Rick Ross lands on the cover of the fall music issue of Rolling Stone. In the issue, he speaks on his weed habit, his disgust and thoughts on the Colorado shooting, his elementary school days, and for the first time, he talks about his past life as a corrections officer:
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.”
You can read the rest of the article here. The issue hits news stands August 17th.
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