By now most hip-hop fans have heard about Rick Ross' employment past as a corrections officer for the Florida Department of Corrections. The MIA native is now stepping forward to address the documented claims in an exclusive interview with Don Diva.

"When I'm making my music and talking about blow, it's because I did it," Ross said. "When I say I'm rich off cocaine it's because I did it. I never tried to hide my past! I put my name inside of all my CDs. My company has my SS #. I could've put a company name."

Although documents obtained by TheSmokingGun.com revealed that he was still working as a CO at 19, Ross offered a different version of the events of his past.

"I was one of the only niggas in the city with a show truck at 19 (years-old) on Dayton's with TVs doing my own independent thing," Ross said. "I done put a lot of losses in tis game. I done took losses in the street, losses with the music. I've been up and I've been down; that's what makes me who I am."

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