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July 21, 2008

The Smoking Gun Verifies Rick Ross’ C.O. History

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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.

Full Story: Smoking Gun

Cornell Dews gives his opinion on the matter below:

What the fuck is wrong with us? A hip hop community is arguing whether or not an artist was once employed as a correctional officer. I’m certain this is an effort to refute his street claims and credibility. So after the pictures and negatives have been carefully scrutinized and it’s discovered that the photos are legitimate, we’re no longer supposed to enjoy his music? Oh I forgot, there’s an unwritten rule in hip hop that boldly states “if an artist uses the art form to fabricate tales by use of his imagination, death by sales is his immediate doom and to be ostracized from the hip hop community is peril.”

Which means if you haven’t lived the “gangster” lifestyle that you depict in your rhymes then you’re not real and undeserving of the consumers attention? However, if you have lived the “gangster” lifestyle that you depict in your rhymes, which consist of death, murder and imprisonment, you’re keeping it “one hundred” and are well deserving of the attention you get from the consumers and our dollars. What the fuck is wrong with us?

Has the COINTEL PRO infiltrated hip hop? I swear we’re working on some counter intelligence shit. As a community we’re thinking the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction, which is by definition counter intelligence. Check this out. We’re mad if you “lied” about knowing Noriega and the claim that he owes you a hundred favors. But we applaud if you do know Noriega from (we’re assuming) past dealings which meant that you was involved in drug trafficking that helped lead to the destruction of the same community from which we come. We’re mad if you “lied” about the money you made on the streets and the “bodies” you caught in the process, when in actuality you graduated high school and attended a historically black college on an athletic scholarship. Which we can derive meant you were a decent student athlete. We’re mad if you “lied” about going to prison, when instead you worked at one. Can’t yall see that we’re mad about the wrong shit?

I don’t care if William Roberts was a correctional officer. As a matter of fact, I’d prefer that he was a correctional officer instead of the drug trafficking would be murderer that’s illustrated in his lyrics. Can you imagine if our young people who aspire to live the life that’s portrayed by these artists knew their actual road to success? It’s obvious that they’re willing to follow these superstar leads, but unfortunately they’re being misled. Hip hop is such a strong influence that I’d bet if the artist spoke more from the heart on some “keeping it real” shit that it could help positively influence change in the urban community. And when I say “keeping it real” I’m speaking about some shit that they have really done, like graduate high school, get accepted into colleges, interned at record labels, or held side jobs outside of the industry as they pursued their dreams. True, some artist have lived the “gangster” lifestyle, but honestly what has talking about it ever done for our community? Some will argue that they have shined a light on the ills that negatively affect our community to the world. This is true, but then I ask, what social programs can be attributed to these artists from shining the light on societal ills that so negatively affect the urban community? According to Wikipedia, gangsta rappers often defend themselves by claiming that they are describing the reality of inner-city life, and that they are only adopting a character, like an actor playing a role, which behaves in ways that they may not necessarily endorse. However, with that being said, as soon as someone question their authenticity based on their own lyrics and call them actors, they’re ready to kill something. But when they’re asked to be held accountable for their lyrics they’re back to being thespians. Stop playing all of the time!

Trick Daddy has been accused of revealing these photos to the public. The same Trick Daddy who appeared on Rick Ross’ Trilla cd. The same Trick Daddy, who a few months ago, was accused of being knocked and stomped out in a club in his own hometown. Now, according to our counter intelligence, that must be “gangsta.”

Listen kinfolks, these dudes are just rapping to make some change. Unfortunately, the change I’m referencing is monetary and not social. I’m quite sure that we would all be surprised to know what many of our “gangster” rappers did prior to becoming “gangster” rappers. Surprised in the sense that most did not live the lifestyle that they portray in their songs. And it’s alright that they didn’t do those things, just admit it because we as consumers already know. Don’t we?

Written by Cornell Dews

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165 Comments so far

1.
NYGangstaNGentlemen
NYGangstaNGentlemen wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:11 pm

1st bitch. His career is drowning maybe u can save him.
FAKE can’t rappin about shit u know u aint do and u a cop. SORRY ya boy out like swim wear ya dig!!

2.
NYGangstaNGentlemen
NYGangstaNGentlemen wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:13 pm

1st Bitch. Save his career another rapper has drowned.

3.
TrillChris wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:13 pm

The problem wasn’t his occupation, but that he lied and said said some bullshit to cover it up.

“My life is 100% real,” Ross told AllHipHop.com in a previous statement regarding the photo. “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.”

He did it to himself. No fans want to hear you lie straight to their faces. If he lies about this, what else does he lie about. As far as personal relationships go, if someone lies to me once, they lose all credibility to me. What makes it different with a celebrity?

4.
DjBigDaddy wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:22 pm

I’m all for rappers not coming from criminal backgrounds that they say they are from. I am glad in real life he had a respectable job. But the fact is this guy was going on 106 park and TRL and telling 15 year old kids that he is 100% real and showing how cool the lifestyle is. He never said I’m just telling stories from my neighborhood like NWA use to say. He was telling people that this was his life story.
Yeah adults knew he was full of it but this guy was on these shows telling kids that. If he went on the shows and said that my albums are like movies, I’m just playing a character then I would be cool. But he was telling people this is how I lived. And then maybe it wouldn’t be as bad if he just fessed up to the pictures. He told people that they were photoshopped and a lie. Don’t blame the people for putting down his past, blame Rick Ross for being ashamed of it.

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FUCK RICKY ROSS wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAH FUCK THAT NIGGA SON!!!!! HE A FED IN THE HIP-HOP GAME

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Hip Hop Since 86' wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:26 pm

If trick daddy really did put these pictures out there it’s fucked up especially on the strength that rick ross writes his shit, niggas stay biting the hand that feed them first jim jones now this nigga…

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NYGangstaNGentlemen
NYGangstaNGentlemen wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:26 pm

Ross should have came in the KANYE lane that all. RAP 101 never rap about a life u have’nt lived. Once your exposed its a rap. I hear what u saying brah but REAL TALK is REAL TALK. Ross put his self out there he put his self in the left everyday I’m Hustin’, BOSS, I’m speeding that shit did more damage having niggas trying to hustle on the strenght of this dude. If u don’t get it’s cause u aint never lived it. I be on both sides from church to the streets all the same but once u claim something its to the death!!!I did’nt make the rules I just follow the code. Maybe u can help me get a job or something since u got alot to say Mr. Dews. If not don’t give advice or criticize me for my sacrifice.Everybody got to eat even the streets.

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Wes Jordan wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:35 pm

1. I don’t care if Ross’ life is 100% real. But, even if he was a CO doesn’t mean he didn’t break the law, niggas be starvin making 25,000 a year.
2. Boss should have been honest, real nigga woulda said yeah i was a CO so what, and i was doing my thang on the side, plus it was only 2 years. Nigga made himself look worse straight up denying it, then this shit exposes him.
3. Soulja Boy doesn’t fabricate his lifestyle? Crank dat or everyday im hustlin?

