Rick Ross Says He Would Be Friends With 50 Cent to End Racism

Rick Ross is a pragmatist. Though the Miami rapper is know for his larger-than life fantasy worlds, where all the floors are marble and all the days are sunny, he understands that the real world requires tradeoffs. So when he stopped by The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, he admitted that he's ready to make compromises. During the "Keep It 100" segment of the Comedy Central show, host Wilmore asked Ross if he'd be willing to bury the hatchet with his longtime rival, 50 Cent--for the right price. "You can end racism forever," Wilmore posed as a hypothetical, "but you have to become good, close friends with 50 Cent." The host qualified the terms: "Hang out at the pool, go eat together, take ski trips together." In a surprise to some, Ross was amenable. "I'ma keep it 100," he said. "I'ma stop racism. If I gotta take him to Wing Stop and have him eat some lemon pepper wings to stop racism, that's what I'm gonna do."

Beyond that, Ross was involved in a panel with Wilmore, comedian Bill Engvall and the television comedy pioneer Norman Lear. The quartet discussed some of today's hot-button topics, including the bizarre controversy created when Starbucks removed the Christmas imagery from its red holiday season cups. They also debated the notion of killing Adolf Hitler as a baby, a situation that was first posited by the New York Times and was later brought to Presidential candidate Jeb Bush's attention.