Step inside one of the most legendary — and misunderstood — eras in American crime history. For the first time ever, Whitey Sullivan, the right-hand man to Washington D.C.’s infamous drug lord Rayful Edmond, sits down on camera to finally set the record straight.

Whitey was there for all of it — from Rayful becoming a teenage millionaire valedictorian and star basketball player… to building a cocaine pipeline from Los Angeles to D.C.… to overseeing multi-ton shipments every single week. He counted the money, managed the crews, and stood beside Rayful during the DEA’s most dramatic kingpin takedown of the 1980s.

His power, influence, and empire continued to shock law enforcement for decades. Today, Whitey is breaking decades of silence to reveal:

- How Rayful became the most successful urban drug dealer of his generation

- The violence, rules, loyalty — and mythology — of D.C.’s streets

- The truth about the federal case, the media, and the betrayals

- Rayful’s plan to go legit… and why nobody truly walks away

- Never-before-told stories of wealth, danger & survival

This is the raw, unfiltered story the streets still whisper about — straight from the only man qualified to tell it.

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00:00 Intro: Setting the Record Straight
02:25 Rayful Edmond: Origins and Early Hustle
07:57 The Rise: Childhood to Drug Kingpin
18:13 Starting Out Pre-Crack Era
25:21 Transitioning to Cocaine and Expansion
30:57 This Episode Is Sponsored By Superpower
33:36 Running DC: Growing the Empire
41:01 Scaling Up: Bricks, Stash Houses, and Riches
57:41 Life as a Young Insider
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01:02:12 Rayful's Connections and the Colombian Cartel
01:14:48 Organization Structure and DC’s Drug World
01:29:02 The Crack Era: Streets & Violence
01:43:44 The Indictment: Raids and Arrests
01:56:00 Jail, Trials, and Surviving the System
02:14:09 The Second Case: Inside Prison Operations
02:30:09 Sentencing, Appeals, and Release
02:37:13 Coming Home: Release and Final Days
02:44:31 Rayful Edmond's Death and Legacy
02:56:53 Setting the Record Straight: The Real Story

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