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SILENT FASHIONS
SILENT FASHIONS wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:37 pm

RICK ROSS IS A GROWN MAN WITH BILLS…YALL DUDES NEED TO GROW UP. THIS RAP IS ENTERTAINMENT NOTHING ELSE!!! LETS FOCUS ON MAKING MONEY INSTEAD OF SOMEONES CREDIBILITY ON THE STREETS.

SHOUT OUT TO RICK ROSS THE BOSS!

R.I.P STACK BUNDLES

10.
NYGangstaNGentlemen is gay wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:37 pm

LOL

its funny this nigga “NYGangstaNGentlemen”

wanna talk about fake but then he had Wayne is in his “All Time favorite list”

Wayne is the fakest nigga out but now you wanna jump on the “i dont like Ross now” bandwagon right?

What about your hero Wayne?

11.
chrissy wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pm

It was Ok until he DENIED IT!, [He flat out said it was his face, but not his body in the uniform, and it was photoshopped]Now anything out his mouth is a certified LIE!

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john wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm

cosign #4

he did it to himself if you really really think about it lyrics now a days are pointless to the majority of the consumers so just rap about your real life with those same beats that got u hot those same kind of hooks you used before shit aint that hard rappers

13.
jad wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:47 pm

talkin bout u the fuckin the boss u another pussy tryin to cover up. nigga i see u in the street u gon get a tool to the head

14.
boogiboi wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:50 pm

COSIGN #9
This is the entertainment buisness.The nigga is an entertainer making a living.Why you think niggas have stage names…yea Rick Ross is his “RAP” name. At the end of the day when he’s sitting back counting all the money he getting from niggas who believe everything they hear and see yo ass is prolly on that same DOC website looking for a job.
Niggas need to stop the hate and congratulate damn at least his music sounds good.
1

15.
malcolm wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pm

so he wasn’t selling crack is that a disqualification to be a rapper. no wonder black males are an endangered spices

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sideshowRaheem wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:58 pm

How’d this nigga think this shit was gonna remain a secret in todays day in age. There is nothing wrong with having a legit job and being a productive member of society but there is something wrong with lying about your past(Vanilla Ice style) to look like a tough guy so you can sell records. You can be almost anything in hip-hop in 2008 as long as your honest I cant see Ross comin back from this one.

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anons wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm

Nothing wrong with not being a drug dealer…
NOthing wrong with being a c.o.
nothing wrong with exagerrating your situation on a track…

But this nigga straigh up lied…don’t make this a big “hip hop” issue.

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the truth wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:09 pm

fuck that what he did is worse than the rappers u denigrating for their gangsta lifestyles cuz he rapping about it and aint live it thats exploitation fuck it being just rhymes and hot music when u rappin like that u puttin it out there to be heard good or bad but ur foundation is that its real if not u perpetrating

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Rick's Police Academy Roommate wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm

I always wondered why he got out of that ticket in the “Speedin” video

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County of Kings wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:16 pm

this aint about him having a straight job
this is about him being embarrased to admit he had a straight job, about him not being man enuff to accept his past. its about him being fake. if u aint never killed a man, than say so, we will still bump your shit.
but as a man, u are a fraud cuz u are scared to admit that u had a legal job wearing a uniform
what kind of bitch ass nigga is scared to own up to they past cuz they will get clowned.
he shoulda went the 8 mile road and brought up his own past before someone else did, then he would be straight

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Superman_Hip Hop Fan wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:25 pm

Rick Ross warriors don’t get it. Itsn ot the fact that he has a background in corrections but the fact that he LIED about it. Therefore attempting to seperate himself from that line of work to help perpetrate his so called gangster lifestyle he has now.

Couldn’t he have said, yeah that was me but then I got into rap cuz I wanted more money and to live a better life. Period.

Ross don’t know da real Noreaga :(

lol

22.
2cents wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:35 pm

“So after the pictures and negatives have been carefully scrutinized and it’s discovered that the photos are legitimate, we’re no longer supposed to enjoy his music?”

Yup cause its not his music but it’s his story that people are buying and if it’s fiction you need to sell it better.

Are we mad about the wrong sh!T or are folks “lying” too much?!?!? Why not rap about being a sucessful student athlete, and graduating high school instead of noriega owin y9ou favors, and why not say noriega owes you favors because you helped him while workin as a C.O.? More plausible!?!?!

23.
C. Franco wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:44 pm

People act like he was a janitor or school teacher for a couple years. Rick Ross was a cop! hahaha thats hilarious
http://www.hiptics.com

24.
Hi Hater! wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm

R.I.P To Rick LOST Career!

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Guts Destroyer wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Co sign #19…he couldve easily went the route of “Yea I did that and I just wanted to see how that other side operated. Learn they tricks and techniques and flip that shit on the outside to give my folk some knowledge…” whateva whateva, but he went the R. Kelly that aint me route… You a that aint me lie to bruh…I respect a nigga like Fonzworth Bentley more than homie now, he a lame and he aint shame of it, at least we kno son aint posin…U flaw Rick Rizzle the Snitch Nizzle

26.
joeblizow wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:55 pm

I said it before nobody’s knockin the fact that he had a legit job
THE PROBLEM IS HE WAS A C.O. TO ME THATS PART PIG
HE WAS PUTTIN HANDCUFFS ON DUDES NOW HE’S G’D UP
FUK THAT, IF HE WAS WORKIN AT WALMART I WOULDNT CARE BUT GOD DAM HE WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT
C.O.’S AINT WHOA!
P.O.’S AINT WHOA!!!!!!!

27.
realfuckintalk wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 10:57 pm

All rappers are fake its all just entertainment that’ why I don’t respect none of em

28.
Peter Casual wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm

Shit funny… Dude got caught in lie.

Fabricating a drug king lifestyle…

29.
joeblizow wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:01 pm

COSIGN #26 98%

30.
kdot wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:07 pm

The idea that one has to come from a criminal background in order to succeed in Hip-Hop is laughiable, because you need look no further than Kanye West.

What people like Cornell Dews either don’t get, or have forgotten, is that the success of Hip-Hop is/was the ability to convey one’s story truthfully….I’ll repeat that…”TRUTHFULLY.”

For the people who feel the need to defend this ACTOR, I believe Common said it best, “You the reason my niggas say they ain’t fucking with rap.”

31.
Money Bags wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:31 pm

You defending Rick Ross, means you had a good relationship with him or his camp. And/Or are trying to get on his good side right now.

If it was Tony Yayo instead of Rick Ross would you have the same reaction?

32.
604 blazin wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:35 pm

he said some1 altered the pics from high school how old is this guy for real

33.
2cents wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:37 pm

lol @ this guy, he bodied himself!

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LatinKing wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:53 pm

Alot of YA’LL are missing the POINT! And some know what it is….I put my 2 cents……

1. He LIED!! And said he NEVER worked as a C.O.!!! Period!! Stating he gangsta blah blah blah. Being REAL is being Honest….

