[westicle]

Pretty fascinating that this guy's life story was essentially stolen by the rapper Rick Ross, who has made a very healthy career out of the persona.

Just an example of lyrics seemingly directly drawn from the life of Freeway Rick Ross:

http://rapgenius.com/Rick-ross-hustlin-lyrics

[chjj]

> Pretty fascinating that this guy's life story was essentially stolen...

If that interests you, have a look at the real 50 cent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin_Martin

[jere]

Heh, interesting.

To be fair, the rapper 50 Cent deserves the title a lot more than the rapper Rick Ross deserves his. He actually was a crack dealer and he was shot 9 times.