Rick Ross has received many commendations over the course of his career, and now, he has received the highest commendation of all with a key to the city of Miami.
The Biggest Bawse received the honor on Monday (January 15) at the 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast for the organization 5000 Role Models of Excellence. He was given the honor by the city’s mayor Francis Suarez.
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“You can call me Frederica ‘Boss’ Wilson because everyday I’m HUSTLING,” congresswoman Frederica Wilson, the founder of the organization, wrote on X/Twitter. “Thank you, Rick Ross for making the @5000RoleModels 31st Annual #MLKDay Breakfast one to remember!”
Ross praised Rep. Wilson at the event, recalling following her political career when he was growing up.
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“It means so much for me to be here,” he said. “Everywhere we went, we saw her name before we saw her face.”
Check out some photos and video from the event below.
.@RickRoss being honored at the 5000 Role Models of Excellence's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship breakfast https://t.co/52WCdDsvQrpic.twitter.com/GWJfIhMXqc
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) January 15, 2024
While Rick Ross has received some positive headlines for his recent receipt of the key to the city of Miami, he’s been in the news for another — perhaps less savory — reason as of late: he was recently reportedly revealed to be the father of a 2-month-old little girl with someone other than his current girlfriend, Cristina Mackey.
On Sunday (January 14), model and entrepreneur Cierra Nichole shared some clips and a photograph of her two-month-old baby on Instagram. In the caption, she wrote: “Au’mei Moon Roberts 11/14 7 lbs 2 oz of Perfection [heart-eyed emoji] Happy 2 months to Mommies 3rd Beautiful Princess of the Castle.”
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Among the congratulatory comments were some that referred to Rozay (whose last name is also Roberts) being the kid’s father.
“Baby Rozay huh,” a person wrote, while another took a different tone with: “She gone have to chase him and take him to court because @richforever DONT take care of his kids.”
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However, one reply in particular stood out as it seemed to confirm what the Miami rapper has yet to speak on.
“Congrats to you and Rick Ross new bundle of joy,” a fan wrote, to which Nichole herself responded: “Thank you [smiling emoji].”
While the 47-year-old rapper being the child’s father hasn’t been officially verified, it could potentially carry some serious consequences as he and Cristina Mackey have been quite open about their still-young relationship going strong.
In late December, she took to Instagram and shared a video from a recent show her partner played in Dubai. In the Reel, a screenshot of her Instagram page was displayed on a digital billboard before the crowd.
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“He don’t post you’ I’m at every show. [laughing face emoji] in real life,” she wrote in the caption. Ross even commented on the Reel himself, writing: “Dead serious [sunglasses face emoji]” not long after she posted it.
Last week, she went live and talked about being “confident about [her] relationship” while taking subtle jabs at the Teflon Don hitmaker’s children’s mothers “minding their own business” — many perceived the comments as being directed at Ross’s baby mama, Tia Kemp.
