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Radio Extra: Former Millionare Crack Dealer Talks Ahead of Documentary

October 28, 2014 4:52pm | Updated October 28, 2014 4:52pm
A still from the documentary "Freeway: Crack In The System." Inset: "Freeway Boy" Norman Tillman, who made millions selling crack cocaine in Chicago, regrets his part in destroying Chicago neighborhoods.
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ENGLEWOOD — Norman Tillman doesn't hide the truth about his past. 

He admits that he made millions of dollars selling crack-cocaine on Chicago's streets in the late 1980s, destroying neighborhoods and the lives of most of his family members in the process.  

Tillman is playing a supporting role in an upcoming documentary about Los Angeles drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross. On today's DNAinfo Radio Extra, Mark Konkol discusses how Tillman avoided major jail time, and how the death of his brother changed his life:

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