The Maybach Music mogul’s signature topics are typically about rapping about his luxurious lifestyle until he guested on Rocko’s mixtape, where he whipped up a national urban firestorm with a line in the single that seemed to undeniably glorify date rape.
Ross told New Orleans radio station Q93.3 that he doesn’t promote or condone rape whatsoever.
“Woman is the most precious gift known to man,” he said. “And there was a misunderstanding with a lyric…a misinterpretation where the term rape was used. I would never use the term rape, you know, in my lyrics. And as far as my camp, hip hop don’t condone that, the streets don’t condone that, nobody condones that.”
Ross also implored rappers to take responsibility to clarify their lyrics since hip hop songs are often misinterpreted.
“I feel like us being artists that’s our job,” he said. “To clarify the sensitive things and the things that we know that really need to be clarified such as a situation as this.”
The lyrics in question talk about drugging a woman and taking her home. From these words, the intentions seem clear cut.
“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.”
Listen to Ross’ response to the controversy yourself on the following e-page (the subject is broached around the 4:55 minute mark).
