Rayful Edmond's Rise to Washington, DC's crack kingpin
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- Rayful Edmond, 24, had become D.C.'s biggest, most successful and feared crack-cocaine dealer. He was a D.C. native who grew up on M Street, NE. Like a lot of the young drug dealers around him, Edmond wasn't poor. His mother and his father had government jobs. But by age 9, he had been exposed to the drug life by his father, Rayful Edmond II. The drug business was equal opportunity; a chance to leap over the rest of the working class into a land of riches.
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They put a well known drug dealer in a cell with 2 columbian cartel connections and expected him not to conspire to move more drugs? That seems like a set up to me smh
They need to make a movie on rayful Edmond, Teflon sean, Wayne perry
And Ears The Christ
You know THEY Hate making Movies about Black Successful Leaders 😢. (THEY) only Highlight (US) for Negative behavior.
There’s no rayful story with out Tony Lewis sr his partner and his connect Melvin butler
Troy Reed made a documentary about Rayful.
Dude got busted as a drug kingpin at 24 smh that’s crazy he was young
Looked 30 all that stress aged him 😂
Young asf
Was DC really as bad as they making it same
@@raynell881 -- yes, hands down.
@@ddoubleu170 You was living in DC back then
RIP Bruce Johnson, he was a well respected DC journalist for many years.
They have so many movies biopics about New York drug dealers and kingpins. They should have been made a movie about dc's rayful edmonds. A movie should still be made about that time.
Denzel Washington cast as Rayful Edmond is genius
its to late denzel is like 66 and dont look as young. you need a guy around 27 that look 24
What’s crazy is how Rayful told and Tony Lewis kept it solid and Ray can’t get out while Tony Lewis just came home. Funny how that works
Rayful told for his mums 24 year sentence to be reduced and it did. So he still got what he wanted.
He home now
I remember this case so well my Uncle and Cousin was apart of it and these are facts the LA Washington connection
Wow that is crazy ray was a smooth guy tho
They freed ALPO But won’t free rayful OMG The system is backwards
The difference is alpo is FINE
@WORDto BIGbird alpo is beneficial to society. He could teach business to the youth and show theres a way to be successful other than sports. Plus rayful and azie are ugly af
@@Makaylah13 rayful had more money and was larger than alpo will ever be
@@jayrolla7093 That's the stone cold fact! Rayful Edmonds III was supplying Alpo at one point. Alpo was wild, while Rayful was smart and great at logistic. Edmonds III could of been a CEO of a Fortune 500 business,. Rayful was smart as well as street smart. 💯 #FreeRayfulEdmondsIII
@@JefeDeJefes8484 if you haven't already check out Darryl Reed Oakland Cali
His moms pic omfg lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was something else wasn't it.
I was thinking the same thing she looks ridiculous
You could do this at that time and that age... But let's not forget the U.S. Gov't allowed this to happen until our people got too rich and powerful.
Rich yes, powerful?? Never
Don’t forget crack addicted, PTSD-ridden, incarcerated and some murdered. Let’s not romanticize this.
Yes, it was free enterprise but it was the wrong way. The absolute wrong way.
And some even managed to...slip through the cracks!
@@ddoubleu170 The government and people like George Herbert Bush brought in loads of drugs.
Prescott Bush his grandfather did business with Hitler Nazi Germany. He profited off of the backs of Jews and others that died in Auswitz. He didn't go to jail.
IBM sold computer chips and counting machines for Hitler to count the Jews he killed. IBM paid no price for this.
Rich and powerful?Off destroying others yes which is where the karma aspect comes in.
This is the most upbeat media recount of these times I've ever heard. I almost hears pompoms. Screw these guys.
Drug dealing,murdering scumbags
I think 30 years is more than enough time spent in jail for the crimes he committed. I truly believe he is rehabilitated. Everybody deserves a second chance. Free that man.
S0ciaLButtaFLy70🦋 the real kingpin was Bush and the CIA
@Bobbi So 100 not happening dawg
WORD Sis
Are u from the DMV too?
DREAMS MARKET GROUP no
WHAT ABOUT REAGAN? OLIVER NORTH? BUSH???-NOT SAYING WHAT RAYFUL DID WAS OK...BECAUSE A LOT,,,OF FAMILIES LOST A MANY,MANY LOVED ONES VIOLENTLY DUE TO HIS SELFISH DESIRES.
