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"The Smoking Gun has once again exposed one of hip-hop&amp;apos;s biggest stars, this time revealing that Rick Ross has been lying about his past job of being a corrections officer. Ross has always denied he was ever a C.O., and when a photo of Ross in his officer&amp;apos;s uniform was unearthed, the Miami rapper said &amp;quot;online hackers&amp;quot; put &amp;quot;my face when I was a teenager in high school on other peoples&amp;apos; body.&amp;quot; Ross then dared someone to find concrete evidence that he was ever a C.O. Well, the Smoking Gun found that evidence.  SG unearthed a personnel record showing that Ross served 18 months as a corrections officer at the South Florida Reception Center in Dade County. The rapper&amp;apos;s social security number also matches the digits seen on the personnel record, which shows the rapper&amp;apos;s real name as William L. Roberts. The revelation that Ross worked for the Department of Corrections may have some damaging effects on Ross&amp;apos; street cred, as the rapper previously bragged that he trafficked cocaine before he &amp;quot;came out of nowhere and just took over the streets.&amp;quot; The Smoking Gun previously exposed Akon as a faux-felon.\r\nUPDATE: Despite the Smoking Gun&amp;apos;s report, Ross continues to deny the corrections officer allegation, responding to the rumors in the form of a freestyle attacking the Internet. Using Snoop Dogg&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Life of Da Party&amp;quot; beat, Ross raps &amp;quot;Bitch, I&amp;apos;m the boss and I&amp;apos;m laughing at your blogs&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m the glue in the streets, meaning I can get you stuck/ The world knows where the fuck I&amp;apos;m from/ Sell rock, 20 chains and I never lost one .../ Heavy on the block, never on the Net.&amp;quot; No formal, non-freestyled statement from Ross or his reps has been made.\r\nRelated Stories: &amp;#x2022; Video: Rick Ross on New Album, Diddy&amp;apos;s Yacht"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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