{"id":419022,"date":"2011-05-07T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/07\/pacquiao-adds-rapper-rick-ross-to-entourage-yahoo-sports\/"},"modified":"2011-05-07T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T00:10:00","slug":"pacquiao-adds-rapper-rick-ross-to-entourage-yahoo-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/07\/pacquiao-adds-rapper-rick-ross-to-entourage-yahoo-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao adds rapper Rick Ross to entourage (Yahoo! Sports)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"87.7806490385\">\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2013 Manny Pacquiao has made a surprising addition to his fight night entourage: Controversial rapper Rick Ross will lead him into the ring ahead of his bout with Shane Mosley on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao, who will defend his WBO welterweight belt against Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, became friends with Ross after using rap music to motivate himself during training sessions and morning runs.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/p\/sp\/tools\/med\/2011\/05\/ipt\/1304728501.jpg?&#038;sig=d6LHvLAuhkFon7n.fy9LrA--\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rick Ross will provide the music for Manny Pacquaio&#8217;s walk to the ring in his fight against Shane Mosley on Saturday.<br \/><span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following a recent meeting, the pound-for-pound king invited Ross to be part of his pre-fight preparations by joining him in the locker room and providing a high-tempo musical introduction for his ring walk. Pacquiao\u2019s publicist Fred Sternburg confirmed that the rapper will accompany Pacquiao to the ring.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/us.i1.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/i\/us\/sp\/gr\/video_s.gif\" alt=\"*\" border=\"0\" width=\"16\" height=\"12\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/iwdYOJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Order Pacquiao-Mosley fight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRick Ross \u2013 we met in my apartment,\u201d Pacquiao told Hard Knock TV. \u201cHe is cool and he is friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross, who named himself after 1990s drug trafficker Freeway Ricky Ross, has thrown himself into his new role as part of Team Pacquiao, even designing a limited-edition T-shirt commemorating the fight \u2013 which will be worn by the champ\u2019s cornermen.<\/p>\n<p>However, his presence sits somewhat at odds with Pacquiao\u2019s clean-cut image. Ross\u2019 songs are filled with coarse lyrics, he has been involved in a bitter public feud with fellow artist 50 Cent, and in 2008 he was associated with an alleged assault on entertainer DJ Vlad.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao recently released a song himself, and it was about as far removed from Ross\u2019 style as is possible. The star collaborated with musician Dan Hill on a version of \u201cSometimes When We Touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/yhoo.it\/iFo189\">Pacquiao lookalike has Vegas doing a double take<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Ross was not part of the Pacquiao group for Friday\u2019s weigh-in, and the 31-year-old fighter brought a smaller than usual team to the stage. There were few surprises, with Pacquiao tipping the scales two pounds below the 147-pound limit and Mosley landing right on the money.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing in the way of animosity between the boxers &ndahs; not even of the contrived, pre-fight variety \u2013 with warm smiles, hugs and handshakes all around.<\/p>\n<p>Trainer Freddie Roach even revealed that he had been forced to spend extra time talking to Pacquiao during training to prevent him from working too hard and dropping too much weight. Even then, Pacquiao ate a full breakfast and lunch on Friday, and snacked throughout the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/box\/SIG=13jdkt91c\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/box\/news?slug=ro-rogers_pacquiao_mosley_weighin_welterweight_mgm_grand_rick_ross_050611\" title=\"Pacquiao adds rapper Rick Ross to entourage (Yahoo! Sports)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pacquiao adds rapper Rick Ross to entourage (Yahoo! Sports)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> LAS VEGAS \u2013 Manny Pacquiao has made a surprising addition to his fight night entourage: Controversial rapper Rick Ross will lead him into the ring ahead of his bout with Shane Mosley on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pacquiao adds rapper Rick Ross to entourage (Yahoo! 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