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10 Things you don’t know about Rick Ross
1. He got his stage name from a drug trafficker “Freeway” Rick Ross, to whom he has no connection.
2. He worked as a correctional officer for 18 months.
3. On January 27, 2013, while celebrating his 37th birthday, Ross and his girlfriend were the targets of a drive-by shooting in and ended up crashing into an apartment.
4. In January 2008, Ross was arrested on gun and marijuana charges
5. On June 18, 2010, “Freeway” Ricky Ross sued Rick Ross for using his name
6. In January 2009, Ross started a feud with rapper 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Awards
7. In a line on rapper Rocko’s song “U.O.E.N.O.”, Rick Ross raps the line, “Put molly all in her champagne/ She ain’t even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that/ She ain’t even know it.” A petition containing 72,000 signatures was presented to Reebok, demanding they drop Ross as a spokesman for the lyrics which appeared to condone date rape. Ross has apologised for the lyrics, claiming they weren’t about rape.He was dropped by Reebok on April 11, 2013
8. Sources say Rick Ross is afraid to appear on VH1 Behind the Music for fear of his past and persona being exposed
9. On October 14, 2011 Rick Ross suffered two seizures in the same day, once in the morning and once again early evening
10. The cover of the May 2009 issue of XXL magazine, titled “Rick Ross Up in Smoke”, featured Ross wearing a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses. After publication, a spokesperson for the luxury-goods maker contacted XXL to inform them that Ross was sporting fake sunglasses in the cover image.
2. He worked as a correctional officer for 18 months.
3. On January 27, 2013, while celebrating his 37th birthday, Ross and his girlfriend were the targets of a drive-by shooting in and ended up crashing into an apartment.
4. In January 2008, Ross was arrested on gun and marijuana charges
5. On June 18, 2010, “Freeway” Ricky Ross sued Rick Ross for using his name
6. In January 2009, Ross started a feud with rapper 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Awards
7. In a line on rapper Rocko’s song “U.O.E.N.O.”, Rick Ross raps the line, “Put molly all in her champagne/ She ain’t even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that/ She ain’t even know it.” A petition containing 72,000 signatures was presented to Reebok, demanding they drop Ross as a spokesman for the lyrics which appeared to condone date rape. Ross has apologised for the lyrics, claiming they weren’t about rape.He was dropped by Reebok on April 11, 2013
8. Sources say Rick Ross is afraid to appear on VH1 Behind the Music for fear of his past and persona being exposed
9. On October 14, 2011 Rick Ross suffered two seizures in the same day, once in the morning and once again early evening
10. The cover of the May 2009 issue of XXL magazine, titled “Rick Ross Up in Smoke”, featured Ross wearing a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses. After publication, a spokesperson for the luxury-goods maker contacted XXL to inform them that Ross was sporting fake sunglasses in the cover image.
