His fraudulent image can only take him so far. He may be mainstream popular, but being a former CO talking like a kingpin amongst kingpins will get you in trouble at some point. Taking someone's name like no one would notice? Someone was bound to try to extort him for one reason or another. Rick Ross is nothing but a marketing campaign for the Prison Industrial Complex. GDs are too fragmented, but this dumb ass probably put them to one goal, that guy paying his fee. Street copyright infringement?
