The Rayful Edmond Story Part II (Full)
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Published 2012-04-15
He was sentenced to 25 years to life in 1989 for running a cocaine empire but that is just the beginning of his story. Upon arriving at Lewisburg penitentiary to serve his life sentence, Rayful was placed in a cell with the third largest Colombian cocaine distributor in the world "Chicy" the son of Griselda Blanco aka the Godmother of Cocaine in Colombia who is the central person in the documentaty Cocaine Cowboys.
The Federal Government had no idea that they had just placed two of the biggest drug dealers in the world in the same prison in the same cell. Rayful and Chicy would go on to smuggle thousands of pounds of cocaine into Washington D.C, until Rayful decided to become a Government informant.
All Comments (21)
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It always amaze me how intellectual potential of black men can only be lauded and applauded in unfortunate circumstances such as this.
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The part I liked was how Rayful was naturally smart
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The pharmaceutical industry is doing the exact same thing…if he had a license then he wouldn’t have went to prison…it’s ridiculous
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Denzel would kill this role.
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How is that one guy who admits to shooting 17 people still free and Rayful got life? Unbelievable.
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And our government put those seized drugs right back out on the streets.
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Someone on this documentary said, “ (he), meaning Rayful always said he was gonna be successful.” This is where everyone gets it confused though…. Making deals and being able to buy expensive materials items for a few years in exchange for the fate he ended up with which was a life sentence in prison is not what I would consider successful..
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The government was getting their cut. No way was Ray doing all of that in D.C.and the powers that be wasn't benefitting.
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it's the entrepreneurial spirit that defines the U.S. and I don't mean criminality, I mean the will to succeed at any cost. manifest destiny. it's so so beautiful and so so ugly. call him what you will, rayful's a man with a will. and he made things happen. in the most unlikely ways.
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they should make a real movie with rza as rayful
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Man Rayful was so soft-spoken and look like he would never sell drugs..I cant believe he was one of the biggest druglords in history!!
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I remember seeing Rayful Edmond's story a few years ago. his teachers used to say he was too smart for himself. His homeboy is the reason why he's locked up (caught a body and the police thought it was gang-related) Rayful told his homeboy "You hurt me more than you helped me". His homeboy couldn't say a damn thing afterwards.
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If Rayful Edmond would get out of prison he'd never do what Alpo Martinez did. Edmond would do what the witness protection program would tell him to do. Rayful Edmond was a lot smarter than the dealers from NYC!
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Great comment. I never believed the No to Drugs campaign. How are drugs getting into the country if they are so against it?
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Am so grateful that Edmunds received a recommendation for an early release. He has been through so much as a result of his April 15th 1989, arrest. I can respect any man that lays his life on the line in exchange for his mother. He did what many wouldn't and lived to see it through. Hopefully he will go into politics; I'd vote for him.
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Ray was a good dude man .. We were at Lewisburg together..We all were getting serious money and we paid for it but no one ☝️ and I mean no one deserves a life sentence for selling drugs or anything that has to do with hustling.. And they give murderers and child molesters 5 years it’s crazy man
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Big Dude said it best.. everybody is human
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The pharmaceutical Industry has done Much Worse……
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I hate how they stack the deck and say he could have been successful in other fields HOW? do people not know how DC was in the 70's and 80's?
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Ray has a strong 💪 mind. Respect 🙏
