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[hiphopiseducation]

Now I think I will start checkin’ rappers background before buyin’ their album(s) because these lies are getting too much, from a kingpin to correction officer but ain’t mad at you Ross you had to feed your family.

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This week was filled with rumors running rampant about the former occupation of Rick Ross. A photo was released that showed the ”Cocaine Rapper” wearing a corrections officer uniform. Ross released an official statement saying that the photo was a fake and was photoshopped.

The photo in question was only a head shot of Ross when he was clearly much younger. A few hours ago, KeepItTrill.com received the FULL photo of Ross, showing his entire body and surroundings. If this is a photoshop job, it is clearly one of the best:

And here is what Rick Ross has to say:

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“My life is 100% real. These online hackers putting a picture of my face when I was a teenager in high school on other peoples’ body. If this s**t was real don’t you think they would have more specifics, like dates and everything? I’m in the entertainment business and a lot of people who like to hate because I’m on top of my game. Like I said before my life is 100% real. I live by this die by this. Fake pictures are created by the fake,
meant to entertain the fake.”

[hiphopiseducation]

More evidence:


Jacked from “TheSmokingGun.com”:

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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 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, 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.

[The 5th Ultra]

does it really matter? who listens to that style of Hip Hop? better yet his shit?

[mceeQ]

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does it really matter? who listens to that style of Hip Hop? better yet his shit?

cosign,wat diff does it make?

[Xblaze]

u wont buy his albums anymore? so? cos he's not a gangster? or cos he's lying which one, by the way who plays that shit anyway. except for dancing purposes, rick ross aint my kinda shit. and for ur info, rappers make up shit all the time, y u acting surprised?

[hiphopiseducation]

Not shocked just wondering why he decided to keep that away from hip hop nation.

[mr rehd]

i still love "Hustling" tho,good music whatever the intrigues... :)

[dramatik]

Did dis wack Entertainer,cos he aint a rapper think dat admitting he worked for the law before was a bad thing?why deny the obvious?why not say fuck it i was 19 the trap wasnt no place for a fat kid,whats a brother to do?instead he saying the photo is phony it seems pretty real to me,so much for our studio gangsters,i bet Common is laffin his ass off.Lupe aint no Gangsta,kanye aint no Gangsta,so /.......

my verdict ROSS is a patthetic SOB

[dramatik]

Did dis wack Entertainer,cos he aint a rapper think dat admitting he worked for the law before was a bad thing?why deny the obvious?why not say fuck it i was 19 the trap wasnt no place for a fat kid,whats a brother to do :lol: ?instead he saying the photo is phony it seems pretty real to me,so much for our studio gangsters,i bet Common is laffin his ass off.Lupe aint no Gangsta,kanye aint no Gangsta,so /.......

my verdict ROSS is a patthetic SOB

[therapaddict]

if its true, then i'm really disappointed. i was looking at ross as a real G. damn. its kinda funny.
@ dramatic, are you in that pic in your sig.

[eizzy.k]

hahahahahahahahaha
I guess he aint the biggest boss that i seen thus far!!

[mr rehd]

dramatik said:

Did dis wack Entertainer,cos he aint a rapper think dat admitting he worked for the law before was a bad thing?why deny the obvious?why not say f*ck it i was 19 the trap wasnt no place for a fat kid,whats a brother to do?instead he saying the photo is phony it seems pretty real to me,so much for our studio gangsters,i bet Common is laffin his ass off.Lupe aint no Gangsta,kanye aint no Gangsta,so /.......

my verdict ROSS is a patthetic SOB

drama i agreee with you,ngz need to get real.dude should have said something in the vein of "...i was 19 the trap wasnt no place for a fat kid,whats a brother to do?", instead of outright denial.after all he wasnt born shitting bricks..wtf!

[endwayz]

fuck rick rosss...

[hiphopiseducation]

Mr. Rehd I am with you 100 percent, "Officer" Rick Ross handled the matter like a chicken that is about to be slaughtered and its shaking like how do I go about this now. The next person I want them to do a background check for his Jim Jones.

[hiphopiseducation]

Officer Rick Ross is still denying it and he hasn't even issued a statement to clarify the matter. I thought the images were the only evidence goddamnit they even have “Certificate of Appreciation” OMG the person behind this did a good job. Check this out:

[hiphopiseducation]

More still coming

[hiphopiseducation]

More still on the way

[hiphopiseducation]

More in a jiffy

[hiphopiseducation]

Uhm Officer Rick Ross is done for good

[hiphopiseducation]

lol