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White Boy Rick

Jul 16, 202649:07Society & Culture

Would you believe that Detroit's crack epidemic in the mid-80s was overseen by one 16 year-old white kid who supplied all the coke? No? Well, that's not quite true, so okay. The actual story is even more nutso than that.

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White Boy Rick is an episode from Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts. Would you believe that Detroit's crack epidemic in the mid-80s was overseen by one 16 year-old white kid who supplied all the coke? No? Well, that's not quite true,...

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Published Jul 16, 2026, 49:07 long, audio available.

White Boy Rick

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