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 supposed days trafficking cocaine, did, in fact, work as a correctional officer for 18 months.
Ross (real name: William Leonard Roberts) was appointed a prison guard in December 1995 at a salary of $22,913.
54, according to the below personnel record, which was provided to TSG (the Smoking Gun) by Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a DoC spokesperson.
The rapper's social security number is identical to that of the jail guard. According to the official document, Ross was earning $25,794.34 when he
resigned in June 1997. After graduating from the DoC training academy, Ross was assigned to the South Florida Reception Center in Dade County (the lockup is
one of three statewide that serves as an intake facility for new prisoners).
When a photo of a uniform-clad Ross surfaced last week on MediaTakeOut. com, the 32-year-old performer claimed to AllHipHop. com that unnamed "online
hackers" put "my face when I was a teenager in high school on other peoples' body. If this shit was real don't you think they would have more
specifics, like dates and everything?" He added, "Fake pictures are created by the fake, meant to entertain the fake." The photo, which you can
find here, shows a 19-year-old Ross at a DoC ceremony (he was part of the department's 60th graduating class). He is pictured shaking hands with Marta
Villacorta, who then headed the South Florida Reception Center. Villacorta, now the department's South Florida regional director, was identified by
Rackleff, who examined the photo Ross claims was Photoshopped.
In a recent videotaped interview, Ross replied, "No, that's not true" when asked if he had worked as a prison guard. He claimed that the phony
story was being circulated by detractors upset by his success in the rap world, where, "I came out of nowhere and just took over the streets.
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Despite denials, records show rap star Rick Ross worked as corrections officer
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RobSac |
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Posts: 8 07/24/08 19:19:11 |
Is there any reason to not completely disown commercial rap, in light of this? Enough of this supporting rappers just because they're rappers, not being a
hater, et al. This is the straw that breaks the camel's back, far as I'm concerned. It's all independent and underground for me, from here on
out. I can't waste my time any longer giving these commercial hip hop buffoons the benefit of the doubt.
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gatproductions |
Rick Ross Who We Really Mad At? | #2 | ||
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Posts: 18 07/25/08 09:31:10 |
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, "I'm just trying to get this money. I'm just tryin to get this money". But Pac had every right to. That new york shooting definitely signaled foul disloyalties. So Pac's way of getting back at those he felt betrayed him was to take the fame and the fortune. Pac did help blow Biggey up back then. Paul was an artist and a businessman who saw a too good of an opportunity to pass up. Now do I like fake ass snitch lyin niggas (or niggettes). Hell no. But I am a realistic person. So what. Rick Ross had a "coppy" jobby job. Dam nigga, we got to pay them bills. That's reality. If you doin a crime and a black cop bust yo ass, THAT'S REALITY. He's doin what he's paid to do or what he believes in. Tupac let Hammer into Deathrow, because a real dude never knocks the hustle. These racist devils don't want us to have nothing. So we do what we do so we can eat and our people can eat with us. IT'S ENTERTAINMENT. So anybody who bases their life, actions, emotions, and decisions of entertainment is the real problem. Who cares if Rick Ross is the Boss or not? Who cares if Jay Z did everything that he says he did? Them Niggaz (Especially 50 who told on and sold out a lot
of people) is Hustlas baby. AND REAL NIGGA NEVA KNOCK THE HUSTLE. THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST RULES TO THE GAME.
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Posts: 83 07/25/08 14:59:03 |
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.
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? |
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davidgooden |
What's the difference??? | #4 | ||
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Posts: 2 07/26/08 03:45:34 |
Who cares anyway? That picture doesn't even look like him...well maybe it is minus the beard, but that's not the point. People think that rappers have
to be gangstas to be rappers. All you really need is a lyrical imagination.
Rick Ross is denying this though. So what? He had a better job than I had in '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 game to a halt, do you think that I will traffick drugs across the state of Miami (secretly) and then expose myself to millions of people after I'm done? NO! So what I used to be homeless abusing alcohol and drugs, I'ma producer now! does that mean all I can rhyme abot is being homeless??? ALL YOU FICKLE FANS USE YOUR IMAGINATIONS! |
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Posts: 735 07/26/08 09:04:49 |
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?
The problem is not the fans.. Its the artist and labels who insist on pushing an image and staying in character when it doesn't make sense. he should've been other artists who make it very clear who they are and what they are about.. Second reason is that Ross denied it which set into motion people's suspicions which lead to folks drawing conclusions.. It gets old with cats trying to reach the so called street crowd by pretending or trying to live up to a thug image.. If Ross wanted to be a big dope dealer on vinyl.. then fine.. he could've been more upfront.. |
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Posts: 6 07/28/08 09:59:22 |
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't oh well. Stay true cause a lie will come out anyway and no one in their right sense like a liar.
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Posts: 9 07/28/08 12:24:03 |
Why can't I stop laughing at the foolishness of the entire mainstream rap culture...
He is most likly ashamed of his former career for all the WRONG reasons.
"WHAT GOOD WILL YO WORDS DO, IF THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU!"
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Posts: 2 07/29/08 04:05:39 |
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's hype team will try and say he was a "bad" 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
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Posts: 37 07/29/08 12:12:13 |
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'm qualified. I turned it down because I didn'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, and that's it. I don't have a problem accept for him denying it if it's true.
I don't think an M.C has to do the things that rap about. I mean nobody can explain South Central better than Ice Cube and he's not a gangster. He's more. Cube always said he wasn't a gangster he just makes gangster shit. I'll take that over a real gang banger with average talent any day. I want music not your bio. Rick Ross is a bit different than Ice Cube because Rick has created this persona that tries to validate his subject matter. |
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