2. HE LIED AGAIN!!! Stating he made a million the previous on the Drug Game. NEGRO PLEASE!!!!!!!!

3. He LIED AGAIN & AGAIN!!! Went on 106th stating he lived this Drug LifeStyle, like he was the REAL deal, like, the real Freeway Rick Ross……….

4. If he kept it REAL, and said he never really lived half the bullshit he rapped about, then it would be all cool…Everyone respects rappers that spit the storytelling..as long as we all know he storytelling…PERIOD

Dude IS A FRAUD!!!!!!!!!! Get over it!!! Ricky is a Fraud and there is No Santa Claus neither!!!!!!!!!!

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B MARIO AYE!
B MARIO AYE! wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:53 pm

the real truth is that the CONSTANT sunglasses on and the BIG ASS BEARD are a disguise so mafuckas from the pen dont reconize his ass, REAL TALK

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petey millz wrote on July 21st, 2008 at 11:54 pm

on the real he was an average rapper anyway every song brick this brick that i know why he made mi yayo now cause he had all the files on hand fo real but we know all these rapper are lien kingpinns don’t have to work there already cake up and come on if you ain’t did know kind of time get out of here you know we love to floss our drug money and the po-po be waitin just look at the old trina for all about the benjimans ross had know tatto or nothing he was clean n slimmer

37.
ya boi wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 am

dude tried to say someone edited his head on somebody else’s body….hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! wow…

38.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:14 am

IS THAT ARTICLE WRITER SMOKIN THE SAME SHIT AS DMX?? Gtfoh!! Rick Ross had options he could of gone the kanye way, Common, talib kweli, immortal technique, lupe fiasco route, the list goes on… Hiphop aint just about gangster rap so gtfoh! Rick ross atempted to glamourise a lifestyle which is poisonin our young black men, hes peddling crack to the youth as a way out wen he neva took that route himself.

39.
604 blazin wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:20 am

i remember seeing him at the end of hustle and flow he gave his demo to D

40.
izieky
izieky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am

As Mencia would say…..THIS IS NOT NEWS!!!!!

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beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am

REALTALKNY NEEDS TO RUN A BLOG ABOUT FONEY SOUTH RAPPERS TITLED, ARE SOUTHERN RAPPERS WANKSTAS L0L WELL ON THIS EVIDENCE BELOW YES LOL

1.LIL WANYE mantra “NO HOMO” THATS WHY YOUR LIPSING BABY! IF THAT WHAT HES DOIN IN PUBLIC WITH BABY WHAT THEM TWO NI**AS DOIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS??? Ewwwww LOL

2.YOUNG BUCK “A NI**A JUS GET CONFUSED” BOO WHOO.. LOL

3. T.I. FIRST GETS EXPOSED ABOUT NOT BEING FROM BANKHEAD LOL THEN HE DOES A DEAL WITH THE COPS, THATS NOT GANGSTER LOL

4. RICK ROSS C.0. Nuff said LOL

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beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 am

at least NELLY keepin it real lol

43.
Paper wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 am

The strong only survive, the weak goes on decline and rick ross was fake from the start. I knew he was a phony ever since he said in the XXL article that he needs to make “10 million every year just to function and it aint off rap”- what a clown. 50 Cent is the realest nigga in this rap game cause everything that coincides with his success is because of his lifestory thats why he sold 12 million on the first album, 10 million on the sophmore set. His content that he speaks from is aggressive and he does nelly numbers. The last nigga to do that was DMX but he couldnt keep it together, 50 is the only one today that is still doing that. R.I.P to Ricky Fraud, Def jam must want they money back i wonder what Jay-Z thinks of him now?

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Iceberg Slim wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am

This also brings into quesiton his age. A few months ago he said he just turned 29 (I could swear he did, I gotta find the video), so that would mean he was a CO at like 16 or 17. I know artist lie about their age all the time … but there’s just too many lies addin up here.

45.
j wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 am

Now that we know that Ross doesn’t, I wonder who really knows the Real Noriega. Lol.

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In example wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 am

Now in example, If someone said that they gave millions of dollars to Charities and you come to find out that they never gave nothing wouldn’t that make you label them as a fake or a phony? Why is this differnt? It doesn’t change the fact that be made good songs but it does speak to his character and who he is as a man!

47.
Blacklash wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 am

Whoever Cornell Dews Is,I Agree Wid Him ..

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whoa wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 am

fuck is the nigga lyin for? this nigga just lost all of his credibility…..knew this nigga was lyin in the first place anyway. “i know the real noreaga” u can look at this nigga and tell he dont know no fuckin noreaga, and then this nigga name is based off of freeway rick. publicity stunt written all over this nigga

49.
datVAhead23
datVAhead23 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 am

I’m disappointed in Rick Ross. Like everyone is saying, a REAL MAN! would have been like, “yea that was me…..and???!!” Shit a nigga had to pay bills and take care of myself somehow. And he would had got all the respect from me for being real……but then again who the fuck cares!! LOL…yall people act like he got caught sleeping with a man, dressin’ up as a women, or doing some other insane/unethical shit like that. I just wish he would have been a G and said yes, straight up thats me and so what!

50.
yeee wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 am

snitch ross

51.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 am

FONEY SOUTH RAPPERS ARE WANKSTAS L0L WELL ON THIS EVIDENCE BELOW YES LOL

1.LIL WANYE mantra “NO HOMO” THATS WHY YOUR LIPSING BABY! IF THAT WHAT HES DOIN IN PUBLIC WITH BABY WHAT THEM TWO NI**AS DOIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS??? Ewwwww LOL

2.YOUNG BUCK “A NI**A JUS GET CONFUSED” BOO WHOO.. LOL

3. T.I. FIRST GETS EXPOSED ABOUT NOT BEING FROM BANKHEAD LOL THEN HE DOES A DEAL WITH THE COPS, THATS NOT GANGSTER LOL

4. RICK ROSS C.0. Nuff said LOL

52.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 am

y does realtalk keep deletin my post smh

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beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 am

southern rap etherd…
1.LIL WANYE mantra “NO HOMO” THATS WHY YOUR LIPSING BABY! IF THAT WHAT HES DOIN IN PUBLIC WITH BABY WHAT THEM TWO NI**AS DOIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS??? Ewwwww LOL

2.YOUNG BUCK “A NI**A JUS GET CONFUSED” BOO WHOO.. LOL

3. T.I. FIRST GETS EXPOSED ABOUT NOT BEING FROM BANKHEAD LOL THEN HE DOES A DEAL WITH THE COPS, THATS NOT GANGSTER LOL

4. RICK ROSS C.0. Nuff said LOL

54.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 am

fuckd up lol

55.
2cents wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 am

beaky you’re reachin… stop sweatin southerners like their ain’t fck niggas up top who rap/hustle or all the above!

@ Whoa, whats good… and do you feel that way about other rappers who eat off of other people’s name, wit false or over embelished hood tales?

