"Freeway" Rick Ross is a community activist, formerly known for his incarceration after being convicted as the kingpin of the "drug empire" of 1980's Los Angeles."Freeway" Rick Ross is a community activist, formerly known for his incarceration after being convicted as the kingpin of the "drug empire" of 1980's Los Angeles."Freeway" Rick Ross is a community activist, formerly known for his incarceration after being convicted as the kingpin of the "drug empire" of 1980's Los Angeles.