Episode 3  “What Went Down with Freeway?”

Episode 3 “What Went Down with Freeway?”

Author: Breakbeat Media March 4, 2022 Duration: 44:19
This week’s conversation covers Snowfall’s season 5, episode 2. With CIA operative Teddy back in the mix and at the center of this episode, our hosts Dave, Brett, and Freeway talk about Freeway’s actual dealings with real-life CIA operative Danilo Blandon. Blandon was Rick’s supplier who was using drug proceeds to fund a war in Nicaragua. Rick points out how the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine is similar to the situation between the United States and Nicaragua in the 1980s. The hosts go on to talk about Franklin’s friend and business confidante Leon and if the scene with Jerome and Louie buying guns was realistic. Only on After The Snow can you find out what really happens when you get caught up in the game.

There’s the story you watched unfold on television, and then there’s the raw, unfiltered reality that inspired it. After the Snow bridges that gap entirely. This isn’t a standard recap; it’s a weekly conversation directly with the man who lived it: activist, entrepreneur, and former drug kingpin Freeway Rick Ross, whose own life provided the blueprint for the hit series Snowfall. Each episode, Ross sits down with a hip-hop mogul to unpack not just the show, but the true, staggering events behind it. You’ll hear firsthand accounts of ambition and empire-building that defy belief, tangled with CIA conspiracies and the brutal mechanics of a multi-billion dollar international drug trade. The podcast, produced by Breakbeat Media, moves beyond the screen to explore the complex legacy of that era and the person Ross became in its aftermath. It’s a rare, direct line to a chapter of history often shrouded in myth, told with the clarity and perspective that only time can provide. Tune in every Thursday for these essential conversations, where the legend finally gets to tell his own story.
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Duration: 41:53
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