The Consignment King Richard 'Fritz' Simmons: A True Story

Richard Simmons is a legend that was born in Charleston, South Carolina. In the 1970s, he and his family moved to New York City. They settled themselves on 112th Street in Harlem. One of their fellow tenants in the same building, 109, was a woman who originally worked in the city as a nurse. She was known on the streets as "Queen Bee". Simmons’ block of 112th Street saw other legends come before him in addition to Queen Bee, like Horse and Jerome Harris. But now there was space for a new big shot to step up. In the midst of exploring his other options for a plug, Simmons purchased a bad batch of drugs from one supplier and got shot 5 times when he confronted them about it. As he was recovering from his wounds, Simmons, a.k.a. “Fritz”, negotiated a deal with a connect from the Medellín Cartel. Two years after getting shot, Fritz was supplied with 15 kilograms of cocaine by the cartel. He began distributing all of his weight to clientele on consignment, rather than through an assembled drug crew. Out of the 40 people he distributed to on his block alone, there was no organized hierarchy or statuses amongst hustlers. He didn’t run an elaborate enterprise, he simply supplied. One of the dealers he was supplying was Reginald “Rambo” Wiggins, who had an in-depth interview with Harlem Holiday explaining some details about Fritz. Rambo recalled how pure Fritz’ drug reservoir was since Wiggins’ early days hustling with him. There was one time where Rambo visited a gambling spot called Joe Grants and sold some coke that was so good to one customer they cried after hitting it. Originally, Fritz didn’t even want Wiggins to touch the drug trade because he came home from a bid. He helped Rambo get a job at a construction site before eventually supplying him with cocaine anyway. Rambo is also the one who introduced Fritz to the late Rich Porter in 1986. This was after Rich Porter’s business exploits with Azie Faison, who got robbed in August of the next year and withdrew from the drug game. Read More: https://urbanlegendsmag.blogspot.com/... —— "Tokyo Music Walker - Way Home" is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3lL... Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/way-home-song