56.
Hip Hop Fan wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 am

Rick Ross the Cop. LOL!!!

57.
Chris Live AKA Shaker wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 am

It’s funny how Cornwell Dews (or whatever his name is) and people of his ilk attempt to use the public’s reaction to Rick Ross’s “outing” as a sociological indicator of what’s wrong with everybody EXCEPT the rapper who, of his own accord, constructed this fantastic lie. Look Young Dews, you’ve used enough $10 words in your thesis supporting Rick Ross for me to assume that you are indeed relatively intelligent. It is precisely because I believe that you are smart that I cannot understand how you can so easily feign ignorance as to why the recent news involving Rick Ross and his past are a problem for many Hip Hop fans.

As stated previously by many others, this has absolutely nothing to do with him having a legit job in the past, the problem is that he LIED. Why does he (and, to be sure, many other rappers) insist on focusing on 1 aspect of his life and not only omit, but straight up completely disavow, other important aspects of his life? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, why does it matter? You should ask Rick Ross, who fought tooth-and-nail to deny the very existence of anything in his life not attached to being a drug dealer why it matters.

From my perspective, I see it like this: Hip Hop is a very intimate art-form and we expect our artist’s to address their audience from a personal and honest place. This is the same reason that we place a premium on MC’s that write their own lyrics. Of course not everybody who’s ever mentioned drugs in their songs has been a former kingpin nor should we expect them to have been. However, when Mr. “I need 10 million a year just to live comfortable, and I don’t make 10 million a year off rap so you do the math” is found to be the antithesis of all that he glorifies in line-after-line of his own songs … how can you fault us for calling “bullshit”? He took it overboard yo … he went from locking up the real hustlers to imitating the inmates on records.

He created and exacerbated the situation by continuing to adamantly contravene what he knew to be the honest truth. There’s a difference between creative embellishing and flat-out lying yo … you know that homie. I like Rick Ross’s music and I still wish him the best, this card pulling doesn’t mean much to me because never believed son like that anyway. He’s still a real nigga in my eyes, he’s just not that nigga that he claimed to be. He got exposed and he has to wear that for a minute … that’s the rule. He’ll be aight by the time that his next album drops. It is what it is.

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER
“R.S.V.P.” THE EP COMING SUMMER 2008!

http://www.myspace.com/chrislivemusic

http://www.thisislivestyle.blogspot.com

A DIFFERENT CLOTH/WALL STREET CRED/THE FAMOUS FIRM LLC.

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beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 am

@2cent

All im sayin 4 of souths top rappers lookin kinda shakey wen u dig abit deeper.. Can u imagine a new york rapper doin what lil wayne did and people jus sweepin it under the carpet thats straight homo wot he did with baby lol.
Young buck cryin ova bullshit lol i aint sayin that men dont cry coz i shed a tear 4 my grandpups wen he died in january.. But for young buck to cry ova bullshit na blood hes corny lol…
T.i. The maths just dont add up on the guns and the sentencin, and to claim a hood u aint from wtf…
And ricky ross lol
All in all 2008 bin a bad year for southern rap lol imma keep it east coast ny and chi keepin it authentic..

59.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:33 am

ricky ross lol

60.
WHAT A MAROOOOON wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 am

YOU GUYS SHOULD GO EASY ON RICK ROSS,YOU WOULDNT WANT TO BE ARRESTED NOW AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

61.
beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:38 am

im the biggest boss that u seen thus far nar g it goes like this
“im the biggest fraud that u seen thus far” lol

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WHAT A MAROOOOON wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 am

CORNELL DEWS I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU BUT RICK ROSS MIGHT BE OUTSIDE IN AN UNMARKED VAN MONITORING MY EVERY MOVE AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

63.
WHAT A MAROOOOON wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 4:26 am

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1945/rickrosscopylh8.jpg

64.
Ras Marley wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 am

lol at Horatio Rick Ross Caine over hare

65.
Ras Marley wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am

lol ross dont know noreaga but knows j edgar hoover

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mr Fix it wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 am

HILARIOUS

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BLANCH DEVOROE wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:24 am

Straight up clown!

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doughboy86 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:26 am

may we all have a moment of silence for the carrer of mr. rick ross….jus when it it was getting good it tragically came to an end because he was working wit the pigs…no matter how you cut it or slice it he was one of them at one point i mean not even ja rule…….damn

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mr Fix it wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 am

Send him to the dungeons of Rap,where fake ni%%% dont make it back

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Ahijah wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 am

I don’t really like or listen to Rick Ross but why do rappers feel the need to lie ? Nobody gonna hate on you for not selling coke, busting guns or W.E but no need to lie and say the pictures are fake SMH at rappers.

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2cents wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 am

@ ahijah… yes the will. N!ggas hate regardless nowadays but atleast be hated for what you are instead of some fake sh!t cause at the end he’s gonna wonder now could he have still been as successfull without the lies!? If his skillz were that good probably but its sorta like the environment too… look how Buddens career went at the same label!?

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2shooters wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 am

Remember Rick Ross Went At T.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Pg74tGpBg&eurl=http://thisis50.com/forum/topic/show?id=784568%3ATopic%3A5542197

At Least He’s A South Artist That’s Down To Battle Rap..
I’m Tired Of All These Weak Ass South Rappers..

Fuck If He’s Was A C.O. His Music Is Still Good..Plus
C.O.’s And Police Are Not The Same Thing..Co’s Watch Inmates Then Go Home..Shit I Even Knew Co’s Bringing Inmates Coke Dope and Weed..And Got Paid Well To Do It..Some Got Caught And Became Inmates..Co’s Are Very Crooked..

It’s Just Messed Up He Lied About It..
What Was He Suppose To Say..
I Could See If He Was A Documented Snitch Like Fat Joe..
That Shit Was In The NY Times..

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ill will wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:59 am

I guess having a job not cool, that’s why his fat ads lied.. So since havingva job is not cool, I’m not going to spend my hard earn work money on this nigga CD’s. I’m going on limewire to download the bullshit….. Fuck you Ross, and you using a real hustler’s name and making his shit look worst…..

74.
B! wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 am

i dnt give a fluck..still flucks with Ross…unlessss “”thinks out loud n puffy clouds”" he wasss a C.O who went rogue…who at the time wuzzz assigned to take care of Manuel Norieaga when they got his ass back then n extradicted him 2 FL..heard they called COs “The Boss” back then in Fl n he went rogue after favors for a favor type shyt with his man Manuel..ah well..Obama fo yo mama niggaz haha..n 50 is a snitch nigga who got shot 9xs?, n Weesy a real a faggot ‘blood’ nigga?? hahaha where 40Glocc at yo?? hahaha I LOVE HIPHOP!

