Tracy E. Barnhart

 I have written many training articles and trained many individuals who I hope never need the tactics and strategies that I have shown.  I often wonder while pondering and reminiscing of old times hoping that I told each student everything that I knew or have shown them the details of the tactics necessary to subdue the resisting individual.  However, I always return to the same thought, “what makes a warrior?”  In a very real sense, corrections employees serve more time in prison than many inmates, they just serve it in eight-hour installments! The famous criminologist, James B. Jacobs noted, “A career correctional officer in effect commits himself to a life sentence in prison.”

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www.police-writers.com/articles/what_makes_warrior.html

Luis Molina (William Hurt): The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you’ll never be unhappy again.

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

The worst thing about petty corruption is that you think you’ll never get caught.

So you move up to grand corruption.

And maybe murder.

As Fairly Civil explored in Part One and Two of this series, the illicit drug trade and the prison gangs that control it behind bars drive much of the corruption in prisons.  But drugs are not always the prime mover.  Correctional officers simply yield sometimes to the temptation to exploit the relatively weak and vulnerable position of their inmate charges for sex and money.

A shocking 2006 shootout at the entrance to a federal woman’s prison in Florida pulled back the curtain on a long-running scheme in which six federal corrections officers were exploiting female offenders.  The male guards were trading privileges and contraband for sex and cash, using threats to cover up their corrupt acts.

Federal Agents At Scene After 2006 Shootout at FCI near Tallahassee, Florida

After a federal grand jury handed up a secret indictment of the guards, FBI and U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) agents set out to make arrests.  The agents arrived at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) near Tallahassee, Florida early on the morning of June 21, 2006.  It appears that the arrest team did not expect resistance because the indictment was supposedly secret — although the fact of the investigation seems to have been known — and guards were not allowed to bring guns into the prison.

U.S. Department of Justice OIG Special Agent William "Buddy" Sentner Was Shot to Death By Indicted Prison Guard

Guards were not searched, however.  One of the indicted federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officers, Ralph Hill, had smuggled in a personal gun.  Hill must have known something was up, as he had retained counsel.  In any event, he opened fire on the arresting agents.  Hill shot OIG Special Agent William “Buddy” Sentner to death, and was himself killed in the melee.  Another correctional officer assisting in the arrests was wounded.  The DOJ shooting report on the incident has not been publicly released, at least to my knowledge.

Three of the accused officers pleaded guilty and two other were convicted of various charges after trial.

Alfred Barnes was among those who pleaded guilty.  The “Factual Basis For Plea” filed in his case (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Docket # 4:06cr36-RH) lays out the whole scheme in dry, prosecutorial, but nonetheless sordid detail.  Because it is Barnes’ admission, it probably is about as reliable a first-hand description as one can get from this record:

During the period alleged in the indictment, there existed among defendants a tacit agreement to use and help one another to use their positions as correctional officers for personal gratification and financial gain, contrary to the law and the public’s best interest. This agreement included the understanding that certain defendants would have sexual contact with inmates, would introduce contraband into the prison to sell and use as bribes, and would have inmates and others send money via the U.S. Postal Service and other means of payment for contraband.

Barnes’ statement lays out several specific examples of how the scheme operated.  Here is one from among them:

Defendant Barnes…accepted bribes in the form of payments and sexual favors from Inmate #1 in exchange for providing her with contraband. Inmate #1 would have associates outside of FCI Tallahassee mail money or contraband to him using a name different than his own to…[an] address in Thomasville, Georgia, that defendant Barnes provided. Defendant Barnes received money and sexual favors as compensation for bringing the contraband into FCI Tallahassee. The contraband…that defendant Barnes brought into FCI Tallahassee pursuant to this scheme consisted of alcohol, cosmetics, clothing, jewelry, and cigars.

