''He Coulda Just Came Clean...''
6:00AM ET December 31st, 2010
Contributor : Chris G.
A Rocky Williform Company

Rick Ross and Kool G Rap have developed a strong admiration for each other as artists and G Rap recently reiterated his belief that critics make too much of Ross' past as a corrections officer. For Kool G Rap, Ross' past has no relevance in regards to his presence and the Queens-born hip hop legend says that no one should fault him for trying to earn a living in his younger years.

"I don't pay attention to all that sh*t," Kool G Rap said in an interview. "To me, if dude was a C.O. or whatever, dude was making a living. And I ain't gonna get too much into this sh*t because I'm not trying to make a circus out of this sh*t, because I'm not one to promote controversy and I'm not one to try to down another man out there doing his thing. What I will say is, I don't see a problem if he woulda just said, 'Yeah, I did that, but I'm doing this now.' Rather than people trying to use that to bring him down, he coulda just came clean and just said it like, 'Yo, I'ma real dude. I used to do this, but I'm doing this now.' So I would never try to down [him] for what he do or anything like that, I just think - hip-hop is a game where people appreciate you when you're more honest."