Surprise, Surprise, Rick Ross is a liar! The Miami-based hip-hop heavyweight has finally confessed that he worked as a Florida prison guard when he was in his mid-20s.

As you may recall, the “Hustlin’” star went so far as to accuse Internet hackers of photoshopping pictures of him in a correctional officer uniform when the flicks first appeared online last July.

“Yes, it’s me. I never tried to hide my past. I put my name inside my CDs,” Ross says in the latest issue of Don Diva Magazine.

But he’s careful to add, “I never ratted on a nigga. I never prosecuted a nigga. I never locked up a nigga, that’s first and foremost.”

“I always felt that me being the nigga that I am, I never owed a nigga an explanation. When I’m making my music and I’m talking about blow, it’s because I did it. When I say that I’m rich off cocaine, it’s because I did it. Those are the street principals that apply.”