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DYoung wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 am

Shit is funny how cats really believe the stories that emcees spit. It’s entertainment fam some of it’s true most of it’s not. And even when there is truth to an emcees story it’s like watching a movie based on a true story, most of the story is exaggerated to sound more entertaining. Akon did it, Ross, did it and a whole bunch of your favorite emcees do it. Yeah Ross lied but so what, it’s just entertainment. How could a rapper be on tour and sellin’ keys of coke? Not possible! Rick Ross album is bangin’ go cop it. Niggas love R.Kelly but they mad at Ross LOL.

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LA21 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 am

co-sign# this is music! this is ENTERTAINMENT! who this a fuck if he was a co?

77.
Jay-Reckless wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 am

IM SPLIT ON THIS ISSUE 1ST IT WAS A BITCH MOVE FOR ROSS TO LIE AND SAY HE WASNT A C.O. I FEEL EVERYONE ON THAT

BUT TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE YALL NIGGAS GET TO FUCKIN EMTIONAL ABOUT THIS LOL ITS LIKE ROSS WAS YALL HERO IF HE’S SELLING CRACK BUT IF HE A C.O FOR A YEAR AND A HALF HE’S THE WORST MOFO IN THE WORLD ( JUST CUZ HE WAS A CO THAT DOEST ME HE WASNT IN THE STREETS TO) … LISTEN TO ME CLOSELY MOST YALL FAV RAPPERS ARE LYING TO YOU OR OVER EXAGGERATING THERE LIFE .. I KN0 I KNO YOUR GONNA SAY BUT “RICK ROSS WAS A COP A FUCKIN COP” LMAOOOOOOO HAHAHAH YALL NIGGAS GROW UP PLEASE GOOD MUISC IS GOOD MUSIC NO MATTER IF ITS FICTION ON NOT …. IM A LISTEN TO RICK ROSS ALL DAY JUST TO MAKE YALL CLOWNS MAD!!!

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Jay-Reckless wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 am

CO-SIGN #72 DYoung!!!!!!!!!!!!

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E$ wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 am

fans want artist to be real, but don’t want them to have real jobs like they suppose to be superheros or something. I’m on that Ricky Ro$$ “Who give a damn bout’ what a hata say”

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Jay-Reckless wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:41 am

YO DYOUNG IM A SWAGGA JACK YOUR POST

“Shit is funny how cats really believe the stories that emcees spit. It’s entertainment fam some of it’s true most of it’s not. And even when there is truth to an emcees story it’s like watching a movie based on a true story, most of the story is exaggerated to sound more entertaining. Akon did it, Ross, did it and a whole bunch of your favorite emcees do it. Yeah Ross lied but so what, it’s just entertainment. How could a rapper be on tour and sellin’ keys of coke? Not possible! Rick Ross album is bangin’ go cop it. Niggas love R.Kelly but they mad at Ross LOL.”

YALL NIGGAS READ THIS SHIT OVER AND OVER AND OVER … AND READ IT BEFORE U LISTEN TO ALBUMS AND MAKE IT A BEDTIME STORY EVERY NIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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willz wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 am

its like making a movie or an autobiography, which is based upon your criminal life and then it being known your not a criminal.your lying to people in order to improve your success, exploiting the life story of others.Also how are people suppose to believe in anything else he does now from, the videos to lyrics whatever.and he’s the 5 hottest mc in the game.I look forward to his remix with lil waynes and bobby v; Mr officer

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FirstSUCKA wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:06 am

MAN ITS SAD,BECAUSE THIS ACTORS + RAPPERS = RAPTORS PUSH THESE LIFESTYLE ON THE KIDS..GROWN MEN ARE WEARING “BUTTON UPS” BECAUSE JAY-Z SAID SO…PEOPLE ARE WEARING “BAITHG APES” BECAUSE OF LIL WAYNE N OTHERS.RED MONKEY JEANS..ITS GOES ON.THE YOUTH WASTE THEIR TIME TRYING TO BE WHAT THEY SEE ON TV WHICH IS BLK BROTHERS CALLING EACH OTHER NIGGAS, BLK WOMEN HOES AND BITCHESS. WE DE-VALUE OUR SELF WORTH AND CALL IT MUSIC TO THE MASSES…Nothing Wrong with the Boss having a Job but he is misleading Blk kids..Young JEZZY, LIL WAYNE, JAY-Z, DAIVD BANNER ALL TALK ABOUT THE SAME SHIT..MONEY, CASH, HOES,…WE NEED more black businessman, doctors, lawyers, acccoutants, NOT CALLING EACH OTHER NIGGAS N BITCHES

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vonnievonn65 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:12 am

Yeah he lied…and I understand why he lied…we as consumers are so dayum fickle ready to destroy this man because he aint a KILLER DRUG DEALING CRIMINAL….I still think he is the biggest BOSS that Ive seen THUS FAR……

He lied because he would have been killed by the double edge sword…if he a cop you wouldnt support period.

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Real Talk wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 am

Hip Hop Police!!!!

Yall better back off TI if you give this officer a pass…

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Real Talk wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am

And further more to respond to that…
Since when is it healthy for a black man to tattoo his whole body
and make up gangster tales to teach the youth of the world and
LIE… We ain’t mad at Denzel for playing in training day, because
he didn’t LIE and say he lived that life… This man is going at trick
daddy for saying THE TRUTH!!! You were a CO Ross… And now
you are a fake bum! Not to mention, if you wanna look at it from
a point of a Black Man making a living… You are a SELLOUT for choosing
to rap about the bullshit!!! Especially since you didn’t live it like you said…

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bEANTOWN wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 am

Cool dude lies in his rap like 90 percent of rappers out there and another thing ROSS IS AWFUL WIT THE RHYMES not like hes a legend …but all u weezy fans shudnt hate dude Weezy kissed a man , went to Houston University , and has been rappin since he was 12 so he probly lies in his raps but u fools dont care mostlike young kids, collge herbs and stupid sluts

87.
hiphop wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am

Haaahahhaa!!! dude must a had amnesia or somethin..totally forgot about his past huh.. damn rappers have a serioulsy disturbing identity crisis it’s beyond funny, it’s sickening

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Mo wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:58 am

I think the argument is that Rick Ross lied about his past life before rapping. He was a CO..fine better than selling dope if you ask me. But the issue is that he talks about it as if lived it..when in reality he didn’t.

Jay-Z lived that life…we all know that…that’s why he only speaks from first hand experience. Nas doesn’t talk that hustler life cause he ain’t live it…Matter of fact better example is slick rick..he never spoke that life he was infact realy honest and said I never sold any drugs…I was a post mail workers…Luda another one..he said him self I never sold an ounce of crack..I’m just nice on the mic…Eminem…and so forth..those MC’s are more respected..50 cent..etc..but the minute you lie about your life…is the minute you start losing fans.

I’ve always said it..if these MC’s…came around 1990’s…they would of been executed..lol..there was too many real niggas back when Ghost, Nas, Raekwon. Jay-Z, TupAc., Biggie rhymed…Tupac would of probably been the first nigga to expose Rick Ross…lol…

I respect Ross hehad me for a second…now I know he’s just a fat boy that can rap.

