Rick Ross isn't taking anymore chances.  And despite the fact some folks believe he staged this assassination attempt that caused him to crash his Rolls Royce Monday morning, he's hired armed 24-hour security.  Deets inside...

He's been the victim of threats from gangs and such for a while now, but after his Rolls Royce was sprayed with 15 shots of gun fire Monday morning in Ft. Lauderdale, after his birthday party (pictured above), he's taking the threats more seriously.

Reports state that Ricky has hired a security detail that will be hovering over him for 24 hours a day.  In addition to the security he already had at shows and appearances.

But even with this move, people are starting to doubt his assassination attempt even happened.

There are unconfirmed reports that the car had no bullet holes, even though the person who sprayed the bullets was in a nearby car.  And after the car crashed, the passengers inside, including Rick Ross, reportedly ran away. 

Shortly after the incident, Rick dropped a freestyle over Kendrick Lamar's "B*tch Don't Kill My Vibe" track.  And his verse talks about being surprised he's still alive and surviving bullets. No confirmation on if this was written/recorded before the incident, but it's mighty coincidental if it was.  And it was mighty quick of him to record it several hours after the drama.

A rapper lying for street cred isn't a brand new notion.  But we shall see....

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