Since the rapper’s debut, many have wondered of a possible connection, since the artist not only bears the name of the former kingpin, but also sports a similar beard and cites stories of extensive drug and criminal activity in his rhymes.
Now that the rapper, real name William Roberts, has been confirmed to have worked as a correction officer, the original Ricky Ross tells AllHipHop.com that he attempted to steer his rap counterpart away from public embarrassment.
“After seeing all the stuff that has been going on with the Correctional Officer (William Roberts) that stole my name, [it] makes me think back to a year and a half ago when we spoke,” Ross explained to AllHipHop.com. “I tried to talk to him like a big brother and let him know to be you, and that he couldn’t be me. And that if he wanted to rap the lifestyle that he couldn’t frame it based on my life.”
Roberts has repeatedly denied that he based his music persona on the real Ross’ criminal exploits.
Ross, who today regrets the actions that helped destroy his community and land him in prison, can only shake his head at the unnecessary predicament Roberts has put himself in.
“How different his life would have been if he would have taken my advice,” Ross reflected. “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”
In the early and mid 80’s, Ross controlled most of the Los Angeles drug trade, and had ties to the Iran-Contra scandal due to his suppliers.
In 1996 Ross was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to purchase over 100 kilos from a federal agent.
He successfully appealed and had his sentence reduced to 20 years.
Ross is scheduled to be released on August 13, 2010.
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O and these fools who call ross weak, THEY MUST BE MISTAKEN because no one knows who they are but everyone knows who ross is, i mean really he had the fuckin number 1 album. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOURSELF DUMBASS MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!! so SUCK dick!!!
O and these fools who call ross weak, THEY MUST BE MISTAKEN because no one knows who they are but everyone knows who ross is, i mean really he had the fuckin number 1 album. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOURSELF DUMBASS MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!
Rick Ross is a beast he is the shit! Fuck the haters thay dont know SHIT. He is amazing at what he does and no matter what his past reveals he still is able to pump out #1 HITS!!!! Just because he wasn’t fully truthful about his past dosn’t mean that he hasn’t lived and expierenced everything he raps about. Ross is the Boss and no one can take that away from him. Besides not all rappers are 100% legit. Its funny that all these fools are talkin shmack about ROSS but when his album dropped they were the first one’s to buy the album. So keep talkin SHIT cause Ross is just laughin all the way to the BANK!!!!!!!!
Rick Ross is a beast he is the shit! Fuck the haters thay dont know SHIT. He is amazing at what he does and no matter what his past reveals he still is able to pump out #1 HITS!!!! Just because he wasn’t fully truthful about his past dosn’t mean that he hasn’t lived and expierenced everything he raps about. Ross is the Boss and no one can take that away from him. Besides not all rappers are 100% legit. Its funny that all these fools are talkin shmack about ROSS but when his album dropped they were the first one’s to buy the album. So keep talkin SHIT cause Ross is just laughin all the way to the BANK!!!!!!!!
Fatness never prospers. peace. dude in the hall of shame with the fucking ying yang cats. save wisely slim. stash that loot. its a wrap.
rick ross is phony next time yaw come down here to miami clown that fat bastard
rick ross aint even good, he weak, on everyday im hustlin it was just a catchy hook and he didnt even do the first 2 verses, witout cool n dre he would never pulled that shit off
and then that ma fucka in the make it rain remix said
“i just ran outta money, i need to borrow 50,000 in cash”
cuz no one buy that mans style
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i support rick ross.
it is just entertainment
In the studios you have artists, even pac is a fake thug.
real gangstaz do not sell CDs, period
that nigga is not fake just because he was a c.o that doesnt mean shit his just a rapper from mia that trying to get paid he said fuck that shit he just started to rap no his good at it he been doing stop hateing on him 954 county p-no
just like 50 cent stole that name from a dead rapper back in queens…and now rick ross stole that name from an OG damn rick ross yo career is over homie losin all yo street credibility tell the truth man damn!!!!!
Have none of you stopped to think that “real” former criminals would never tell stories about what they did? It might sell records, but it’s also evidence. Some of you may be too young to remember X-Raided. He showed up on the cover of his album holding a gun that he had committed numerous murders with. He also rapped about them on the album. He’s now in prison for life. “Real” thugs know better now. All the artists doing it are either lying or stupid. Since you can’t be stupid and write platinum material, they MUST be lying. The only thing Rick Ross is guilty of is perpetuating the stereotype that black men are criminally inclined. But he’s not, by far, the only artist guilty of that. WAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have none of you stopped to think that “real” former criminals would never tell stories about what they did? It might sell records, but it’s also evidence. Some of you may be too young to remember X-Raided. He showed up on the cover of his album holding a gun that he had committed numerous murders with. He also rapped about them on the album. He’s now in prison for life. “Real” thugs know better now. All the artists doing it are either lying or stupid. Since you can’t be stupid and write platinum material, they MUST be lying.
I KNEW RICK ROSS WAS FAKE BUT HE AINT ALONE ITS ALOT OF RAPPERS THAT RAP ABOUT HUSLIN AND AINT NEVER SOLD SHIT
Rick Ross is like “MC Gusto” from CB4.