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LOL wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am

like cam said “and rick ross-he a jerkoff”
yo this shit wouldnt be a big deal if nigga wasnt lyin his cop ass off in all his songs. how he gonna be smokin let alone ne thing else u gettin drug tested every month lol he rappin about the peoples lives that he watchin as a cop fuckin cop what a pussy i predict not another song from this btch it was obvious he was real fake but this is too muuchlol

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Makvel wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 am

Wow how we are so caught up on these rappers. I don’t care if he was a cop..Aint none of them do 15years and had a couple a bricks..Real Gangsters don’t rap..Its all about story telling and getting paid..he is rich now, but he will lose his fan base due to the fact of keeping it real. I don’t care what he did in his life. Thats him.

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e wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 am

REAL TALK. NOBODY KNOWS WHY HE IS NOT A CO ANYMORE. HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASNT HITTIN THE BRICKS WHEN HE WAS A CO. CAUSE HE WAS A CO HE’S NOT WHO HE SAY HE IS. OH NOW NOBODY HERE NEVER HEARD OF A CROOKED COP OR CO. OH, OH, OH WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LAW ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE. THE LAW NEVER DO ANYTHING THEY NOT SUPPOSE TOO. YO YALL HATE COPS CAUSE THEY CROOKED BUT ITS KNOW WAY ROSS COULD HAVE DONE WHAT HE SAY.

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wicked07 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 am

so that how he knows the real Noreaga because he used to serve him breakfast, lunch, dinner to his cell every day.

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Lisa wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:23 am

Rap music is getting more fake each day. Rap is like WWE nowadays. The wrestlers don’t hit each other evrything is scripted but if you ask them they’ll tell you it’s REAL. Rappers are the same thing. They sell this gangsta lifestyle to the public claim to have lived like that. Calim their stories are 100% real but many of these mothafuckas are only a bunch of actors. It seems like a lot of hiphop fans have no problem with this but then y’all should’t get so angry when a lot of cats out there don’t take rapmusic seriously laugh and think it’s only for kids because most of it is fake just like WWE.

With this new mentality that it’s OK to pretend to be something you’re not and be an actor I guess it’s possible for some rich white boy born and raised in Beverly Hills to make it as a gangstarapper. Think about it he could be the best storyteller in the world talk about things he’s only watched on TV and read in books and y’all would be feeling this dude, huh? Is this typical for rapmusic cause I can’t think of any other genre of music where the fans would embrace an artist who got exposed for lying about his life to sell records?

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mrdig wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:26 am

He the biggest Loss that u seen thus far. Poor fella. Had he said the truth he’d still be fucked. But anyway after this his music ain’t gonna be the same. He’s gonna try to rap about other shit but it won’t work cuz homey isn’t a true lyricist. Homey better retire as a rapper and just run his label

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tdollaznj wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 am

Its not that he didnt sell drugs or because he was a CO…Its that he frontin talkin about all this shit he did and he never did it but you tellin kids its kool to do some dangerous ass shit while u was workin a steady job durin your youth….its not the fact that he isnt the gangster hes just corney for pretendin tyo be one

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IamRealTalK wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 am

damn niggas r really heartbroken cuz of diz shit.
but i wonder how ross gonna react to this

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Mike wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 am

Whoever Cornell Dews Is,I Agree Wid Him ..

¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨

Rick Ross….is that you?

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Lisa wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 am

Reltalk! Y’all really pathetic that you delete posts that you don’t agree with. You don’t have to agree with my opinion but to delete posts only because y’all like Rick Ross that’s pathetic.

99.
MardiGraz wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am

Ummm…..So?

100.
Lucky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:43 am

It’s not the fact that Rick was a CO, it’s the fact that so many of these rappers glorifiy a lifestyle in their music that they have never lived & try to sell it as the truth. If he was using his artistic creativity to fabricate a story within his music then he should let it be known & stop trying to decieve the public into believing that he’s something that he’s not. & we all know why he lied. He lied because he was trying to preserve his gansta image & his supposed street cred. It’s not the hip hop consumers that has issues, It’s these dumbass rappers thinking the public is so dumb to chew up everything they feed them & unfortunately sometimes it works.

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truth wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 am

so u mean to tell mean yall fell for this bigtime drugdealer/ gangsta image…listen man if ppl dont know that 99.99% of rappers are a bunch of fake liers than im sorry ur an idiot.

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GoonFromFL wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 am

I think we all can agree. Nobody mad that he was a CO and was getting an honest check. What we as fans are mad at is you lied to our face! It is was it is though duke, fess up and keep it moving. Trust…he still going to get money…but this definitely fucked up that extra money you was gone get for the keeping it trill set. Music is funny…sometimes they got to hate you in order to love you more. Hell, if kellz can piss on little girls and we still like his music…ricky can survive this. I think I’m more upset at the niccas that you run with that knew you was lying and was co-signing. I guess nobody want to fuck up the moneytrain though.

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F-S wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:47 am

BITCH IM THE BOSS AND IM LAUGHING AT YOUR BLOGS.

RICK ROSS FRESH OUT THE STUDIO.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/157432498656c5ab/

http://www.zshare.net/audio/15743307aeafb4e3/

DEEPER THAN RAP Coming Soon

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Aight then wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 am

Let’s face it in order to make it in the rapbusiness if you want to be a thug rapper and never lived like that then you have to lie about that ish. No recordlabels or fans in general are going to take you seriuosly. You can’t get into the game and say…”yo I never lived like this I’m just playing a charecter” You wouldn’t even get signed in the first place. I think it’s sad that so many rappers feel that there’s only one thing to rhyme about and that’s gangsta rhymes. There are so many interesting topics you can talk about life is so much more than to try to sell a thug image.

105.
E$ wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 am

most of the fools on here are bootlegging anyway, so why do they care?

106.
PL wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:57 am

DAMN…Rick Ross and Young Berg just killed their career who else is gonna go in 2008?

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vonnievonn65 wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am

I use to be a CO for 2 years for a PA State Prison and I know for a fact that some of the COs were some of the biggest criminals there from bringing shet in for the inmates drugs and cigs…to being convicted of rap and murder…to finding drugs in their cars on state property parking lots…hell the COs we were treated in my opinion worst then the inmates. Part of the reason I left the job. I felt locked up too…especially when they tried to mandate me to work another shift they locked my azz up many times between the gates….(laughing) but anyway I understand the LIE because we always on that to be a rapper you must be a drug dealer, killer, addict, and po black nigga to just make it in the hiphop world…so why tell the truth too niggas who wants to believe their favorite rapper is a fuggin thug…that’s what we want…we dont want a honest man becoming a rapper…we want our rappers to be the scum of the earth…he cant have been in college, worked a regular job, or even just be a honest dude because we wont respect him….so respect RICK ROSS…as a LIAR…and still cop that mans music….he still a criminal LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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GoonFromFL wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am

PS. Fuck you beaky!! Pussy ass southside hater! I bet you won’t say any of that shit to nann one of them dudes if you saw em in the streetz. Real niccas have real problems. Nobody perfect. Don’t put that on all south rappers. Is outkast ethered, UGK etherd, Ball and G etherd. Hoe ass bitch blogger! Man, you ain’t ever worth my comments. Out.

