So rap fans must be either very poor listeners or fairly sophisticated ones-much more likely the latter.
He has become more popular, critically and commercially, since the revelation, and has modified his stories of drug selling only slightly. His involvement with drugs remains a mystery, but, in 2008, the Smoking Gun published documents revealing that Ross-who named himself after the Los Angeles drug dealer Freeway Ricky Ross-was once a Florida corrections officer with a perfect attendance record. The Miami rapper Rick Ross, who is both physically and culturally very large, talks endlessly about extensive work in the cocaine trade. It’s typically impossible to determine whether they are telling the truth about themselves or simply the truth about their environment, and it’s never been clear whether listeners care.
Among others, Jay-Z, Clipse, and Young Jeezy have rhymed about a past or present involvement in the trade on the street. A central motif in contemporary hip-hop is rapping about drug dealing by artists who may not actually sell narcotics.
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