Rick Ross Informative Speech

It has almost become the norm, but it was difficult to read the posts, and peruse the pictures on social media of students gathering around a former convict and infamous drug dealer for a photo opp. The featured speaker is now famous for his name not for his past transgressions in the crack cocaine drug game that began in the early 1980’s. A well-known rap artist, whose real name is William Roberts II, had stolen Rick Ross’s government name to become famous in the rap game as “Freeway Rick Ross”.
On the day of the assembly, only a handful of students had been invited to hear the featured speaker, the real Rick Ross recant his life story. His story contained how he grew up in a single family home in South Central L.A. where gangs—two in particular--had gained notoriety, and as a product of his environment, got caught up running a multimillion dollar drug trafficking operation. He also spoke of working in conjunction with a CIA operative. He was now a recovered drug dealer, who once trafficked drugs; served time in prison; implemented the government’s role in literally delivering” boat loads” of cocaine to America’s poorest neighborhoods, but now he is an author and motivational speaker promoting his book.
I attended college, my major was Deviant Behavior and Social Control. I chose to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice, because I wanted to understand the urban struggle. When I graduated from college, I became a probation officer. Yes, I had a difficult time listening to the presenter tell his story because I know the students did not have the background knowledge of the 1980’s crack cocaine epidemic, and the trickle down effects of it. The curriculum of American history is limited. If the educator is creative enough in their lesson planning, by the fourth marking period, they may be able to cover the Civil Rights