Rick Ross Officially Exposed
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 so-called 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 work as a CO for 18 months.
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. [via: The Smoking Gun]
There’s nothing wrong with being a correctional officer — that’s public service at its noble best. Just stay true to yourself and say you did it, rather than pretend to be some drug lord whose shit never smells. You lost big time, Will.
Just for kicks, here’s William in Denial Island
