Rick Ross Prison Boss

July 22. 2008

Rick Ross

Miami rapper and Slip N Slide (Warner Bros) label owner, Rick Ross, has an anti-police image according to some publications.

This is why it came as a shock to some outlets this week when it was discovered that he was a prison guard for 18-months. The Smoking Gun website posted the documents online.

Ok, show of hands, how many of you think someone at the Smoking Gun is going to catch a beat down over this (LOL).

"Scr*w Rick Ross"

Despite denials, records show rap star worked as corrections officer

JULY 21--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.

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