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John S. Watts Jr new article content is about John S. Watts, Jr., also known as John Boy (born March 9, 1959) is an American author former drug who is best known for his autobiography The Rollin 80’s  and  Power of the V.

Early Life

John Watts, was the eldest of eight children living is South Central, Los Angeles, California. After his father John S. Watts Sr. left his mother, the family was forced to look into welfare as a means of support. In 1970 when John Watts, was 12 years of age, when he found himself hustling on the streets to help provide additional food for his mother and his younger siblings.

In 1978 he formed a dancing group called The Robot Brothers that consisted of two of his brothers and himself. They performed on the Johnny Carson Show Hosted by Bill Cosby and even The Gong Show. Their performances generated enough money to help keep a roof over their head and food on the table, but in the early 1980’s his brother Chris decided to leave the group and joined Crips a notorious street gang in Los Angeles. Chris departure ended the group.

Soon after John Watts, found himself needing to generate income. The easy way was to make a quick entry and exit into the drug game. John stole three hundred dollars from his mother’s rent money and used it to purchase 3 grams worth cocaine from a local drug dealer. A few months later John rented a small one-bed apartment in L.A.’s Westside and turned into a Drug House. Nine months and Two-Million Dollars later he stopped and walked away from the drug dealing business. He moved his mother into a house and purchased his first home in Pasadena Hills California.

John desire to leave the drug dealing world was evident. In 1985 he opens a Hair Salon in Inglewood, California, his first legitimate business venture. His business venture came to an end when his salon later caught on fire and burned to the ground closing his business. Being determined not to give up, John Boy took his $133,000 insurance settlement and used it to open his second business which was a club in Marina Del Ray in 1986. The club business was successful until 1988 when an individual was gunned down and murdered inside his establishment. Customers started to stop coming to his establishment and once again John Boy found him losing money.

In 1988 John entered into a drug deal that went bad when he met with as-called Drug Dealer. The deal was to purchase 225 kilos for $3.2M. What he thought was a legitimate deal turned out to be a setup by the Lennox Sheriff’s department. John Watts, was arrested and sentenced to six years in state prison.

After serving 33 months John, was released back into General relief on March 29, 1991. John still determined to help support his family he opened up his own Home Health Care Agency in Culver City, California. After being in business for 13 months his business was closed after Medicare accused him over billing his them an estimated $5 Million dollars. On Labor Day, 1994 John received a knock on his door. It was the FBI, they came to serve him with an Indictment (indictment) for Medicare Fraud charges. May 2, 2000), John was once again sentenced to prison to time for 42 months in Federal Prison. He was also sentenced to 78 months for Income tax Fraud.

Career

While in prison John Watts Jr. wrote 39 books and 1 additional book. In 2012 one of his best friend, Ice-T invested $20,000 into publishing. He has also written 6 movie scripts, 21-business plans and ideas, and four reality shows. Currently, John S. Watts, Jr. has launched John Boy Entertainment which consist of three upcoming reality shows including Your Daddy Knows Best  and Life After Prison.