The admission also describes how Barnes and the others sought to cover up their criminal conduct:

It was understood that to facilitate and conceal these unlawful activities, certain defendants would take steps to discourage inmates from reporting defendants’ illegal conduct.  These steps included threatening to plant contraband among the inmates’ belongings, threatening to have inmates shipped to institutions far from their friends and family, monitoring inmates [sic] telephone calls, directing inmates not to cooperate with Department of Justice investigators, and displaying the BOP computer tracking system to inmates to show how defendants could monitor the whereabouts of the inmates even if they were transferred to another institution.  Contrary to their duty as correctional officers, it was also understood that defendants would keep silent and not report the conduct and violations described above.

This sleazy scheme brings the “women in prison” movie genre to life.  But in real — as opposed to “reel” — life, the corruption undermines the whole system.  One former female inmate told the Tallahassee Democrat (June 21, 2007) after the case was concluded that officials “brushed everything under the carpet.”

“It just dies down for a while,” she said.  “All the officers watch their steps, and they watch what they do.  But then when they think it’s cool, they slack, and they start doing it again.”

“We have zero tolerance for any abuse towards an inmate,” said a BOP spokesman.

An "O.G." ("Original Gangster"): "Iron" Felix Dzerzhinksy Was the Intellectual Architect of the Soviet Secret Service That Eventually Morphed Into the KGB

From their prison cells and with the help of corrections staff, authorities say, members of a violent gang were feasting on salmon and shrimp, sipping Grey Goose vodka and puffing fine cigars – all while directing drug deals, extorting protection money from other inmates and arranging attacks on witnesses and rival gang members.

Justin Fenton , “Indictments reveal prison crime world: Officers, inmates charged in drugs, extortion,” The Baltimore Sun, April 17, 2009

Situatsiya verbovochnaya — Recruitment Situation

The main circumstances which give rise to a recruitment situation include: the target’s psychological state is propitious for exerting influence on him in order to induce him to cooperate secretly; external factors which make it possible to achieve the recruitment covertly; circumstances which compromise the target and put him in a position of dependence vis-a-vis the intelligence or counter-intelligence agencies, thus creating an effective basis for recruiting him; or the availability of data offering a real possibility of a recruitment on an ideological and political basis, or on the basis of a desire to secure material or other personal advantages.

Vasil Mitrokhin, KGB Lexicon: The Soviet Intelligence Officers Handbook , p. 373

What distinguishes a corrupt prison guard from a gangster when he (or she) is working with — or for — an incarcerated gangster?

Probably only that the gangster is making a lot more money than the guard.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS):

Median annual earnings of correctional officers and jailers were $35,760 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $28,320 and $46,500. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $23,600, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $58,580. Median annual earnings in the public sector were $47,750 in the Federal Government, $36,140 in State government, and $34,820 in local government. In the facilities support services industry, where the relatively small number of officers employed by privately operated prisons is classified, median annual earnings were $25,050.

Better than pushing cheeseburgers.  But in a case I write about in my forthcoming book — No Boundaries:  Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement (University of Michigan Press, June 2009) — a Mexican Mafia boss running a street gang operation from prison had a box containing half-a-million dollars in cash stored in his girl friend’s closet.  He was also receiving thousands of dollars of income monthly from a street gang operation “taxing” local dealers.

Many cases of corruption in prison are just another facet of the enormously corrosive effect of the modern drug traffic.  The most lucrative business in history is a river of acid at flood stage.  It rolls over obstructions in its path, seeks out alternate courses, and above all eats at the foundations of everything it comes in contact with — from families, to prisons, to governments.

This examination of prison corruption is no “dis’” on the many fine public servants working in our prisons.  It’s just a look at stark reality.  As of September 30, 2008, for example, the U.S. Department of Justice’s  Office of the Inspector General reported to Congress that it had 238 open cases of alleged misconduct against federal Bureau of Prisons employees. “The criminal investigations covered a wide range of allegations, including introduction of contraband, bribery, and sexual abuse.”  That is a very low rate,  considering that the BOP has about 36,000 employees (not all of whom, of course, are in contact with offenders).

