I Made $1,000,000 Selling Drugs in New Jersey… Then the Feds Got Me | Syed Edwards

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

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4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Syed Edwards joins Locked In with Ian Bick to share his story of growing up in New Jersey, losing both of his parents at a young age, and being raised by his grandmother before the streets took over. After starting to hustle as a teenager, everything escalated when his grandmother passed away, pushing him deeper into the drug game where he began manufacturing and built a $5,000-a-day operation in the late 90s and early 2000s. In this episode, Syed breaks down how he ran his operation, what life in the streets was really like, and how the feds eventually caught up to him, leading to nearly two years in a New Jersey county jail. _____________________________________________ #DrugDealer #FederalCase #TrueCrime #StreetLife #Feds #PrisonStory #CrimeStory #lockedinpodcast _____________________________________________ Connect with Syed Edwards: https://www.instagram.com/thereals550?igsh=bThsY3l5N3N3NTcw _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Shop Locked In Merch: http://www.ianbick.com/shop _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 From the Streets to the Feds (Full Story) 01:40 Growing Up in New Jersey’s Diamond District 04:44 Losing Family & Early Life Struggles 08:22 Childhood Before the Streets 09:53 First Hustles & Entering the Streets 13:39 Grandmother’s Influence & Loss 14:18 Dropping Out & Chasing Fast Money 15:49 High School Drug Dealing Begins 18:39 Learning the Drug Game: Risks & Rewards 20:22 The Street Economy: Millions on the Block 23:00 Making Real Money: Cooking & Street Credit 26:06 Avoiding Gangs & Staying Neutral 29:01 Regrets & Reality of the Fast Life 33:33 Violence, Competition & Street Risks 36:04 Street Life Then vs Now 42:00 Arrests, Betrayal & Everything Falls Apart 47:47 Federal Case: Surveillance, Setup & Arrest 53:04 County Jail: Survival & Mental Battles 01:09:50 Release, Redemption & Staying Free 01:16:52 Mentorship, Music & New Purpose 01:20:12 Advice for the Next Generation _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.6	my, my God. I'm Saeed Edwards, aka S-5, man. I was arrested for a drug conspiracy, and I did
1:22.4	19 months, man.
1:24.3	Saeed Edwards talks about growing up in New Jersey, losing his parents at a young age,
1:29.1	getting pulled into the streets, building a $5,000 a day drug operation, and how the feds
1:34.6	eventually took him down.
1:37.2	So I grew up in New York, New Jersey, South Ward, Renner Avenue to be exact, man.
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