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Megz wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 am

He can rap about whatever he wants, it doesn’t have to be true. You do lose your ‘cred’ though when you lie about things. He was found out for being a corrections officer; so what? There isn’t anything wrong with making a legitimate living. What makes him a lame is that he tried to say it wasn’t him. Come on Rick Ross, that’s really pathetic.

110.
C. Franco wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 am

Def Jam should re-release his CDs as comedy albums:

“I’m the biggest cop that you seen thus far”
“everyday I’m cuffin em, everyday I’m cuffin em”
http://www.hiptics.com

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OFFICER ROSS wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:21 am

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YOU DONT LOOSE CRED…..LOOK AT LIL WAAYNE HE’S MORE FAMOUS THAN EVER AND WE ALL KNOW HE AINT A REAL BLOOD,SHOT HIMSELF WITH HIS (REAL)DAD’S GUN AND RAPS ABOUT GETTING SHOT,KISSED A GROWN MAN IN HIS MOUTH THAT HE MET WHEN HE WAS 12 OR 13,USE TO HAVE A GHOST WRITER,DOESN’T DO WHAT HE RAPS ABOUT,AND IS ON DRUGS…BUT WGITE PPL STILL LIKE HIM……LOOK AT GAME…HIS FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HE WASNT A BLOOD UNTIL HE SIGNED WITH DR.DRE,IS A SUCKA FOR LOVE IN CHANGE OF HEART,NEVA HAD A TATOO UNTIL HE GOT SIGNED,CRIES EVERY OTHER INTERVIEW,HE NEVER DID WHAT HE RAPS ABOUT,HAS BUTTERFLIES AND STARS ON HIS FACE,NWA ON HIS CHEST,AND EAZY-E ON HIS ARM….HE’S A MALE GRUPIE AND WANTS TO BE 50 CENT BUT STILL WHITE PPL THAT THINK THEY G’S LISTEN TO HIM

112.
LMAO wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am

LMAO^^^^^^^^^^^^
EVERYDAY IM CUFFIN EM,EVERYDAY IM CUFFIN EM………..LMAO

113.
County Of Kings wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am

he coulda went the NAS route and just been considered a storyteller. nas tells hundreds of stories about coke kingpins and pimps and hustlers but we know that aint nas, nas was an entertainer. jayz entertains,

i guess when ross said he was the biggest boss
he meant BOSS HOGG
this nigga wearing shades and a breakaway beard????
this shit is so W.W.E.
vince mcmahon shoulda took over for jayz as president, atleast it would be more entertaining

114.
chilly wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am

once he got caught out there he should of come clean

115.
Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 am

rick ross next song is gonna be on the beverly hills cop theme music….yea he was moving all those KI’S…thats real easy to do WHEN YOU STEALING FROM THE EVIDENCE ROOM!!!! what a clown

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FAKE IS THE NEW TALENT wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:53 am

I LIKED ROSS BUT I AM HAPPY NOW THAT MAYBE THAT MIAMI MOVEMENT WILL FINALLY DIE AND THE REST OF THE SOUTH WILL SOON FOLLOW THAT DOWN FALL
1. WAYNE KISSES MEN
2.KANYE IS A METRO SEXUAL
3.GAME WAS A STRIPPER AND TATS BUTTERFLYS ON HIS FACE
4.RICK ROSS WAS A CO
MAN A FEW YEARS AGO ALL THESE RAPPERS CAREERS WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER BUT FOR SOME REASON FANS LET THESE CATS GET A PASS MAN I HOPE SHIT GO’S BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS.

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am

@ 106….its fake rappers everywhere including whatever city you rep it aint just a south thing its a whole hip hop thing. none of these niggas do what they say………

you cant possibly tell me that the realest niggas in the game are shawty lo, gucci mane, cassidy, remy ma, beanie sigel? i say these rappers cuz all of these rappers except for shawty lo has done time for murder, attempt murder, or flat out beat the charge and i am by no ways glorifying this but these are the niggas that has done some serious real shit.

118.
bushwick pure wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am

every day iam cuffin em every day iam cuffing em….lol this is what niggaz get i copped this niggaz first album and could skipp through the whole cd till the pushing remix with jay and jeezy i couldnt fuck with all the fake shit he was saying i thought al pacino was writing his rhymes from the jump i can smell fake thats 3 down couple more to go
1.young buck
2.rick ross
3.ti
still give ti some credibility cuz iam sure he was realer than most but just let them put the pressure on him
up next
game,wayne oh wiat they been exposed already of being homosexuals but the people still love it hahahah we juss need some one from games male strip club to come foward with pics and former male clients…lmao niggaz is so fake

119.
Blacklash wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am

Whoever Cornell Dews Is,I Agree Wid Him ..

¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨

Rick Ross….is that you?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That Was Mad Lame ..Good One

120.
LOOSE GORILLA wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 am

“Rappers entertaining Me”.. (how that sounds)

You wish it was that simple…

We gone respect the creativity artist bring and how they created characters. Give that to thim. But when some BULLSHIT Pops off, Dont be mad and say “it’s entertainment respect that.” NO, say “IT’S ENTERTAINMENT and this heat the Fans bring, comes with the territory if you on some straight WACK SHIT.

I fucks wit the sound Ross Brings and thats as far as I dig into his music.

After the Fans Feeds you. You better Humble Down if you know you on some BS..

121.
GIT IT BOY wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am

Like who gives a fuck though honestly!! Dis nigga still rich at tha end of tha day! I didnt fuck wit his music b4 and its gon stay that way

122.
GIT IT BOY wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 am

And yall niggas kill me how yall b talkin bout otha rappers and what they do! Since when did u fuck niggas start spendin tha night wit rappers and writin in they journal for them???? Niggas still talkin bout dat weezy shit. but yo bitch prolly want tha nigga and half these niggas u talkin bout.

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fuck that wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am

hahaha wasn’t he on feds takin pictures? hahah that niggga was the one takin the pictures..I lost mad respect for Rick Ross he a liar, a snitch, and he is hip hop police, nigga done son..as project pat would say STOP SNITCHIN!

124.
boogiboi wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am

Maybach Music is still fire! lol

125.
Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 am

so can you bloggers tell me one rapper tha you 1sthand know exclusive dirt on?……..

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famous_me wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 am

“My life is 100% real,” Ross told AllHipHop.com in a previous statement regarding the photo. “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.”

—Ether

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Smart'n Up wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am

116 you a hater dawg that was lame…”go back to the way things was” what da fuck are you listening to everybody you named make good music and has a large fan base…it sound like your fav rapper dont get no burn so you gon hate on da niggas puttin in work…and niggas need to cut all dat hating on the south shit out bruh but i forgot this is realtalk New York….Pimp C said it best!!

