Drugs + Hip-Hop

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Visiting a Drug Kingpin's Resort

Visiting a Drug Kingpin's Resort

They asked us what the hell we were doing there

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Sep 10, 2020
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I arrived to Wuhan, China in January, 2018 with many things on my agenda.

One was infiltrating a drug company called Yuancheng, which sold fentanyl ingredients to Mexican cartels and American consumers. It was owned by a super-rich guy named Ye Chuan Fa, who operated within his country’s laws but was nonetheless a drug kingpin. You can read about my inf…

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