Rick Ross Reaffirms Gangster Past In New Freestyle, Despite 'Smoking Gun' Report That He Worked As Prison Guard

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Rick Ross Reaffirms Gangster Past In New Freestyle, Despite 'Smoking Gun' Report That He Worked As Prison Guard Links2
Idolator found this 7/22/2008 on www.mtv.com [flag]
Rick Ross claims he's never worked as a prison guard, despite documents on TheSmokingGun.com that say otherwise. [link]

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Was Rick Ross A Prison Guard? Does Anyone Care? [Every Day Off, He's Hustlin']
Published 7/22/2008 by Dan Gibson at Idolator
... Corrections. In response, Ross sent MTV a freestyle calling out we of the instant entertainment-news business, rapping "Bitch, I'm the boss and I'm laughing at your blogs." Not exactly a denial, but I feel put in my place. Wouldn't it have been easier to claim that his time working in the prison was actually a front for his illegal activities? I'm no expert as far as narcotic credibility goes, but having watched The Wire, I would have found that explanation plausible. [MTV News] ...

Fellow MCs Weigh In On How Rick Ross' Alleged Prison-Guard Past Might Affect His Career
Published 7/26/2008 at OH NO!!
... says he's laughing at the bloggers. Well, some bloggers certainly are taking liberties with the Miami MC's recent corrections-officer scandal . ...

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The news broke this week that Rick Ross isn’t actually a gangster. In fact, he was a Corrections Officer in South Florida and The Smoking Gun has the payment records to prove it. As a clear thinking human being a big “who cares” swells up inside me ready to be blurted out at the next person who writes about how important this is. Rather than doing that...
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While everybody agreed that the Smoking Gun’s revelation that Rick Ross spent some time as a Florida corrections officer was a tempest in a tea cup, that didn’t stop reader Spunky from wishing the investigation had gone further: “The Smoking Gun failed to come up with some other past history of Rick Ross. He grew up in the streets of Philadelphia, hung out with a ...
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Written By Archie Fucque In this week’s Pulse Report the streets are buzzing about The Game's alleged Eminem diss and him clowning G-Unit yet again, Lupe Fiasco admitting Nas is his favorite rapper, Rick Ross falling at the hands of... [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
Rowss, you lying sack of shit

Posted 7/22/2008 on XXL

It's official: Bol > Rick Ross.
Rapper Rick Ross Used To Lock ‘Em Up

Posted 7/22/2008 on Snark Food - Daily Gossip

Obviously desperate to distance himself from any affiliation with the cops, rapper Rick Ross denounced as fake photos alleged to show him in a former career as a Florida prison guard. The Smoking Gun has blown the LID off of that shizz. Department of Corrections records show that Ross, whose rappping details the Miami gangsta lifestyle and his supposed days trafficking cocaine, did, in fact, ...
Report: Rick Ross Worked as a Florida Corrections Officer

Posted 7/22/2008 on Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

The Smoking Gun has once again exposed one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, this time revealing that Rick Ross has been lying about his past job of being a corrections officer. Ross has always denied he was ever a C.O., and when a photo of Ross in his officer’s uniform was unearthed, the Miami rapper said “online hackers” put “my face when I was a teenager in high ...
Pushed To The Limit…

Posted 7/22/2008 on The Smoking Section

More info on the t’s later… Now I have to admit, when the recent whirlwind of trouble kicked up over alleged pictures of Rick Ross as a fresh-faced correctional officer being posted on the ‘Net, all I could do was laugh over the debates on whether or not the picture was a Photoshop masterpiece. The credit does go to G-Unit and Dipset for such pointed incorporation of ...
Officer Ross Exposed

Posted 7/22/2008 on Bossip.com

Posted by Bossip Staff The Smoking Gun has cut through all of Rick Ross’ bullshyte: 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 ...
Rick Ross was a correctional officer...

Posted 7/22/2008 on Prefix

Well, at least according to the Smoking Gun which has obtained records from the Department of Corrections.... But Department of ...
The Smoking Gun Verifies Rick Ross’ C.O. History

Posted 7/22/2008 on RealTalkNY Brought To You By Nigel D.

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 ...
Damn.

Posted 7/22/2008 on illRoots

I wasn’t gonna touch on this until it I had full faith that it was true, and it damn sure is looking that way. The Smoking Gun confirmed today that for 18 months, William Leonard Roberts, bka Rick Ross, worked as a correctional officer. That’s not the problem necessarily. Sure, the police are fucked up, but Rick Ross’ whole career revolved around his supposed drug ...
Liar, Liar

Posted 7/21/2008 on [CRUNK + DISORDERLY]

The Smoking Gun obtained documents that confirm that Rick Ross was indeed a Florida prison guard back in the 90’s. I can’t wait to see how he tries to deny this one. 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. ...
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Another day, another rapper exposed for the fraud they are. So word got out awhile ago that Rick Ross was once a correctional officer, but William Leonard Roberts denied the report. So, the folks at Smoking Gun decided to investigate. They did something we hip-hop journalists don’t bother to do. They checked on the facts and turned up tons of evidence showing that Rick did in fact ...
Ricky, Ricky, Ricky….this is your life

Posted 7/21/2008 on MissInfo.tv BLOG

Last week, I asked why it was so bad for Rick Ross to have had a day-job with a good health plan and a pension (read government job) that he would need to release statements and sling threats at the mere mention of rumors of his past. Me thinks he should not have protested so much….because thanks to the Smoking Gun (oh man, the kryptonite of the rap-actor)….. Ricky’s ...