Hi,

Hopefully you guys can help me,

1. 2 young boys from (south-)Africa grow up poor. One becomes a big gangster by controlling the rent of the houses. He uses brutal violence.

2. A guy from Ireland grows up protected, then moves to the city and gets familiar with drugs. Eventually he ends up buying Hasjies in Morocco. And later becomes a big drug lord. Smuggling drugs trough the airport.
When he goes to america he gets captured. The lead-person tells the story himself to an audience as an old man (after he's released from prison).

Getting pretty crazy of not finding these movies..
Have been searching quite some time already

That first one sounds a little like City of God except they weren't in South Africa.

That first one sounds a little like City of God except they weren't in South Africa.

I know, but it isn't City of God.. Thanks anyway !
Think I've got to let it go and move on with my life @_@