That's always been the problem we all got someone who will turn on the race for selfish quick gain that's why they keep us poor
Reagan said: We'll "never" negotiate or, trade arms for hostages and, while the public was listening to that crap, they WAS trading both arms and cocaine and, they both ended up flooding the African/American communities of this country, at the expense of thousands of young black men, whose lives were lost or totally...wasted!
@@evnstvn58 THANK YOU,Thank you,and thank u-
Well then what about Hitler? What’s your point?
Exactly!!!!!
Dude looks like Denzel Washington. 😁
more like eddie murphy
The government should be held accountable what about their part....let this man out it's hundreds of ppl that are free and back in society that have done far worse than this man....
Reagan administration allowed cocaine from colombia and nicaragua to pass through all the major cities at one time..Cali, NY and DC was terrible in the 80s
It's been that way for aeons and mfs still falling for the same ol tricks. Smh
24 years old bringing in 300 million a year
Maurice Willis it dont matter if u snitch in da end
🤓🤓
In the 80s at that!!!!
Paul Winestock had the toughest Money Green Benz I ever seen in the 80s
He and my uncle Keith King were close friends. I remember the benz would ride thru Saratoga Ave n the 80's..
That’s a long time to be in prison just for drugs
Involved in murders
Great reporting by Bruce Johnson RIP
Pass the Buck the American Way and Not One Federal Agent was Charged or the Judges or Politicians .
IN-CAR-STRATED 😂😂 idk if I was drive a car or be constipated 😭
They should sub out Rayful with Oliver North.
Why would they? They would never be held accountable.
thecrystalshipful or Rudy Guliani
thecrystalshipful all rats must be exterminated
Rayful got 2 life sentences and Oli North got a Tv show…This is America.
This
Rayful a Brand Name Now
If Alpo now walking the street and he the biggest snitch of them all then Ray should get that chance.
He ain't walking no mo
Yall dudes in DC have selective memory lol... Rayful got over 100people locked up. Thats way worse than what Alpo did, cut the bs
Lovely E. The government allowed this to happen
And now he’s released
Retired cop turned preacher said " he pray rayful continue to do the work he did inside" SNITCH WOW
Abide by the law, not snitching you idiot.
Borzoi Coursing 2 no he did a lot of good while in prison that’s what he meant
@@rick1975100 That's what I was saying. That he was abiding by the law ,not snitching as the other guy was saying.
Rayful edmounds is kina cute with a cute smile 😊
When you did wisely with someone You manipulate them without them knowing they’re being manipulated
I grew up in that time and surrounding area if you know the District he not gonna last an hour on DC streets DC never forgets
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
Rayful Edmond's lawyer played Sen. Clay Davis' lawyer in the HBO show The Wire.
Hope 50 cent get this movie 🍿
The reason the sentencing is longer is because the people slanging wack were killing people at a way higher rate then regular cocaine dealers. It also had a way bigger impact on the financial stability in the community so I don't think you can say they should have an equal sentence
The government needs to take most of the blame. If we can't lock them up we should not be locking up their workers-pushers. The people at the very top are not being investigated!!
So this is where they loss me at if he was in control of only 1/3 of the drug dealings in this area how does he get 2 life sentences because who was in control of the rest we all know the government had their hands in that so when are they gonna be charged with their crimes against the country
Never. Because drug trade from the Gov is done from the Top. But Rayfuls 33% control of cocaine in the D.C. Metro is a HUGE chunk tho
Yea somehow that went right pass everyone’s ears
I did some quick research and came across Salvatore Cattone, an Sicilian who was supplying coke through the DMV in the 70s and 80s
Ray is home.... welcome home RAYFUL
BENNY BAGS your sad u praising a rat 🐀. And saying welcome home
Damn!!
I was in Petersburg and Cumberland with many of these guys.
Cumberland MD in da house
500 million dollars a year not 300 million. Edmond is not a millionaire he is a BILLIONAIRE.
