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Mar 17

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Rare Stories about Black Hollywood.

Some you probably heard before, others may be new.

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Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down in 1990 after a lighting scaffold hit his neck and broke it. He was just about to perform and the wind knocked it out. This happened in Brooklyn.

Rick James and Michael Jackson had a big brother little brother relationship from the late 70’s through the early 80’s.

After Off The Wall, Rick told Michael that he needed to switch his sound up and create his own lane if he wanted to win a Grammy. (Continues in next tweet)

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Boss

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Mar 16

Cornell Ward, 1979 & 1985. South Central, LA.

Cornell is who Leon’s character in Snowfall is based off of, Freeway Rick’s right hand.

Was supposed to play football but couldn’t get right in the classroom, so used his $1,800 refund check to get into the game.

Leon’s change of heart and growth symbolizes Cornell’s change. Cornell had told a group of 11-13 year olds he knew from the neighborhood to go home after catching them with a prostitute. They got in a stolen car and crashed, the car flipped upside down and none of them survived.

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Boss

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Oct 24, 2021

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BMF

50 BOYZ.

SOUTHWEST DETROIT.

THE EARLY DAYS.

1980’s.

PART 1.

“We cold from a God-fearing household. The Bible in our living room was always open on the same verse. We just was poor as shit, which caused all this other drama.”

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Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory was born on June 21, 1968, and Terry “Southwest T” was born on January 10, 1970 in Southwest Detroit.

Growing up poor in Detroit with little to no options other than to get an education, they decided that they would make their way by getting money. By the early 70’s Detroit became disenfranchised and many families were living paycheck to paycheck.

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Boss

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Oct 24, 2021

Southwest T in the Benz that made Charles Flenory lose his appetite in Episode 4.

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Boss

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Jul 16, 2021

FREEWAY RICKY ROSS

GODFATHER OF CRACK

SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES

FIGUEROA ST.

FREEWAY BOYS

ALLEGEDLY THE INSPIRATION BEHIND SNOWFALL.

“You know how they say that everybody has a purpose in life? Well at one time I felt selling Cocaine was my purpose.”

Ricky Donnell Ross, was born on January 26, 1960 in Tyler, Texas.

At the age of 5, Ricky and his family moved to South Central Los Angeles in hopes of a brighter future; as many African Americans did during the 50’s and 60’s.

Pictured below is a beautiful picture of a Black family settling in South Central.

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Boss

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Jun 2, 2020

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Set up by NYPD..

Two guns.

Barricaded in his apartment, boxed in with nowhere to go.

Handed six officers shots to the face, jumped out the window and had NYC on lockdown for days.

Made it out alive..

BEAT THE CASE.

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Larry Davis was born and raised in the South Bronx while that part of the Bronx was tallying at least 200 plus murders a year. The Bronx was neglected.

Reagan in the South Bronx, made matters worse.