Working in a "Correctional" Institution Can Be Stressful and Hazardous

Prison guards are also known as “correctional” or “detention officers.” Here is how the BLS survey describes the work:

Working in a correctional institution can be stressful and hazardous. Every year, correctional officers are injured in confrontations with inmates. Correctional officers may work indoors or outdoors. Some correctional institutions are well lighted, temperature controlled, and ventilated, but others are old, overcrowded, hot, and noisy. Although both jails and prisons can be dangerous places to work, prison populations are more stable than jail populations, and correctional officers in prisons know the security and custodial requirements of the prisoners with whom they are dealing.

Job prospects in the field are “excellent” according to BLS:

Employment of correctional officers is expected to grow 16 percent between 2006 and 2016, faster than the average for all occupations. Increasing demand for correctional officers will stem from population growth and rising rates of incarceration. Mandatory sentencing guidelines calling for longer sentences and reduced parole for inmates are a primary reason for historically increasing incarceration rates. Some States are reconsidering mandatory sentencing guidelines because of budgetary constraints, court decisions, and doubts about their effectiveness.

The problem is that in the wake of the era of law and order  — “longer sentences and reduced parole” ought to teach them a lesson — there is so little correcting and so much warehousing going on in America’s prisons, the staff are little more than widget production line drones.  Many law enforcement officials refer to prison as a place for higher education in crime.  It is certainly true for gangsters, where a spin in prison is regarded as a prestigious life passage.

Warehouse: Not Exactly A Stimulating Environment

Imagine a life in which your job is to move a monotonous series of what “the system” views as so many interchangeable product models from Point A to Point B, then to Point C, then to Point D, then back to Point A — then repeat — at more or less the same time in a monotonous cycle every 24 hours.  Now consider that the products are human beings — or, unfortunately in the view of much of today’s society, humanoid — with actual internal lives and external relationships.

Yes, they think, they feel, they bleed.  And they don’t get to go home between shifts, so imagine the boiling pressure inside your average con.  (I have visited one prison and several jails as a lawyer or journalist, and the sense of regulated confinement I felt even as a visitor was suffocating to the point of claustrophobia.  It’s hard to imagine what it must feel like to actually live or work in such a place.)

On occasion, one of these human inventory products may try to kill or maim you or — more often — another product.

Your work environment is supposed to be sterile — a sanitized place where access to life’s easy pleasures is strictly controlled or prohibited.  No drugs.  No sex.  Even rock and roll is rationed.

But some of the product forms you move about inside the concrete and steel box every day are organized into criminal enterprises — mostly prison gangs.  There is big money to be made in contraband, and the gangsters are making it.  They run prostitution, drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, access, whatever you want, they have it — for a price.  On the outside these mobsters would be driving Cadillac Escalades and sporting diamonds in their teeth.  Every now and then one of them makes a pass, figuratively waving a roll of bills in your face.  The temptation to supplement a middling civil service paycheck is seductive.

Recruiting a prison employee into corruption is not overly different than recruiting a spy.  In fact, one might say that the environment is ideal.  All that remains to be found is the person with — in the KGB’s felicitous phrase quoted above — a “propitious” state of mind.

Sean Connery Was An Incorruptible Space Marshal in Outland

A bit of dialogue from the 1981 film Outland comes to mind.  Sean Connery stars as federal marshal William T. O’Neil, one lone man fighting pervasive corruption (drug smuggling) in a futuristic but incisively metaphoric outer space prison colony:

Station Manager Sheppard: If you’re looking for money, you’re smarter than you look. If you’re not, you’re a lot dumber.
Marshal William T. O’Neil: Then I’m probably a lot dumber.

Most corrections officer are, as expressed in this film’s equation, “dumber” rather than “smarter.”