That’s cold man. Well, that’s what happens when you front….
fuck all that i fucks wit da dude niggas is hatin as usual get ur bread right niggas
rick ross (the rapper)is wack,telling all these lies to these kids that listen to him like he that nigga ,he a bitch better yet he a COP officer of the law,get the fuck outta here
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXAGERAATE THEIR STORIES THINK ABOUT 50 AND THAT SONG HE MADE ABOUT ROBBIN CELEBRITIES HE NEVER DONE THAT. DONT YOU PEOPLE EVER THINK…… HE IS JUST IMITATING SOMEONE WHO LIVED THAT LIFESTYLE AND CAN’T RAP ABOUT IT(THE REAL FREEWAY RICKI ROSS)STOP HATIN THE DUDE GOT SKILLS NO MATTER WHAT AND IF YALL ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING BIG THEN JUST ABOUT EVERY RAPPER IN THE INDUSTRY IS FAKE………
DIDN’T THIS SAME SHIT HAPPEN ON CB4!
Damn why didnt i do that shit and get rich one good time!
DO YA REASERCH RICK ROSS the rapper is a known affiliate of the boobie boys one of the biggest gangs in florida history moving 100 million worth of coke killing 100′s look it up dont take my word for it if he was a fakehe wouldve been touched first freeway ricky ross says he has respect for the boss now this i smell a hater
this man is in pics with boobie falcoon bert these are cocaine cowboys get real hos
DO YA REASERCH RICK ROSS the rapper is a known affiliate of the boobie boys one of the biggest gangs in florida history moving 100 million worth of coke killing 100′s look it up dont take my word for it if he was a fakehe wouldve been touched first freeway ricky ross says he has respect for the boss now this i smell a hater
Well for starters everybody needs to apologize to the Real Mayor of Miami Trick Daddy Dollars! Secondly, after that bullshit WILLIAM pulled w/MIYAYO he should have known SOMEONE or BODIES would have exposed his WANNA BE ASS!! He put all those folks on blast, tricked folks into talking on caera & LIED about his affiliation w/Blackboy Boobie!Anybody that knew Boobie knew that man would never be in no movie. Very few people even knew what boobie looked like!! This nigga was ALWAYS A JOKE IN THE M.I.A 4sho! His punk ass dont know who gunnin for him! ALL REAL NIGGAS NEED NOT BUY THAT FUCK NIGGA SHIT!!FUCK THAT FAT BASTARD
well i sat down and thought about it. The truth is. This man was screwed from the jump!!!What job in they right mind would hire this big black ugly mofucka? besides a CO or a bouncer. he didn’t have a choice lol. SO HIS CAREER was fucked from the jump. I watched “Black in America” last night, a high percentage of employers said that they don’t want to higher black men because they say we are, Lazy and have poor work ethic, another thing researchers showed was the Folks without a criminal record have the same chance as a ex convict in getting a job. He couldn’t land a real job thats the only place that will hire this big black mofucka. The nigga is just screwed either way.
Realtalk he jammed himself up with first off using a credible boss name that is still alive like the hood wasn’t gonna g check him ..I don’t think this is the end for Rick Ross cause just a minute ago lil wayne kissed baby and that cat just sold a millie in a week so i guess the end decision will fall on the fans till then we will see the verdict. But me i can’t fuck wit the boss no more we let this pass and next thing you know police officers will start rapping.
I c it like this the nigga was young at the time and maybe chosse 2 work at the prison for a minute 2 come up. He only worked 18 mths, I guess “Big Will”LOL! got his change up bought some work, hungout wit Trick and got cash! I dont have a problem wit him workin like I said everybody needs a come up. Some niggas rob 2 get there he just should be real bout the situation and tell the truth. I still jam the music just because he dont live that life someone else might do and its moitvation!
fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“everyday i’m bluffin’em everyday i’m bluffin’em” wibbit wibbit real fraud…;-)
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So what if he lied about his past. Rappers are like wrestlers or actors. 10% of what they rap about they did. The rest is entertainment. Thats it. This dude, should care less, and just hope that he made enough money to run, if the rap industry doesn’t work. But like I stated earlier, its just entertainment. Its not real
steering the masses (yng blk men) wrong should be capitol
yall are hilarious
every day Im faking it, every day Im faking it
and the chorus goes on
rick ross is a fake thug/drug kinpin
didn’t his dum ass think that he could of got exposed
look at what happened to milli vinili in ’89
he should of learned from that
talking bout he used to hustle crack when he was hustling as
a c.o
pictures don’t lie so he shoudn’t neither
he needs to face reality his rap career is over
I guess he could go back to being a c.o
rick ross should’ve kept it real
trill my ass
fUNNY HOW A NIGGA SO HAPPY TO SEE ANOTHER NIGGA FALL. NIGGAS, BOY I TELL YA ITS A SHAME. WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE.
i feel like c-day, but he shouldve fessed up about his employment history, shyt u gotta eat, and he wasnt a real, donut eatin, chasin niggas cop, he was monitorin the prison, prolly picked up pointers in there.,………sumthin to think about
I’m saying though…even if he was a C.O. that doesn’t take away from his talent. Hell look at Diddy, he went to a private school. Just because he worked for the law doesn’t mean he followed it. I know plenty of crooked cops!
Doesn’t sound like Billy Bob listens very well. If Captain Yayo told him that sh*t then he should have listened. Maybe he’s rich enough now it won’t matter but I’d rather be a fan of music true to myself than a rich exposed fraud. I knew there was a reason I never bought that dude’s music.
YEAH RICK ROSS IS FAKE I KNOW SUMTHIN BOUT DUDE WAS NOT ALL THE WAY REAL CAREER IS OVER BASED HIS LIFE OFF A KINGPIN THE REAL RICK ROSS.HE’S FAKE FOR THAT JUST TELL THE TRUTH MAN YOU WERE A C/O COPO ASS NIGGA. YOU NEED TO BE FIED UP FOR THAT SHIT NIGGA.