Rather, he made music out of fictional tales of dealing drugs and other exploits- some of which related to plaintiff. 'He was not simply an impostor seeking to profit solely off the name and reputation of Rick Ross. 'Roberts created a celebrity identity, using the name Rick Ross, of a cocaine kingpin turned rapper,' Judge Boren's statement continued. The court states that the felon had known about the rapper since 2006, but as he didn't file his lawsuit - which included Warner Bros Records, Universal Music and Jay Z as those who allegedly helped the hip hop star to fame with his stolen identity - until 2010 this was deemed by a California appeals court to be untimely. While Roberts admitted that the drug kingpin's story had 'grabbed him', he stated that his stage name was taken from his high-school football nickname of 'big boss'. Now a reformed man, during the peak of his drug dealing, 'Freeway' Ross claims to have earned 'at least a million every day' and was connected to the Nicaraguan contras. Reading on mobile? Watch Rick Ross's video for Amsterdam here But these are not the 'very sum and substance' of Roberts' work.' These were 'raw materials' from which Roberts' music career was synthesized. He raps about trafficking in cocaine and brags about his wealth. 'Roberts chose to use the name 'Rick Ross'. 'We recognize that Roberts' work-his music and persona as a rap musician-relies to some extent on plaintiff's name and persona,' Judge Roger Boren said in a statement published in The Hollywood Reporter. However, last week a judge ruled in favour of the rapper, also known as William Leonard Roberts II, citing that he is protected under the First Amendment. The reformed gangster, who was jailed in 1996 for 13 years, filed a suit against the hip hop artist in 2010, asking for $10million for appropriating his name after reportedly seeing a magazine which included the Miami rapper's stage moniker. With songs as potent as these, the public can believe what it wants.Rick Ross, the American rapper, has won a three-year legal battle with convicted drug trafficker 'Freeway' Rick Ross over the alleged appropriation of his name. Over a menacing Lex Luger beat, Ross name-checks his modern-day heroes: 'I think I'm Big Meech, Larry Hoover / Whippin' work, hallelujah!' For a former correctional officer to compare himself to a convicted murderer and major drug trafficker, with no sense of irony, there's a message not to be missed. (Blowin' Money Fast),' a current street behemoth, could be the album's most telling cut. But the other tracks stand so strongly on their own, the mistakes are merely small hiccups. 1' features Trey Songz and an unneeded Diddy verse, and the album closes with a whimper (the Raphael Saadiq-assisted 'All the Money in the World'). Teflon Don has two obvious missteps: the out-of-place 'No. Look at Haiti, children dying around the clock, n- / I'd send a $100-grand but that's a decent watch, n-.' He sounds best when dealing with the classic dilemma of a rags-to-riches artist: 'Seems like we're getting money for the wrong things. Ross, who has dropped some of the year's finest guest verses (the Diddy-Dirty Money 'Angels' remix comes to mind), delivers sleek, too-often shallow verses throughout the album. League-produced adrenaline ('I'm Not a Star'), the record's arc swells and builds on elegance (the shimmering, Erykah Badu-crooned 'Maybach Music III'), complex reflection ('Tears of Joy,' featuring Cee-Lo) and grandiose stunting ('Live Fast, Die Young,' with an appropriate guest verse from the song's producer, Kanye West). The key is its slim 11-song tracklist, a deft move that shows Ross values pacing and song selection.ДЄfter an opening shot of J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Teflon Don, his fourth album, isn't the exact culmination of Ross' ascension but it's undoubtedly another stellar notch in his ginormous belt. But Ross ignored the backlash (without confirming or denying the the photo's authenticity), focusing so much on his lyrical craft that he morphed into one of rap's most formidable MCs. Rick Ross' rap career should have ended two years ago when the website The Smoking Gun released a photo of the portly MC working as a Florida correctional officer, as big of a hip-hop no-no as one can fathom, especially for a rapper who crafted a larger-than-life drug kingpin persona.

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