Our favorite new sensation and hardcore gangster rapper Rick Ross (real name William Roberts) may not be quite as hardcore as we thought. In fact, he is a former law enforcement officer and prison guard for Florida’s Department of Corrections. I guess when you are the one locking criminals up, you can collect enough material to rap about too. Unfortunately for Rick, it appears this may affect his street cred some. At least that’s what he seems to think, since he is completely denying any former affiliation with the right side of the law.
Instead, Ross claims that people are just upset at his success because he “came out of nowhere and just took over the streets”. I don’t know if I would go that far, especially given the above photo. But let’s review some lyrics anyway.
“Port of miami, Importing the candy” = illegal
“Never traffic for fun, Only traffic for funds” = illegal
“I handle dope like a vandle off the banana boat” = illegal
“Jose Canseco just snitchin’ because he’s finish, I feed ‘em steroids to strengthen up all my chickens” = i just like this one
“When I’m low on funds, I’m gonna load up guns, Slap you in the head I’m gonna open one” = illegal
Ok, so i don’t see anything about being a corrections officer for 2 years. I must have missed it. It’s probably in another song. Something like, “I make my money, putting fools behind bars is funny. I love the law, almost as much as Tim McGraw.”
Source: TSG
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As far as I know he is still the first rapper in the game to have his a ridiculous diamond medallion of his own face made.
I think that gives him all the street cred he needs.