But some significant minority succumb to the wiles of Delilah and take the bait.  And, as the KGB and other such organizations know, once you bite for the little bribe — what could it matter? — you’re hooked for the bigger payoff to whomever is holding the other end of the line.  How does one explain that night with Delilah to a grim-faced administrator?

Delilah's Embrace Can Be Deadly in Prison ("Samson and Delilah," School of Rembrandt, c. 1630, Rijksmuseum)

In succeeding parts, Fairly Civil will examine some examples of corruption inside the Big House.  These cases run the gamut from the recent Maryland case involving the Black Guerrilla Family — one of the oldest prison gangs and mortal enemy of the Mexican Mafia — to corruption instigated by correctional officers themselves.  The latter include a spectacular prison lobby shootout in 2006 that took the lives of a federal agent and an indicted federal  prison guard.

Read Part two here.

…homey thats a fact!

courtesy of boo boo TV!

I like Rick Rawse the Boss!

But do you think 50 Has Killed him?

Now I been waiting for something exciting to occur in the Hip-Hop, and on the verge of the release of his new album, 50 Cent did not disappoint. Admittedly though, it wasn’t him who started the latest beef with Rick Ross..

Ross released his new single featuring John Legend recently, set to be the first off his album, Deeper than Rap which should be out in April, on the B-Side to that single he released Mafia Music (click to listen) which goes at a few artists, 50 included.

50 took about a day or two to reply, and released Officer Ricky which goes direct at Ross and the chorus is based around the fact that Ross, who was recently exposed as being a Police Correctional Officer, contrary to basically EVERYTHING that Ross is meant to be about i.e.big Miami drug lord!!!! (Ross still denies the accusations).

Then….. on Shade 45, a US radio station, Ross had an interview where he explained his stance on the situation.

However, in typical 50 Cent fashion, he done it BIG!! He went to the lengths of getting Ross’s babymother on camera, where she exposes certain things regarding Ross, and just to take it to that next level, 50 himself went Deeper than Rap and took Ross’s babymother shopping, buying expensive clothing, something she claims Ross is uncapable of, as she claims most of Ross’s expensive assets are HIRED!! You HAVE to watch how 50 takes the Pi££!!!

Now, on a personal level I look at rappers, spitters and such as entertainers, I don’t take their every claim as the truth, but I might like the delivery or the content. So in all honesty whether Ross was a fed is neither here nor there to me BUT I must say it does take away some integrity of the music and maybe would make me less inclined to freely listen to such an artist. But in saying that, so many people still listen to Lil Wayne ever after his kissing incident with Birdman so do we really care about an artist’s private life or the quality of their album?

Here’s the final interview from Ross with Miss Info!!! He talk’s da talk still!!

Rick Ross should have been one of the Epic Fails of the year. He should have been banned from the game by the streets, but he overcame with ease. As we all know, Ross’ past crept up on him and it was confirmed by The Smoking Gun that the Floridian used to be a correctional officer in his former life. The public out cry was great and yet, Ross ignored it all and kept putting out music. This is reminiscent of Lil’ Wayne kissing his “father” Baby in the mouth.

All the questions stopped when this happened:

Ross and his boys allegedly beat DJ Vlad down for asking a question related to being a correctional officer. Bong!

Anyway, Ross was a C.O. and nobody is going to do s**t!!!!!!

One of the best hip hop movies in my humble opinion was 8 mile. Eminem killed it in his role as B Rabbit and rapped to hell out of the role, just like he does in his CD’s. It is about time for him to come out of hiding and relaxation and get back to work rapping.

But, watching the football games with the Too Old crew (minus Jason, since we all know he hates the Raiders…) we were listening to what recently happened to Plaxico Burress and the New York Giants.

First, the title of this post harks back to the movie 8 mile. To understand the reference, you need to know the players. This guy here is Cheddar Bob. His real name is Evan Jones, and he has been in a few things here and there, like Jarhead and some TV appearances.

