Matthew Cox

And although I ultimately sold a lot of that product,

I dealt with John, who was dealing with Aria.

No, not because he was... I'm just saying.

No, no, because... They trust you.

Well, no, the thing is this.

He, you know, even if you're not a member of a particular group, they expect you not to behave in a manner that's going to cross them up.

And so I didn't want to cross lines because in the West L.A.

context, Aria was responsible for dealing with the Israelis.

And I just respected that boundary.

Like, I was very good at always staying in my lane.

And so, but he wanted to deal with me because I had access to the pharmaceuticals.

See, at the time, the Israelis were trafficking in a product called UFOs, known colloquially as flying saucers.

Well, that was essentially the Budweiser of it.

And so, although they had, you know, enormous loads, they weren't able to obtain the pharmaceuticals.

And so the top tier of the trafficking community, that's actually really how I established my reputation, is because the people that were in the know, they would come to me for their personals.

So that ultimately led to developing relationships with guys who were, you know, sitting on 500, 600 kilos at a time, but they'd come to me for their personals.

So that created like a little bit of a segue.

And so, long story short, the Israeli guy's trying to cultivate a relationship with me,

I'm a little reluctant to do business with the guy.

Well, he knew that I was a music aficionado.