It would take the most naive of hip hop listeners to believe every word that comes out of a rapper’s mouth. Exaggeration is one of the elements of their craft. But it’s always amusing to see an rapper’s past directly contradict some part of a his lyrical persona. Take Dr. Dre, for instance. You might not have known that before he adopted an austere wardrobe and a permanent scowl for N.W.A., he was a member of the glittery World Class Wrecking Cru. After the jump, check out a few rappers who know what happens when an icky thing called “reality” encroaches upon their music personas.
Rick Ross, the rotund Miami rapper who makes frequent, proud references to his cocaine-trafficking past, cried Photoshop when pictures of him dressed as a correctional officer appeared on the web last week. His denial was swift and strongly worded because, of course, no self-respecting drug kingpin has “prison guard” on his resume. Luckily for Ross, there was no real proof that he was lying of that the pictures weren’t fakes. That’s until The Smoking Gun, which loves to out lying rappers/”singers,” stepped in.
