHopDX