Charles Cosby and Billy Corben on NBC 6
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Charles Cosby: Cocaine Cowboy’s Griselda Blanco’s Million Dollar Man
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Every so often a criminal persona will have a street reputation so grand; it will become permanently fixated into popular culture. From Al Capone and his cigar, the Son of Sam’s grim mystique all the way up to John Gotti’s Teflon disposure. In 2006 a new outlaw would be etched in our hearts via the cult classic documentary Cocaine Cowboys.
The film chronicled the insane drug trafficking flowing throughout Miami in the 1970’s and 1980’s. At the center of all the money, murder, and kidnapping was Griselda Blanco. Also known as “The Godmother”, Blanco was a pioneer in the cocaine trade due to her amassed fortune and ruthless ambition to stay at top.
While Cocaine Cowboys detailed her rise to infamy, her entire story was not told. Now with the recent release of the much awaited sequel Cocaine Cowboys 2, her story continues in California. Albeit being incarcerated, Blanco still ran a multi million dollar drug operation behind bars with the assistance of Charles Cosby. A dealer himself, Cosby would link with Griselda and make street history. In an exclusive, AllHipHop.com speaks to The Godmother’s multi million dollar man.
Metromix: Riding High
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008The narrator of ‘Cocaine Cowboys 2′ discusses his drug-dealing past and the whereabouts of the real-life Michael Corleone
By John Hood
Special to Metromix
In 2006, Miami filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman released “Cocaine Cowboys,” a bullet-riddled chronicle of the days when South Florida was under the thumb—and the gun—of the drug trade. Directed by Corben and co-produced by Spellman, who together run the production company Rakontur, the daring documentary recounted what it was like when the region was awash in blood and money. Now, the Rakontur boys are back with a sequel that’s every bit as violent and captivating as its predecessor.
Released this week on DVD, “Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ With the Godmother” highlights the cold, hard life of Griselda Blanco, the billionaire cocaine queenpin some people consider responsible for establishing the drug trade in the United States. As ruthless as she was rich, the Colombian-born Blanco killed at will, and somehow managed not to get herself murdered along the way.
The film is narrated by Charles Cosby, an upwardly mobile Oakland, Calif., crack dealer who parlayed a jailhouse affair with The Godmother into a multimillion-dollar drug business so robust it earned him a central spot in her life. Although Blanco’s exploits are the focus of “Cocaine Cowboys 2,” the brash, bold and articulate Cosby steals the show.
City Link Metromix.com interviewed the former gangster last week before the movie’s premiere in Miami Beach.
How come you’re not dead?
I’m not dead because I knew when to hold my cards [and] I knew when to fold my cards. I also saw all the pitfalls that were gobbling up other drug dealers, so I let their demise—for lack of a better word—be my guide. If they did their thing a certain way and they failed at it, I made sure I steered clear of that.
King-Mag Article: The Cocaine Cowboy
Saturday, July 26th, 2008He might share a surname with your favorite TV dad, but Charles Cosby’s life story is no sitcom.
At 23, Charles Cosby was just another LA drug dealer slinging rock during the inner city crack epidemic of the 1980s. By the time he was 24, Cosby was at the helm of an international cocaine cartel with millions of dollars and thousands of soldiers at his disposal. As the right-hand man and lover of Colombian drug kingpin Griselda “The Godmother” Blanco, Cosby was living his own personal version of Scarface—only his chick was Tony Montana and he was Michelle Pfeffier. His meteoric rise and inevitable fall are the subject of Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ with the Godmother, the sequel to the 2002 cult favorite.
When did Griselda Blanco first come to your attention?
Griselda was arrested in February of 1985 on an old indictment charge in New York City. I happened to be at home watching the news that day and they made her out to be an alleged billionaire who controlled 1500 subordinates. They said that at every sunset her wealth grew by a million dollars. It was amazing to see some shit like that. I never knew such kingpins existed, much less a woman, you know?
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Star Of Cocaine Cowboys 2 Talks To Jim & Jade
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
MIAMI (CBS4) ― The 2006 drug documentary “Cocaine Cowboys” took viewers into the violent, deadly and not-so-underground world of drug trafficking in Miami in the late seventies and eighties. Director Billy Corben’s sequel, “Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ with the Godmother” focuses on the lives of “The Godmother” Griselda Blanco, and her former lover Charles Cosby. Both Cosby and Corben talked about the film with Jim and Jade Thursday morning.
Griselda Blanco, aka The Godmother, was responsible for bringing in more drugs and more crime to South Florida’s streets than anyone else at the time. She led a $40 million cocaine business, and Charles Cosby was her lover.
Audio Clip of Interview with Reload Magazine
Saturday, July 26th, 2008An audio clip released on July 25, 2008. Lex Vegas of Reload Magazine interviews Charles Cosby regarding Cocaine Cowboys 2.
Charles Cosby and Griselda Blanco in Maxim Magazine
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The new July issue of Maxim magazine presents a 5-page spread on Griselda Blanco and Charles Cosby in their article The Female Scarface: The Rise and Fall of the Deadliest Woman Alive
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Murder Dog Magazine Interview
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008Cocaine Cowboys
Interview with Charles Cosby
Interview by Allen S. Gordon
Continued from Murder Dog volume 15 #1
How did you manage to keep your ego in check running with Griselda Blanco and having ridiculous amounts of wealth? That is just something young niggas can’t avoid. They have to floss and flaunt their wealth in the drug game.
Guys buy cars and heavy jewelry just to impress the bitches. I had no desire to do that. Don’t get me wrong, I had fly cars and a few women earlier as a street dealer, but when I got with Griselda it was all business for me, and I was not doing anything that would get me caught up.
Excuse me for asking this question if it seems to personal, but being in your 20s, how did you muster the gumption to carry on a sexual relationship with Griselda Blanco. She was old, in her 50s, and was no Dianne Carroll or Nancy Wilson.
I started out writing her love letters. I wanted to massage her ego and open her heart to love. That’s how I started out and once I did that I had to stay on that course. And of course as the story goes she fell deeply in love with me. And she opened up a whole new world to me, so naturally I loved her to a great degree or extent. I wasn’t really surprised, my people around me were surprised. But I’ve always been adventurous and if I put my mind to I can do it. Making love to Griselda, there was no difficulty or problems. She was beautiful for what she did for me.