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        <title>Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer</title>
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        <![CDATA[ Screw Rick Ross

Despite denials, records show rap star worked as corrections officer

http://www. thesmokinggun. com/archive/years/2008/0721081rickross1. html


JULY 21--Apparently desperate to distance himself from any affiliation with law enforcement, the rapper Rick Ross has
recently denounced as fake photos purporting to show him in a former career as a Florida prison guard. But Department of Corrections (DoC) records show that
Ross, whose raps detail the Miami gangster lifestyle and his... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This article is interesting to me because I had the opportunity to become a Juvenile Justice corrections officer recently. They were going to start me out with
rank actually, since one of my board members is an assistant warden, and I&#39;m qualified. I turned it down because I didn&#39;t want to work with the kids in
that capacity. The decision was costly i turned down more money than I was making, but I feel good with myself. I was thinking long term. Rick Ross was
probably thinking job,... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ lol at these ppl bringing up history about pac as if they were there themselves lol pathetic.. the internet is so diluted everyone starts to become a
historian, now thats laughable. DaveyD, i bet right now that Rick Ross&#39;s hype team will try and say he was a &quot;bad&quot; correctional officer who delt
in drugs, etc, etc, etc.. fact: Rick Ross(ed) got punked. Smoking gun 2 (more info from them) Ricky Rossed 0 ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer ]]></title>
			<link>http://hiphopnews.yuku.com/reply/377/t/Despite-denials-records--rap-star-Rick-Ross-worked--correcti.html#reply-377</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Why can&#39;t I stop laughing at the foolishness of the entire mainstream rap culture...
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He is most likly ashamed of his former career for all the WRONG reasons. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ tupac is dead and rick ross is living and beside, people like phony stuff just look at who we have for presidential race!!! 2 fake men, if you like it oh well
if you don&#39;t oh well. Stay true cause a lie will come out anyway and no one in their right sense like a liar. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Who cares? A lot of people care for a couple of basic reasons.. 1-If he was a correction officer then the question arises what kind of correction officer? Was
he the type who was inside whupping on people? violating their rights? Telling them not to move keys and break the law while he was implying both in song and
interview he was that type of individual?
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The problem is not the fans.. Its the artist and labels who insist on pushing an image and staying in character when it... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Who cares anyway? That picture doesn&#39;t even look like him...well maybe it is minus the beard, but that&#39;s not the point. People think that rappers have
to be gangstas to be rappers. All you really need is a lyrical imagination.
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Rick Ross is denying this though. So what? He had a better job than I had in &#39;95. Hip hop fans take this lyric thing to seriously. OK, so with the FBI,
DEA, Secret Service, Local NARC Units and etc. making a living and getting paid to bring the drug... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Personally, I think Rick Ross deserves forebearance cuz of how he treats black women in his music. Listen again and peep the respect and reverence he shows.
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Now there is suspicion that hes a hip hop cop. If he is then he gotta go but if he aint then he aint done worse than a rapper who boast about sellin coke or
rappers who ACTUALLY DO, now is he? We laud Jay Z as if hes a black president. H to the O V he used to move snowflakes by the O Z. Whats worse? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>This is from a real dude, who came up with real situations and real life. First of all, man who cares? Tupac told alot of lies to get hype and blow up with
Death Row. Big was more upset that Pac was lying than anything else. Big saw Pac and asked Pac why he was lying. Pac just started shaking his head back and
forth saying, &quot;I&#39;m just trying to get this money. I&#39;m just tryin to get this money&quot;. But Pac had every right to. That new york shooting
definitely signaled foul... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Is there any reason to not completely disown commercial rap, in light of this?  Enough of this supporting rappers just because they&#39;re rappers, not being a
hater, et al.  This is the straw that breaks the camel&#39;s back, far as I&#39;m concerned.  It&#39;s all independent and underground for me, from here on
out.  I can&#39;t waste my time any longer giving these commercial hip hop buffoons the benefit of the doubt. 
<br> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <p><span id="ctl00_cpMain_BulletinPost_BodyRO_Textbox"><strong><u>Screw Rick Ross</u></strong>
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