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=== Controversy ===
Rick Ross canceled his MMG Tour after a gang named [[Gangster Disciples]] put a series of YouTube videos threatening the Southern rapper.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jackson|first=Jim|title=Gang Threat Scare Rapper|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-gangster-disciples-live-nationmt1thewrap68366-20121207,0,193645.story|accessdate=December 8, 2012|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> Various sects of the Gangster Disciples (GDs), a gang founded on the South Side of [[Chicago]], appear in videos on YouTube threatening Ross and demanding money. A nearly 10-minute video published recently featuring members of the North Carolina crew is titled "Rick Ross In Trouble with the GD's [[North Carolina]]."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TYdMlCOWQs Rick Ross In Trouble With The Gd'S-North Carolina - Youtube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The reason for the gang feud with Ross, comes from the Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape cover. The cover features Rick Ross surrounded by the Star Of David, they felt it disrespected [[Gangster Disciples]]' leader [[Larry Hoover]]. The Star Of David is the symbol used by the Gangster Disciples. They claim to have already given Ross a pass "for using our honorable chairman's name in a disorderly fashion a dishonest fashion in Ross' song "[[B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=jo|title=Real Gangsters Threaten Life Of Fake Gangster|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/gang-threatens-rick-ross-678314|accessdate=December 3, 2012|newspaper=SmokingGun|date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> Others have said it is not about Hoover and the GDs also appear to be upset that Ross has been acting like more of a gangster than he really is. Affiliated groups, such as ones in Florida and Georgia, have made their displeasure known on YouTube and demanded money.<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff|first=Staff|title=Cancelled Tour|url=http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/rick-ross-maybach-music-group-tour-cancelled-1008043762.story|accessdate=December 8, 2012|newspaper=BillBoard|date=December 6, 2012}}</ref> However the album cover was named the twelfth best cover of 2012 by ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex Magazine]]''.<ref>[http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-25-best-album-covers-of-2012/the-black-bar-mitzvah#gallery 12. Rick Ross, The Black Bar Mitzvah — The 25 Best Album Covers of 2012 | Complex<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Track listing==
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