If you are a White Boy dealing drugs in Detroit it is like having a target on you that says “ARREST ME!”
Not sure, but I think he had his rivals whacked. I watched a long documentary about Detroit in the post-riots period (also known as the Coleman Young period). White Boy Rick figured prominently in it.
Oh, here it is: Rollin: Detroit Documentary Young Boys Inc White Boy Rick Boone Craft.
I think they've changed the title; White Boy Rick wasn't featured so prominently before.