The Name Game

I will say this, the clip that I am about to show you sums up what I am about to explain in this story.

Now the young generation (born after 85s) will know Rick Ross as the hip-hop artist with such songs as “Hustlin,” “Push It,” “Maybach Music 1 and 2,” “Mafia Music,” and “Magnificent.” Everybody that was born before the 85 will know Rick Ross as “Freeway” Ricky Ross, the notorious drug trafficker who was famous for his Drug Empire and involvement with the Iran-Contra Affair in the mid-eighties which spawned the crack epicdemic. The major players included Lt. Col Oliver North, Panama’s former President Manuel Noriega, and the CIA at that time. The rapper Rick Ross was a correctional officer before he turned superstar rapper. Freeway Ricky Ross was a college student who got into the drug game and never looked back. The Rapper Rick Ross is not Rick Ross; it is William Roberts………..

……and that is where this clip goes to.

Don’t get me wrong to say that William Roberts went all Albert and transformed himself into MC Gusto because that is what he did. Freeway Ricky Ross could have turned Gusto on him. Instead, he wanted to do it the right way.

Since his release from a life sentence in federal prison May 4, 2009, Ricky D. Ross a/k/a “Rick Ross”, the ex-drug kingpin from LA, has been preparing to go to war against all parties who profited off of his name unlawfully while he was in jail, without his consent, particularly William L. Roberts II, Def Jam, Universal and others. As the above-named parties gear up to release the 4th “Roberts as RICK ROSS” album titled “Teflon Don”, a storm is brewing in the real “Rick Ross” camp against the anticipated album imminent summer release.

I don’t know a guy like that with major ties to the 30 year-game of the crack epidemic still may have some major players that know him as legendary. For him to do what he did was a safe warning for William Roberts aka Rick Ross. Come to think about, a guy like Ricky Ross has nothing to lose. I mean the following are thing he could have done:

He could have pulled a Little Walter asked him his name and shot him cold-blooded.

He could have just made him disappear without notice.

He could have ruined his life, his family life, his friends’ life, his kids’ life, and his grandkids life.

………………but that is why the judicial system is something else. I know that if he have a good lawyer he can call it "Identity Theft." It is the same thing as someone using your name to get a car.

What do think about stealing someone’s identity even if they are a former criminal just to make a name?

Rick Ross vs Rick Ross

A City "Low" for Robbie Pardio

Do you remember I called Claudette Ortiz an underrated artist?

…..Well I will still put her on that list.

Still, it makes me think of the group City High. You know the group that two men and a woman who could sing and rap, and one of them was on Sister Act 2 (…..Sounds likes the Fugees, I know and the irony of this is that they were discovered by Wyclef Jean, who is a member of the Fugees). But anyway, I was wondering what they were up to now. Ryan I think is still trying to figure out how come he still looks like Jason Weaver and still can’t get a gig. Claudette Ortiz was trying to blow her way (no pun intended) to the top but must have hit a speed bump. Well on Monday, January 25 at 8 P.M., we really found out what Robbie Pardio had been up to. I have to admit, at least he is not homeless.

The thing I can say for Robbie is that in entertainment game, Robbie is a sole contributor of what the following lyrics was talking about in the Whispers hit “Olivia.”

Olivia the slave, got distracted on her way to grandmother's house
A wolf in lamb's clothing came
Blew her mind and changed her ways
And now she's turned out
Lost and turned out, lost and turned out

If you could just look at him, he seems like a sad case of a F-minus list celebrity. Did you see how he chugged that body of vodka like water? My Goodness! I got alcohol poison looking at him. I mean, couldn’t he have been in Dr. Drew Celebrity Rehab? Instead, he is on A&E Intervention. I will give him the courage to rather be on Intervention than Dr. Drew Celebrity Rehab. At least he showed me that most of his family wants him to be the person that they believe he can be. Looking at Robbie’s case his father, mother, friends, and girlfriend thought he needed to change and that is saying that his family is great supporter of him. I still think he is a lil salty about the fame that he once had and his relationship with his longtime girlfriend Claudette Ortiz who he was married to almost a little duration longer than R.Kelly/ Aaliyah marriage and was dumped for his City High band-mate Ryan. The best thing said on this series about him was what his mother said about the entertainment world.

“He left the world a boy scout, and they brought them back a drunk.”

This could be a moment that could be on TVOne’s Unsung. Sounds like a Shalamar situation.

……….But being that they will never reunited, this one is a wrap.

What do you think about this situation? Even those City High was disbanded, shouldn’t the former group members been there for each other, or was they were just three people that wanted to just skyrocket in the entertainment world? Your thoughts on that?

Robbie Pardio on A&E Intervention

People Who You Should Not Sleep On: Billy Corben

Look at this face. You may not know him now but you know his work. Roll Tape.



If you don't have Showtime, go get the DVD. They are getting ready to make a motion picture about this.

and coming soon on ESPN December 12. Roll Tape.



I did an old blog about this.

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