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likeabite wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm

25k a year in 1995 was not starving status by the way. That was 13 years ago and the issue is only because he lied about it even when the pics surfaced. He wanted to fight Trick Daddy over it when he knew damn well it was true. Half of these rappers none of us believe are the thugs they claim to be but the lying part is what’s the nail in the coffin

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dhasimm wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm

yo if ross wouldve just said i was a c o at 18 to 21 or wateva age he was and then said i got caught up on the streets after that i dont think there would be the backlash thats going on ross told a boldface lie thats what i have a problem this situation i wasnt really into his music i liked a couple songs but now that this has come up and his credibility is shot what can he rap about? i cant picture ross as a party and love song rapper but that migh be his only option

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p-low wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm

bleaky is retarded. tip from bankhead not the same part of bankhead that carlos aka shawty lo is from. search alfa mega on youtube and then also realize that shawty lo only said shit when tip was locked up. and when he got out all he said was i didnt want no beef i like tip. and tip got off the charges beacuse THEY WERENT HIS FUCKING GUNS. Learn to read. a body guard bought guns that he claimed were for Tip. not to mention the fact that the evidence they collected couldnt be used because you need a WARRANT. nigga be saying dont listen to these rappers, but he the one listing to the rappers that say one thing then appologize for saying it and he on they said like a real bitch.

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:15 pm

exactly my point new your is so closed minded that they hate on everything sucessful that they didnt have a part in…NEW YORK HIP HOP IS DEAD. EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK RAPS ABOUT THE SAME SHIT, AND BEEFS WITH EVERYBODY IN NEW YORK.

newsflash new york…your music dont get no spins outside of yall city lol the new york rap shit is trash. name me 1 relevant rapper in new york in the game right now who is getting radio play as well as selling?

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p-low wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm

also. do you realize how crooked those cops are. you white mother fucking crackas need to learn to do reaserch by yourself and not just listen to one side of the story, thats were alfamega comes in. now i aint saying that ross was dealin to peeps in jail, because the nigga took a real niggas name and used it to gain fame. you would be suprised how real most southern rappers and west coast rappers are. you hardly get real rappers from the east coast. rick ross and wayned have been fake sicne the begining so why is this a suprise?

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Smart Black Man wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm

Damn, though. 25,000 a year. hahaha. Crap.

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131stupid as hell wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm

@ 131 50cent and jay-z….there’s 2 for ya

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131 stupid as hell wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm

@ 131 50cent and jay-z….there’s 2 for ya

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm

what club, or radio station outside of new york plays there music????…..you say they are relevant becuz of what money??? what music are they making thats hot? how many records are they selling? 50 cent and jay-z are relevant only becuz of their businesses and their brands, im speaking as far as music not the business aspect of thier careers

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haaha wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm

dont u get it …he sold drugs on the side…thats why he was a major drug dealer before rap…he sold more drugs cuz he had the police unlock…u kno like scarface … he was basically untouchable like the real rick ross… dam i just made this up and i almost believed it ..no wonder everone believes these rappers

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hiphop wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm

@135 chi cities savior..

those are the worst rapperst u could use in ur analysis..i bet theres a radio staion in a 3rd world country or in asia or europe playin there shit right now..their international icons jus their name can sell an album. jay’s last album was a hot #1 album …50’s last album was a hot multi platnum album.. ..i mean ur right they make money outside of rap…but only because their extremely good at rap…i mean cmon gort sold like 12million im not a huge 50 fan but that shit was a classic same with american gangster

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GIT IT BOY wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Lmfao!!!!!! @ 137 not u jus started a rumor that gon b talked about everywhere!! u no these believers sleep wit these rappers dick in they mouth

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beaky wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm

@ Goonfromfl
Gtfoh You soundin real hurt bruh ketchin feelings because your favourit rapper ricky ross got exposed lol…

Facts are 08 aint bin a good look “thus far” for some of the biggest rappers outta south..

Some of ur biggest rappers ross, buck, ti are on the ropes like george foreman lol

@p-low

First off i like t.i. A.S.A.P. manz stil bumpin that tune ugetme hes got skill on the mic, but u need to take what he raps about with a pinch of salt bruh.
If u believe that about t.i. U must stil believe ricky ross wen he says that pic of him has been photoshop nuf said..

Go listen to some immortal technique or kweli and stop idolisin these rappers who make GANGSTAINMENT music… Manz gone!

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm

hiphop

your not listening….how long ago was those albums??? what are they doing right now….im speaking in the united states nobody outside of new york is thinking about jay-z or 50 cent thats what im saying. they arent gettin any radio play in the US they dnt have any hot music out RIGHT NOW…. g-unit album bricked what was the last jigga single? mixtape? video? cuz his last album…. GHOSTWRITER… hes recording another comeback album right now and trying to do it justin timberlake style with timbaland beats my pt is NEW YORK hip hop is dead. the rest of the country dont wana hear that shit. and when they drop that shit it gets ignored

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JOHNOFBURBS wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm

RICK ROSS…U GOT EXPOSED SON…U CAN SAY WHAT U WANT BUT THE PAPERS DONT LIE BUDDY…ITS OVER FOR STUDIO GANGSTERS

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JOHNOFBURBS wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm

RICK ROSS…U GOT EXPOSED SON…U CAN SAY WHAT U WANT BUT THE PAPERS DONT LIE BUDDY…ITS OVER FOR STUDIO GANGSTERS

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chris wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

AHAHAHAHAHA AHAH hahahahhah dhhhfh!! ha ahaaha ha …why ricky…..whyyy!!!

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Smart'n Up wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm

chi city you wildin bruh i agree wit erything you was sayin except on Hov playboy…hov still the ost relevant nigga period…so you cant group him in that, the nigga just came off tour all over the states and is now over seas with sold out stadiums bruh chill…50 on the other hand he definetly dont get no play down here in the south.

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C The Boss General wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm

NOW I KNOW HOW HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT DEM DRUG KINGPINS IN MI YAYO

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm

where im at aint nobody checkin for niether one of them niggas…but your right when your the stature of hov and having an actualy career of mor than 5 yrs in the game full of hits its easy to go on tour perfoming all of your pre-retirement material and yea he sellingout shows overseas but aint nobody in the US checking for them niggas definitely not up here

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Triple C’S

COPS, COURTROOMS, AND CUFFS!!!!!!

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Ras Marley wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pm

the cop of coppers

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Ras Marley wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm

he shoulda called his debut album

CSI Miami

lol

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Chi cities savior wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm

his favorite tv show is MIAMI VICE…we say why he 400lbs he fuckin wit too many of them doughnuts

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jaynyc4life wrote on July 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm

he woulda been straight if he didnt lie most rappers had stupid jobs just to collect a check back in the day most of us still do but he said it was a lie and was saying it was from fake people so that messed everything up cause he lied so that gives a hint that his life was fake