Interview With Nicky Barnes & Frank Lucas

New York magazine spoke to Nicky Barnes and Frank Lucas together and it got interesting. In the movie, Lucas supplied Barnes with work and Nicky cut it (lowering the quality of Franks pure Vietnam heroin) and that’s when you hear the “Blue Magic” quote from Jay-Z’s song.

“I would rather be out here in the witness program than to be in jail with them.
Why would I wanna be in there with them kinda niggers? I don’t regret it. I saw
this show on CNN, with Anderson Cooper. Cats were talking about “Don’t snitch,
no matter what happens.” Well, I can’t see how a guy can be considered strong if
he lets a bunch of assholes walk all over him and he doesn’t respond, just because 3
of some code that a bunch of idiots have cooked up.
Anderson Cooper asked this rapper [Cam’ron], “Suppose a child was molested and
you knew who this molester was. Would you tell the police?” He said, “No.” So that’s
what I’m sayin’—the street guidelines are just moron bullshit.” - Nicky Barnes

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