"Take off my shirt and show my abs like I'm Tupac" -- Rick Ross, September 2015

Rick Ross has been known to bend reality to his own whims, and while he's gone through a public and farm-fresh weight loss (shout out pears), he may not be quite svelte enough to sell his latest claims. Fresh off the release of his surprise mixtape, Black Dollar, the semi-svelte MC returns with a new Jahlil Beats-produced single, "Work." Lamenting all the money he's lost on the Dolphins (and maybe subliminally, all the collateral he stands to lose after bailing himself out of jail in his latest in a long line of legal mishaps. In June, Ross and one of his bodyguards were arrested in Georgia and charged with kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated assault after the two allegedly pistol-whipped a groundskeeper who was working on the rapper's home.

 

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