Second, It is rare, but his supporting role lives in infamy. His character is not one the brightest of bulbs at the store. We go to the wealth of all knowledge, the internet to find out who cheddar bob really is…

The Urban Dictionary defines it for us…

Cheddar Bob is known as Jimmy’s (Eminem’s) dumb friend in the movie 8 Mile, who is slightly retarded and ends up shooting himself in the crotch.

1) Busta: “Cheddar Bob ass nigga shot himself in front of Def Jam.”
2) John: “I wouldn’t put that gun in my pocket if I were you. You don’t want to pull a Cheddar Bob”

Third, while he may or may not have shot himself in the junk, shooting oneself in the leg is not the smartest move. In fact, it could be a reason why you really don’t need a gun. I understand about “keeping it real.” We are unfortunately remembering the Sean Taylor murder that happened only a year ago, where the player was in his house with his wife and children and some hoodlums broke in and shot him in the leg, causing him to bleed to death.

We here at Too Old big up guns. We have a right to own them and they are clearly tight and something that CAN lead to protection. But, ask yourself, “Why are you bringing your gun INSIDE the club? If that place is as wild as the hip hop clubs in NYC in the early 90’s, (like the infamous Tunnel) then you shouldn’t be there in the first place!

The New York Times details one club called Sessa that was buck wild.

Soon after the club opened in the fall of 2002, the police investigated a case involving a reported rape; several more investigations followed involving assaults, stabbings, drug activity and unruly clubgoers blocking the sidewalks. ”People were actually stumbling into the street, blood-covered, after being stabbed,” said a resident who, like many critics of the club, spoke only on the condition of anonymity. ”This was a rough crew.”

Councilwoman Christine Quinn, whose district includes Chelsea, added: ”The place was so out of control, the owner had to substitute the glasses with plastic cups so no one could use them as a weapon.”

Those days appear to be over. Responding to letters and calls from outraged neighbors, Councilwoman Quinn, along with the 10th Precinct and Community Board 4, last fall began a campaign to close the club down.

So Plax, pulls a Cheddar Bob and shoots himself in the leg at the club. You have to be smarter than that. Especially since now, he might see some jail time after this incident.

Bloomburg reports that…

Burress didn’t have a license to carry a gun in New York or New Jersey, where he lives, the New York Times said on its Web site. New York state law carries a sentence of up to 15 years for anyone convicted of carrying a weapon without a permit if it’s determined the person was going to use the weapon to harm someone, and up to seven years if intent to use can’t be proved, the Times said.

Fourth…Now how did it happen?

Burress was having drinks with friends, including Pierce, when the handgun started to slip down his pants, the New York Daily News said, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation. When he grabbed at the gun, it discharged.

Pierce tried to control the bleeding, while reprimanding Burress for carrying a weapon, the unidentified people told the newspaper.

Burress refused to allow his companions to call an ambulance, the newspaper report continued. He went to New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell about 2 a.m. Nov. 29, and was released about 12 hours later.

Fifth…That is why you need this

or this…

This is how I am going to be strapped down. I don’t need a gun anywhere near my other gun. IN the words of the best actor of our generation, Denzel Washington, this one (grabbing the junk) is only useful if you are a pretty girl. I wholeheartedly agree and the two should never really cross paths. But, to understand that quote, you need to know the beginning of the movie.

One evening, while Styles and his partner Larry Doyle (Pollak) are patrolling a carnival, they intervene and block the escape of a vicious organized-crime hitman, Earl Talbot Blake (Lithgow), and his servile accomplice Kim, shortly after Blake has murdered several drug dealers and stolen drugs. Styles catches Blake at gunpoint in the carnival, and is forced into a standoff when Blake takes a hostage at gunpoint, using her as a human shield. Styles manages to get Blake to release the hostage by stripping his equipment and uniform off, demonstrating that he has no other weapons or body armor, before placing his revolver on the ground. He has stripped, however, to gain access to a backup gun hidden in his athletic supporter, which he uses to shoot Blake in the knee, allowing him to take the killer down. The incident is caught by an amateur videographer, and is shown on television, making Styles a local hero and drawing the welcome attention of the Los Angeles County District Attorney (Wagner) and a local councilman (John Cothran, Jr.). He and Doyle are immediately promoted to Detective, while Blake is sent to prison.