You really believe Edmonds is a billionaire ? dude is most likely broke he's been incarcerated for almost 30 years
Yeah if he was to ever collect on money owed he'd be worth millions but he ain't never collecting
That was his whole empire taking 300 million between 150 people of course he wasn't a billionaire lol
Which means zero. All a grand illusion. Those are the numbers they use to trap others.
@@davidmellish3295 he was getting alot of doe he was hitting the whole DC slim
@@DeenoverDunya215 I know he made bank but he wasn't a billionaire
Do anybody know how to get the 1997 interview of him on 60 mins? They called it "The 300,000,000 man.
@pate heckerwoods I did no luck
They called Wayne "Silk" Perry the $300 Million Man I thought.
@@borzoicoursing2230 no way. Perry was more of an enforcer than a money man
"An enforcer" of what? Bitch please, Wayne "Silk" Perry was a big timer that was a drug lord AND jacker. He set Alberto Martinez up to be kidnapped and robbed also so he CERTAINLY was about MONEY.
@@borzoicoursing2230 he started selling drugs didn't stay with it. He did more robberies and murders than drugs
He probably can't come back to DC
He can't people will kill him, he'd be in a secluded place somewhere else in the country.
Who will America answer too for their crimes?
God almighty in heaven
Well, I know why you were all here in August 2024 😊
I’m here after finding out ray is a free man been released 2024 AUG 1st 35 years locked up. I’m 36 he’s been locked up since he was 24 which makes him 59 or he will be 60 this year. That’s mad
John Thompson's death sent me here
1:49 One of his Cali connects.
What happened to him?
Melvin Butler
Melvin got out and went back smh.
On the Good Sides it's Not for Eternity the Punishment that The Feds will Receive is Eternal in the Afterlife .
24 years old worth millions
Welcome home Ray
R u implying that Rayful is now home
@@joseygirl52 yea he's home
@@miamimalverde7185 wow.
@straight shot No sir I do not..I wasnt affected by his presence or lack of. I am significantly younger than whom u speak of. So what he did out here back then didn't affect my life. In fact it taught me DEAD ON WHAT NOT TO DO.. My principle is THIS THOUGH was groomed to know that If u make a decision in your life to do whatever know that if your decision requires reprimand go into that decision READY TO DO IT ALL..never is it ok to TELL ON, INFORM,RAT, or GIVE UP INFORMATION ON ANYONE or ANYTHING,U KEEP YOUR FUCKINF MOUTH SHUT. so that im clear on this IVE NEVER SOLD The devils poison, but I am guilty of dating men in the game, and as a female on the arm of one you're privy to info, and NO MATTER WHAT U HEAR, SEE ,etc. U NEVER SNITCH. So I don't respect anyone Mr. Edmunds included that burst under pressure, I was facing 60 years because I wouldn't TELL ON A BROTHER..So please forgive me if my words seem harsh they may be but they r also very true and how I love today!loyaltomeandmylifesrulesunapologetically!!Respect
@@joseygirl52 Calm down
I never knew he snitched
A third? So who had hands on the other 2 third? Where’s their names
So he only changed after telling on everyone he ain’t truly sorry he wants out if he did his time righteously that would be different but he didn’t learn his lesson the first time got more time but then told on whoever he could and now he’s seriously has a chance to go home there’s a lot more people that deserve to go home before him
Be true to your self at all time.
Free Rayful
Let that man out. Some places he not going to even remember anymore time has changed and im sure a lot of people he once knew have died
Nope
how can a kingpin squeal...
mel lawson nas, 1 🎤 💯
Ask 69, he knows
They labelled him because they knew there would be hundreds of copy cats. He was used.
What kind of question is that? He cooperated. He ratted. You sound like you might be leaning towards excusing it based on personal ignorance. Be aware who you speak to with when you use nonsensical questions. If you don’t live under a rock then you know there is always a bigger target for the government.
@@mathewmcdonald3657 basically what he asking is he's the main cause of the trouble, how can he snitch on trouble he created? It's the translation of a Nas verse
I remember his story from BET's American Gangster.......I say let him out and reform stuff on the street.
