Shahendra Ohneswere

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Shahendra Ohneswere is an avid collector of things with which to occupy his time including video games, fancy cars and various die cast iterations of Voltron. When not working on his contributions to GIANT, he can often be seen on his fire escape trying to tame squirrels.

Rick Ross Should be Fined For “Luxury Tax”

By Shahendra Ohneswere Apr 22, 2009

Apparently Rick Ross didn’t get the memo about rappers and clothing lines.

Rick Ross' Luxury Tax Clothing Line

 

Or maybe he did and decided to ignore it, just like when he was presented with damning evidence that proved that without a doubt, he was once a corrections officer. Not that there’s anything wrong with working for the system (well…), but when you’ve based your entire rap career on the fabrication that you were flooding Miami’s ports with kilos upon kilos of cocaine when in actuality you weren’t, it makes one wonder about how to take your outlandish claims. And in this case, it’s how to receive your garish gear. 

Had Rick Ross employed the same creative license to his clothing line, the comically named Luxury Tax, that he does to his lyrics, he would have had a sure fire hit. After all, it takes imagination to conjure up those yacht-touting fantasies that are the basis of Deeper Than Rap.

But unfortunately, he didn’t.

Rather Rick Ross (or the interns at Def Jam he got to design these tees) opted to drop a line that even the vendors on Canal Street would think twice about displaying.

And rather than naming the line Luxury Tax, he probably should have named it something more along the lines of his lifestyle. Like Miami Vice.  

Image: Wooohah

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  • 4-22-2009 3:37 pm

    U ny niggaz stay hating on Rick. Man find yall some new dick to suck, n stop hating on the man. N Stead of sucking 50 GAY a** dick. Can u say GAY-UNIT. Face it DICK HEADS! YALL FELL OFF UP THER AINT NO COMING BACK. HAHAHAHA! TAKE DAT TAKE DAT!

  • 4-23-2009 3:21 pm

    I dont get this artcle I am lost whats wrong with his clothing line? I actually see more people vote they like his idea then don’t. Much props to rick sometimes HYPE doesn’t work at all. Just be happy another brother if off the street he is not selling crack to your kids of siblings black people we need to unite PEACE!
    http://www.uptimist.tk

  • 4-23-2009 4:34 pm

    Man tha dude who surface tha bulls**t a** story not even black. Some b***h looking p***k, with a b***h name. I don’t know y these urban mags n sites, hav all these bulls**t other ppl cover urban news anyway. If u gone cover URBAN news n not black, my advise 2 u is keep tha hating 2 a minimum, or get tha f**k out of town, squares. N cover some betta f**kn stories. N while u at it EAT A DICK

  • 4-24-2009 12:39 am

    WOW HIS NAME IS NOT A “B***H NAME” THAT’S HIS CULTURE DEAR…DON’T HATE ON WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
    JUST BECAUSE IT’S NOT A COMMON AMERICAN NAME DOESN’T MAKE IT A “B***H NAME”

  • 4-24-2009 6:00 pm

    I guess i’m the only one that get it but he talking about how lame Ross’s clothing line is. In which there is really sticks out. And Ross has takin jabs at 50 Cent’s clothing line and his doesn;t really look any better.

  • 4-24-2009 6:50 pm

    I don’t care what anyone says. rick ross music is not appealing. I only like “i’m the biggest boss that you seen thus far” THAT IT’S , now the clothin line is basic but I’ll rock a playin tee. When you get to a certain age, you realize you don’t need fly clothes on ALL THE TIME to look FLY… Shorties still gonna holla if you cute!

  • 4-25-2009 2:52 pm

    he a fat a** pig f**k rick ross…… to all yall squares who like that s**t and made a b***h as pig rich…. ya’ll got played to the left f**k’em….f**k’em…f**k’em

  • 4-25-2009 6:27 pm

    what the hell does luxury tax mean? i guess that mean this fat greedy f**k is taxing all you fools that buy his lame clothing n making him wealthy while yall still aint. cla**ic black exploitaion. so much for keeping it real just like ross was about being a c.o. im not no 50 cent fan but he did have reason to blow up rickys spot. I mean how full of bs can you be?

  • 4-27-2009 6:01 pm

    RICK ROSS IS A F**KIN NUT…..FOR REAL…HE HAD MILLIONS WATCHING HIS FAKE A** SAY THAT HE WAS NEVER A CO AND ALL…THEN MILLIONS SEE HIS CORNY A** ADMIT TO IT…THAT NIGGA AIN’T EVEN REAL WITH HIS SELF……LOL…F**K HIM AND HIS CLOTHING LINE

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