Rick Ross has about eleven bucks left in his savings account. Things were a lot different in the 80s when Ross had to hire people to count all the cash he had stored in his mother’s closet and elsewhere. From Mike Sager in Esquire: “Crack was just turning up in the United States. The contras were seeking funds to support their civil war in Nicaragua. And an L. A. kid was looking for an opportunity. The combination would change America.” Say hello to Rick Ross.

+ What happens when pot gets legalized? From Business Insider’s Walter Hickey: The True Story Of The Great Marijuana Crash Of 2011.