Rick Ross Still A “Boss”…Regardless
Who cares that Rick Ross used to be a Corrections Officer? Who cares that he lied about it to protect his ’street cred’? Who really mutha-effin cares…!? I really don’t know what the big deal is, but I hope and pray that no one ever sics them gangstas over at the Smoking Gun on my azz! If you haven’t heard by now, Rick Ross denied ever working as a CO in Florida after being called out by Trick Daddy, well…he’s been completely outed!
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 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 left the department 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 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, 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.” (Source)
They ain’t playing! Naming sources and tellin on folks…dayum! I just hope Ross can recover from this nonsense. Who really cares if he worked in the jail…hell…half of them are corrupt anyway. That’s why there’s so many drug addicts in jail, cause the CO’s sell it to em! Remember Oz? Shiiiiit…Ross is still a BOSS, I don’t care what y’all say!
Cassandra
July 22, 2008 @ 10:36 amI co-sign with you. I dont want TSG snooping nowhere near me.
StarLIT PR
July 22, 2008 @ 11:05 amWhat’s wrong with having a job?!?!?!?
Who Cares
July 22, 2008 @ 2:38 pmCorrectional officer turns rapper = No Big Deal.
Next.
ATLien
July 22, 2008 @ 4:03 pm@ Cassandra ~ I don’t have a checkered past (that i know of) but I’m sure they would find SOMETHING!!
@ StarLIT PR ~ I agree…but I can see how his former job could ruin his manufactured image. you know how the “industry” is…made up personas and all
@ who cares ~ he should have just admitted the truth in the beginning and none of this would have happened. not a big deal to me either.
modi
July 22, 2008 @ 7:32 pmi care. LOL
ILL BILL
August 13, 2008 @ 5:08 pmDo you know how corrupt C.O.’s and Police are? Just because a person has a badge and gun does not mean they are part of law enforcement. Just because Rick Ross was a Corrections Officer, does not mean he is, or was, a sucker or snitch. So he had an honest job before, BIG DEAL! And you know the folks who brought all this out did it because they are hatin on Rick Ross, they did this just to be mean spirited. Rick, keep signing sisters and brothers to your record label, and keep giving people honest JOBS! Trick Daddy, Jay-Z, Snoop, and TI, all have honest jobs now you fools, they’re rap artist, they are not gangsterz! If they were gangsterz, they would be where real gangsterz are, DEAD, OR IN PRISION! Rappers are not “Monsta Kody,” Wanyne Perry, Peter “Pete the pistol” Rollack, John Gotti, or Larry Hoover, they’re rappers, they can “spit” good. Most gangsterz are not gangsterz, they snitch on each other, and are shook when its time to go to prison, and “the code of the streets” is a joke. So fall back, and leave Big Rick alone.
ILL BILL
August 13, 2008 @ 5:49 pmThese clowns think they are exposing a person, they are only showing the world how evil, crazed, and jealous black folks are towards each other. 50 and Ja rule, Biggie and 2Pac, and now Rick Ross, when will it end? I’m not married to Rick Ross, I dont need (or want) to know everything about him. I buy music based on how it sounds, or if i’m feeling it, that’s all, if I based it on who is “real,” I wouldn’t buy any artist music, or go see any movies. How many of you know Tom Cruise real name is not Tom Cruise, how many of you care? I DONT! Any person over 18, who does not know rap is entertainment, is lost. Why you looking for “real” in entertainment? 2Pac was a dancer for Digital Underground when he first entered the biz, Pac (R.I.P) in early videoes looked like Kid-n-Play, he later turned into Mr. Gangster Killa. How bout Jay-Z in Hawaiian Sophie? Fat Joe was no big drug dealer either. This does not mean rappers are suckers, or punks, they’re just cats from the hood who are blessed with skills, and can kick street tales very well. It dont mean they can’t fight, or they are snitches.