For those who can't get enough of this pseudo-scandal, it seems that Rick Ross has finally copped (lol) to his past as a corrections officer. After photos leaked recently of his academy graduation, he first flat-out denied it was him, claiming someone had Photoshopped his face onto someone else's body. That story seemed awfully hard to stick with after The Smoking Gun dredged up all his official employment documents -- guess Ross never considered that pesky Freedom of Information thing that gives anybody access to such public records.
Anyways, seems like he's finally stopped the charade and admitted this all definitively, in an interview in the latest issue of Don Diva magazine. Here's the teaser quote the magazine has been sending out:
"I never tried to hide my past! I put my name inside all my CDs. My company has my SS #. I could've put a company name...I done been up and I done been down and that's what make me who I am. I never ratted on a nigga! I never prosecuted a nigga! I never locked up a nigga that is first and foremost. I always felt that me being the nigga I am, I never owed a nigga an explanation. When I'm making my music and I'm talking about blow, it's because I did it. When I say that I'm rich off of cocaine, it's because I did it. Those are the street principles that apply." -- Rick Ross
Personally, I'm in the Who-cares-if-he-was-a-prison-guard-everyone's-gotta-eat camp, but getting caught in a lie you later have to admit is never a good look. To read the full interview, you've got to track down a copy of Don Diva, "The Original Street Bible," which you can do by visiting its web site at www.dondivamag.com. -- Arielle Castillo
It's not about if your not from the streets you can't rap. It's about being called on your past and being unable to keep it REAL about your past. dude is a liar!!! he could have stated that he was a CO from day one. He is the FAKE that he was talking about in all those interviews post him being called out for being a CO. But what do you expect from a man who steals another mans identity (not like 50 Cent or freeway who paid homage and acknowledges where their monkier derived from), almost exact looks and even tries to copyright another mans name as his own? Even going all the way as to getting the real rick ross banned from off of certain websites using his own name---its the real rick ross's name---i mean come on now. what do you do when you cant use your OWN REAL name cause some rapper goes the extra mile to pretend its theirs.....the rapper rick ross is just taking this too far lol I cant wait to hear what the REAL rick ross has to comment on this. He told us this dude was a fraud months ago. the rapper rick ross knew he was a fraud thats why he never rea hed out to the real rick ross when asked. how can you look the real rick ross in the face when you are a fraud trying to be in his likeness lol
Posted at: October 8, 2008 2:14 PM