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Rapper Rick Ross Wins Rights To His Stage Name In Court…

Mar, 29 2012 | Written by ATLien
Remember when “Freeway” Rick Ross sued rapper Rick Ross?

[READ: WTF?!? Rick Ross Sues Rick Ross…]

Well Rozay can finally sleep easier now after an L.A. County Superior Court Judge threw out the last ditch effort of “The Real Rick Ross,” the former drug dealer who filed several lawsuits seeking to block the rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II, from using the name to market his music.

Details below…

Back in 2010, “Freeway” Rick Ross filed the first of his lawsuits, seeking $10 million dollars, claiming Rick Ross, Def Jam, Jay-Z, and Universal Music Group infringed on Freeway Ricky’s intellectual property rights by using the stage name. (Jay-Z was named in the lawsuit because he signed Ross to Island Def Jam in 2006, while he was President of the label).

Freeway Ricky Ross has always maintained that Rick Ross’ image was based largely on his real life image as a former cocaine boss that moved thousands of kilos of crack cocaine in Los Angeles during the mid 80′s and early 90′s, before being caught up in the infamous Iran-Contra Scandal.

He accused rapper Rick Ross, who was once a corrections officer, of basically “stealing his identity” in his songs by rapping about the drug trade and that the rapper never dealt drugs in his entire life.

In the initial case, a judge ruled against “Freeway” Ricky Ross, stating that he did not prove he had “any valid trademark rights in his name, that have been violated by defendants.”

“Freeway” Rick Ross appealed the lawsuit, further claiming ownership of the name. But TMZ revealed that that a judge today ruled “Freeway” Rick still has no case, and threw the lawsuit out yet again.

Congrats Rawse! Keep Hustlin…

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In News Rick Ross
- Mrs. Fattbooty
  
  Chil Boo Freeway have a seat \_ <—- right here.
- Dime Lynn
  
  Ahhh, feel kinda bad for em. He was just trying to make some money!
- Dearge Jones via Facebook
  
  I guess its true EVERY STREET NICCA AINT A RAPPER + AND EVERY RAPPER AINT A STREET NICCA
- Quincy Williams via Facebook
  
  he’s a coon
- Charles Holmes via Facebook
  
  real talk_ as soon as he said he was a CO i thought of his music to be fiction
- Pid213
  
  @Treynard… They don’t know what it’s like down here…. Most of us that’s workin 9 to 5s down here just ain’t get caught doin our dirt… I know COs that’s gettin it out here in these street… They don’t know how the pay is low wit these jobs and the cost of livin is higher than a wiz kalif on his best day!!!
- Christina D. Bernard via Facebook
  
  @ Agree with Charles but I still love his stank butt!!
- Darwin Gill via Facebook
  
  ah shit one for the bause
- Darwin Gill via Facebook
  
  sorry freeway ricky!!
- Treynard ImakeepitReal Givens via Facebook
  
  It was a job if yu was from Florida or on that street money shit yu would know the history thats y he’s still strong n relevant!!!
- ChiTownDiva
  
  Jenny Jones should win the rights to his stomach……..
- James Powell via Facebook
  
  Pretty much all rappers are “actors” do yall really think these boys moving bricks?
- ChiTownDiva
  
  *Jenny Craig*
- A.N.D.
  
  I remember when William tried to say that the picture of him in his CO uniform had been photo shopped and it wasnt him because he’d never been a CO.The REAL Rick Ross loss because he BEAT the REAL system. He will be americas enemy to all police court and political people forever. Read his story research Iran Contraband.
- sophia
  
  well i am back and i must say. the real Rick Ross will never win a case period. When you are connected to the CIA and can bring their dirt out to society then you are an enemy of the state hell an enemy of the country for that matter as far as white america is concerned. Now to chime in on Mr. Wanna be rick false i mean Rick Rozay. I will give him this lyrically he is one of the best rappers in tha game. he has style and finesse, however to lie about your street status is a no no. i know real gangsta cats who sold dope, did all they time, and never snitched. My brother is in the FEDS right now cause he was snitched on. it pisses real cats off who done been down in the trenches. I know why the real rick ross is pissed because he fed a community and he was the real boss. he has over 20 years on his jacket, and he cant get any respect, but this fake ass character comes in and uses your name and is making a gang of bread off it that goes against the street code. I know real gangsta ass niggaz today that would pull that nigga street card on a personal level. not see one of his goons, but some see his ass personally and check that boss, big time dope boy steez he been selling to folks. it is a cold day in america when cats that put in real work and did real time can’t get the street respect, but a nigga that never moved a brick can get all the respect.
- sophia
  
  don’t nobody like real people anymore. i guess the world is so full of fake people that people tend to just fall in line and roll with it. hell in the rap game alone if that story would have came out about rick ross that would have been the end of his career. so sad. Man yall everyone need to check out that throw back joint By DJ Quik Dont make dollars dont make sense. Quik pulled the rapper Ms Eiht card exposed him for the mark he was. How bout we have never heard from Eiht again. You can play pimp and think you can still have everyone’s respect, but today clearly times have changed, and mark ass busters are at the top of the thrown. it is sad when you are respected for doing time in protective custody. that is another story. i am out
- moe24p
  
  but how do you trademark another man name and sell his life to the public and people think its cool? I don’t have a problem with him use to being a Co, to me he didn’t haft to lie and say that wasn’t him in the photo
- E
  
  Pisses me off that rick ross only got away because he has tons of music and entertainment companies backing him up, fuck that fake motherfucker.
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