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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.
Answer Trivia For A Chance To Win CC2
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
While in her late 40s, Colombian cocaine queen Griselda Blanco liked to tell her friends, “I’m the baddest bitch to ever take a breath of life.” If you need proof, watch Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ With The Godmother, a spin-off of the 2006 documentary that drops today. While the original examined Miami drug trafficking in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the sequel focuses in on the post-Miami operation of Blanco (aka The Godmother), detailing how she fell in love with Oakland man Charles Cosby and recruited him to run her national cocaine distribution network while behind bars in the early ’90s.
Told primarily through interviews with Cosby, along with archival footage and animated reenactments, CC2 is easily as riveting as the original. But while the first documentary offered broad social commentary about the effects of drug money on Miami, the sequel is much more of a focused character study about how these strange bedfellows developed a symbiotic relationship. If that doesn’t make you want to watch…did we mention that there’s a segment where they give instructions on how to cook crack? Either way, there’s something for the whole family. Watch the trailer here or learn how to win a copy of the DVD below.
To win a copy of the Cocaine Cowboys 2: Hustlin’ With The Godmother, answer the following three questions correctly:
1. Griselda Blanco is originally from Medellín, Columbia. What other infamous drug trafficker called this city home?
2. Cocaine Cowboys 2 takes place primarily in Oakland, CA. Name three rappers from Oakland who have gone platinum.
3. Griselda Blanco named her son Michael Corleone, after Al Pacino’s character in The Godfather. In the first movie, what island does Michael flee to after killing the men who shot his father?
Email your responses to contest@complex.com. If you’re one of the first two people to answer correctly, we will send you a copy of Cocaine Cowboys 2
Bay Area Premiere In Emeryville On July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Update: FREE ADMISSION !!
Heavy snow expected on July 28, 2008. Cocaine Cowboys 2 : Hustlin with the Godmother premieres in the Bay Area at the UA Emery Bay located at 6330 Christie Ave, Emeryville, California 94608. Film starts at 7:30pm.
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.
Miami Premiere Pictures Part 2
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
AllHipHop.com Gives Cocaine Cowboys II 5 Stars
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Cocaine Cowboys II Set to Hit Stores
Published Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:46 AM
By Ismael AbduSalaam
In a follow up to the highly successful cult original, Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin’ With the Godmother has been confirmed for DVD release on July 29.
The sequel will be narrated by Charles Cosby, a lover of the notorious Griselda Blanco, also known by the aliases “The Godmother,” “Black Widow,” and “Cocaine Queen of Miami.”
Cosby opened his first crackhouse in the late 80’s, and became well known throughout East Oakland’s burgeoning drug trade.