Thelma Wright is an author, speaker and mentor. Her self-published memoir "With Eyes From Both Sides: Living My Life in and Out of The Game '' is a powerful, captivating and cautionary story of survival. Thelma has been featured on two doc-series, BET+ American Gangster: Trap Queens and G.A.M.E. Thelma’s story is a cautionary tale of survival - From suburban housewife to drug queenpin in under five years, the death of Wright’s husband left her two choices: let her family starve or take over the family business. With equal parts grit and grace, she forces her way to the top of the international drug game to build one of the largest cocaine and heroin operations of the 1980s.
Thelma joins the show to further discuss the context behind her memoir, "With Eyes From Both Sides - Living My Life In and Out of the Game": which details her life in the drug scene in Philadelphia in the 80’s & 90’s.