They are afraid of his youth they want him to be 80 before released
Rayful no doubt was the biggest drug kingpin on the east coast at the time maybe in county as far black druglords .... Dude had damn near a whole city on lock
Nag bruh u wrong. DC ain't even big enough for him to be the biggest on the east cost. NYC had way bigger kingpins than Rayful
@@rdelacruz8949 At that time no one, NYC may have been bigger but the % of the trade he had locked up in one city.... Couldn't be matched.... Too many up NYC to split the pie
FREE RAY CLEVELAND OHIO much LOVE BIG HOMIE
Come home Ray!!!
That was the most BS I ever heard at the end the prosecutor said a boy died from the streets an blame it on rayful man everybody in life has choices rayful didn't make him choose that life Matter fact rayful didn't make anybody choose the life that was in,it they did that on,there own
RIP LEN BIAS
He is free
FREE RAYFUL ❤️
So the DEA, FBI and CIA get a pass huh?
He told on everyone for free , so i guess he paid his dues
This guy sold WEIGHT. IN POWDER...the people that bought it from him THEN turned it into crack.....
He a demon pumping that to his own people
@@rockfresh5359 True..But people didnt UNDERSTAND the LONG TERM ramifications of THIS business ( cocaine)...The only thing on theyre minds was product movement and profit
Really
The money these drug dealers were making in a year... Did they invest this money into any legit businesses? 🙄
How could they with the fbi all over them plus they were fighting for turf
Some did they got smoked not all but most who were were js killed by the bad apples like Blake
So is he Wayne parry uncle
Free Rayful ❤💯
Hard to opine, Rayful
Edmonds or ...trump? I vote Rayful.
I don't know if letting him out is a good idea. He has snitched so much there might be a price on his head.
Carlos Clayton on god. Its people in the comments praising this rat💀🐀
Edward Davis alpo is hiding stfu
King Liq rat? Man stfu! You would rat to get yourself out of jail! He told on people that was gonna kill him and some other bad people in order to get his family out
IT’s UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING DRUGS 😳😳😳😳🤔🤔🤔🤔🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
He was young! ..give him a break!!!
I feel like Drugs should no be able to get u all that time
Let that man GO!!
7:00 - 8:00 of this Video = FRUITY SHOES !!!! (see: jail video)
This must be old.. he's free
I find it funny how so many people in the DMV want Rayful the Rat to come home. But yall still hate Alpo with a passion lol
He's been locked up too long plus now he's been snitching for years
SCHOOL LIBRARY TEST, Jailed ??????
If it's meant to be if it is part of God's plan for rayful Evans to be set free then nothing can stop it nothing!!
I still think they put da 🐀 Ray in da cell wit Griselda Blanco son like dat wasnt no coincidence an once he died an da cartel applied pressure 2 Ray dats how they set up da cartel as well 🤣🤷🏽♂️ played all of them
Stop that BS blk ppl are not kingpins that money that they make i don't care how many millions that's nothing compared to wht ppl look at the shipment that they found JP morgan 1.3 billion so stop with the kingpin nonsense
Look bitch, Black ppl don't say kingpin... White ppl put that jacket (kingpin) on our back.. news reporters an so on.........
Thank you
It's a label. It's theatre for them.
Nobody ain’t go to jail yet for that.
Now blast Salvatore Cottone like y’all like blasting Rayful
Pillers of the community
30yrs aint no joke! Free white boy rick!
Bout time..
Want he getting his dope from a rollin 60 back then
Ratful Edmond* 🐀🐁
Your a rat. Say that to his face
0:19-0:25 bull !!!
What do you mean?
Victor Gross go back to 19 seconds and listen.
@@oohweeoohwee9222 I did. What was wrong with it?
Victor Gross did he run a notorious drug ring for decades? Pay attention to details.
Eric holder??????????? Wtf whooooooaaaaaaa
I like shiny things like when my uncle used to dangle his car keys in front of me when I cried. I still ain’t grown out of it. As so as my generation hasent either
He paid his dudes let him out
RAFUS !!
Poisoned his own people and community.
Didn’t he turn snitch? Smh
Yea he did to get his mom and sisters out of prison.
K Gregory they should’ve did they time,it’s no excuse for it
@@kgregory6182 No excuse a rat is a rat if he did it once he probably did it to people back in the day.
I mean he should have been out...its bigger killers out here and bigger curruption than it ever has been wit this NO JUSTICE system...LET RAYFUL OUT NOW...