After sharing a stream of his new album, Mastermind, for fans to preview on iTunes last night, Rick Ross found himself amid brewing controversy today over the line "Trayvon Martin, I'm never missing my target." The line appears on the song "Blk & Wht." Today also marks the two-year anniversary of Martin's death.
Ross reached out to VIBE in an email to offer a statement on the line. Here's what he had to say:
This isn't the first time Ross has found himself defending his lyrics. Last spring, he lost an endorsement deal with Reebok over the lyric "Put Molly all in her champagne/She ain't even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that/She ain't even know it" from the remix of Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." The lyric was generally perceived as endorsing date rape, and Ross eventually released a statement apologizing.
[via VIBE]
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