Rick Ross Talks To Rolling Stone About Being A Correctional Officer

Unpacking Rick Ross’s Interview with Rolling Stone: Reflections on Identity, and much more

Rick Ross has the music industry on fire with the recent release of his fifth studio album, “God Forgives, I Don’t,” solidifying his status as a force in the music industry. However, amidst the excitement surrounding the album, an interview with Rolling Stone brought to light unexpected facets of Ross’s life and career that ignited a lot of discussions among fans and critics alike.

The interview became even more poignant as it occurred in the wake of the tragic Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting, which claimed the lives of multiple people and left 70 injured during a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” This stark reminder of violence in America prompted Ross to reflect on the incident.

Join us as we delve into the nuances of this celebrated interview, exploring Rick Ross’s candid disclosures below:

 

 

Ross suggests that the seizures he suffered late last year were probably the result of smoking too much weed: “I’m most definitely an avid user, a pothead, however you want to look at it. I call it green caviar. It’s like a short vacation – it helps me chill out. And people really love it when I chill out, because I can really be a dickhead.”

For the first time, Ross talks about his past life as a corrections officer – an opportunity, he says, to “wash my hands” after his best friend was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking cocaine and heroin: “This was my best friend, who I ate peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches with, and pork and beans with, my buddy, my partner, my number-one dude. Suddenly I’m talking to him over federal phone calls. Hearing the way it was building, I knew I couldn’t take nothing for granted,” says Ross. “My homey’s father was a huge influence on my life, too . . . He was the one who was like, ‘Yo, go get a job somewhere, man. Go be a fireman. Or go be a fucking corrections officer. Just go sit down somewhere.”

After he was suspended from elementary school for horseplay, Ross began attending a small Christian school: “They wanted me to learn the Ten Commandments. I told them I didn’t really have time for that right now,” recalls Ross, who eventually made his way back to public school and excelled as an offensive lineman in high school football. “I got through high school on my popularity and shit,” Ross says. “But my grades was never good. I was never good at math.”

Ross was disgusted by the recent theater shooting in Colorado (“Such a cowardly act”), but he’s not in favor of gun control: “I think we all have a right to bear arms, whichever amendment that is.” Even assault rifles? He shrugs. “I got ’em.”

Ross favors freedom of speech – all kinds: “Chick-fil-A obviously took their stand. That’s their right – the same way the pro-gay people are taking their stand. I believe everybody got the right to live their own life the way they want to.” So does that mean he’d support a Chick-fil-A boycott? “Naw. I love that spicy chicken.”

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