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Last week, I asked why it was so bad for Rick Ross to have had a day-job with a good health plan and a pension (read government job) that he would need to release statements and sling threats at the mere mention of rumors of his past.

Me thinks he should not have protested so much….because thanks to the Smoking Gun (oh man, the kryptonite of the rap-actor)…..Ricky’s accusations of photo-foolery have gone up in smoke.

“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. After graduating from the DoC training academy, Ross was assigned to the South Florida Reception Center in Dade County (the lockup is one of three statewide that serves as an intake facility for new prisoners). When a photo of a uniform-clad Ross surfaced last week…the 32-year-old performer claimed that unnamed “online hackers” put “my face when I was a teenager in high school on other peoples’ body. If this shit was real don’t you think they would have more specifics, like dates and everything?” He added, “Fake pictures are created by the fake, meant to entertain the fake.” The photo… shows a 19-year-old Ross at a DoC ceremony (he was part of the department’s 60th graduating class). He is pictured shaking hands with Marta Villacorta, who then headed the South Florida Reception Center. Villacorta, now the department’s South Florida regional director, was identified by Rackleff…”

Rick Ross’ statement to Onsmash and Allhiphop last week:

“My life is 100 percent real. These online hackers putting a picture of my face when i was a teenager in high school on other peoples body. If this shit was real don’t you think they would have more specifics, like dates and everything else? I’m in the entertainment business and a lot of people like to hate because I’m on top of my game. Like i said before my life is 100 percent real.”

Video of the alleged Rick Ross graduation photos

Rick’s Dept of Corrections employment file (obtained by Smoking Gun)
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