Unless Plax is doing his best Rick Ross impersonation,

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Leave the gun at home, or at least in the car…

Today we watched a video blog of a young man named Eben Gregory concerning Rick Ross and the allegations against him that he was a correctional officer as a young man. Ross, whose main image is that of a coke-dealing street-hitting gangster, was taken aback by the accusations of fellow thug rapper Trick Daddy. Gregory’s initial reaction was pretty close to mine: “Who…the f**k…cares.”

Soon after Gregory’s first post it was revealed that Ross actually was a CO coming out of high school. Gregory rescinded his previous comments, adding that he was not impartial to this and was annoyed by the fact that Ross, of all things, lied about having a job.

Now, the sad reality of the world is this: most people do not pursue their dream careers. Most people with college degrees work in fields that aren’t even associated with their respective BAs or BSs. A job does not reflect a person totally; if you are a CO, it does not mean you are a strong enforcer of the law that disdains the “street life” of drugs, fast cars, and money, a view that Ross was afraid would damage his contradictory image. Obviously, a former supporter of the law cannot then rap about pushing coke and still keep his street cred. This contradiction pushed Ross to lie about his past.

Now, Eben Gregory’s view on this, which i do agree with, is this: by being so afraid of something as commonplace as having a job, the artist, Rick Ross in this example, sends an irresponsible message to some young minds that might listen to them. It is not bad to have a job. In fact, it is quite good to have a job. The only job avalible to Rick Ross was that of a corrections officer, and he took it. There is nothing wrong about this. Ross might have even been able to be a CO AND push coke and mack hos, as his music says he did.

The fact is this: all artists must be responsible for their message. Be honest about yourself. If you had a suck job, that’s ok. Admit to it and move on. Obviously, someone at Rick Ross’s level is not going to loose a significant part of their fanbase from his former job. Just be honest, responsible, and just make art. Who cares where he worked. It was a job. Now his job is to rap and make music, and that should be his focus.

N.O.R.E.’s words on “Halfway Thugs” never seemed more relevant. Recently the coke king of Miami has been stated saying that, yes he was a C.O. but he wasn’t locking niggas up and snitching, he was jus a young man earning doe. NIGGA PLEASE! Ok so now that mad rappers have come out the woodwork stating how they felt if you were a C.O. when you were younger, that it being ok, now u wanna fess up?? You a bitch nigga, word to allah! Ya bitch ass shoulda neva mentioned photoshop or have ya henchman beat that dudes ass who was jus telling the truth about you! You shoulda told shit from 21 jump st. bee, jus told the truth not try to fabricate the shit nigga! And to think ……..I had you as my ring tone!

Rick ROSS le gardien de prison….

La rumeur court depuis un moment, lancé par une source anonyme, Trick Daddy himself, et réfutée à plusieurs reprise par l’interressé.

L’auto-proclamé BOSS du rap game, Rick ROSS, a finalement admis qu’il était gardien de prison.

Niant à chaque fois qu’on l’interrogeait sur le sujet, beaucoup de personnes étaient convaincus par les images qui apparaissaient sur le net, montrant un homme ressemblant étrangement à ROSS.

Jugez-en par vous-même !!!!!!

