Rick Ross opens up to Rolling Stone about why he became a corrections officer

Rick Ross opened up for the first time to Rolling Stone about being a corrections officer. He explains his best friends father convinced him to take the job.

an opportunity, he says, to "wash my hands" after his best friend was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking cocaine and heroin: "This was my best friend, who I ate peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches with, and pork and beans with, my buddy, my partner, my number-one dude. Suddenly I'm talking to him over federal phone calls. Hearing the way it was building, I knew I couldn't take nothing for granted," says Ross. "My homey's father was a huge influence on my life, too . . . He was the one who was like, 'Yo, go get a job somewhere, man. Go be a fireman. Or go be a f*cking corrections officer. Just go sit down somewhere." (Rolling Stone)

Follow Cocoa Chanelle on twitter: @DjCocoaChanelle

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS ON THIS SITE