Finalement acculé, il a récemment déclaré :

“Oui c’est moi. Je n’ai jamais essayé de caché mon passé. J’ai mis mon nom à l’intérieur de mes CD, ma maison de disque à mon numéro de sécurité social. je ne pouvais pas mettre le nom d’une compagnie…”

“J’ai eu des hauts et des bas, c’est ce qui à fait ce que je suis…Je n’ai jamais infligé un mauvais truc à un noir, jamais poursuivis et jamais enfermé à clef ….. J’ai me suis toujours senti noir ne demandant jamais à un autre des explications.”

“Quand je suis en train de faire ma musique et que je parle de quelques choses c’est que je l’ai fait. Quand je dit que je suis riche par la cocaine, c’est parce que je l’ai fait…”

Rien à  cacher, et pourtant cela a été nié pendant des mois…..

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NoahSife.com has learned Rick Ross has finally came clean about his past:

“I never tried to hide my past! I put my name inside all my CDs. My company has my SS #. I could’ve put a company name,” Ross tells the magazine. “I done been up and I done been down and that’s what make me who I am. I never ratted on a nigga! I never prosecuted a nigga! I never locked up a nigga that is first and foremost,” he continues. I always felt that me being the nigga I am, I never owed a nigga an explanation. When I’m making my music and I’m talking about blow, it’s because I did it. When I say that I’m rich off of cocaine, it’s because I did it. Those are the street principles that apply.”

The truth shall set you free!! Dude should’ve just came clean off jump but it’s better late than never. Like they say, a lie can’t live forever! Props to Ricki Ross for stepping up to the plate…

-NoahSife.com is the Best!

In July The Smoking Gun ran an expose on Rick Ross revealing his past as a correctional officer, needless to to say Rick Ross denied the allegations well until now.

“Oh what a web we weave when we first learn to decieve” – CL Smooth From Anger In The Nation (Mecca & The Soul Brother)

This is a must watch!

It was just a job, Jay!

Hiptics stays away from the personal lives of rappers, but we made an exception with the original post about Rick Ross’ past called Rick Ross is a Cop. 3 months later Ricky Ross is singing another tune:

“Yes, it’s me,” Ross tells Don Diva. “I never tried to hide my past. I put my name inside my CDs. My company has my [Social Security number]. I could’ve put a company name…I done been up and I done been down and that’s what makes me what I am. I never ratted on a nigga. I never prosecuted a nigga. I never locked up a nigga, that’s first and foremost. I always felt that me being the nigga that I am, I never owed a nigga an explanation. When I’m making my music and I’m talking about blow, it’s because I did it. When I say that I’m rich off cocaine, it’s because I did it. Those are the street principals that apply.”
Full story.

Well I’ll probably never be able to feel right about listening to Rick Ross again. Send me some good music (yo@hiptics.com)!

Maybach/C.O. Music

This bitch nigga really think niggas wasn’t gonna pull his faggot card?? Nigga please!!! That boy a jake word to allah, im not gonna touch on all his coply activities but he aint no boss my dudes. This dude a nice guy and in the words of my mans Black Rob C.O.’s aint WHOA! This nigga good for getting me some extra yard time! EARLY!

 Jose Rivera

Jose Rivera’s Funeral & Tribute
Prisoners indicted for in stabbing death of Atwater guard
Federal Inmates Indicted for the Murder of Federal Correctional Officer
Jose Rivera Correctional Officer Protection Act
Federal Inmates Indicted for the Murder of Federal Correctional Officer

DJ Vlad bekent van zijn Tupac mixtapes kreeg vorige maandag een paar klappen toen hij Rick Ross vroeg over zijn gevangenbewaarder verleden.
Het is niet echt duidelijk nog wat er precies gebeurde maar volgens getuigen, kreeg Vlad een klap van iemand uit Ross zijn entourage. De groep “vluchtte” vervolgens…
Vraag me af wat hier nou weer uit zal volgen…hehe police brutality


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Via Thisis50.com

OMG. People are going on on Ross. Damn. Rumor has it this group is down with Swizz Beatz.

Agallah, the Dipset affiliate went in on Ross too. “Anotha Day Anotha Dolla”