Rick Ross’s Ex Says He Busted Her Lip. He Hasn’t Responded. Here’s What’s Actually Confirmed.

This is a serious story, so let’s go slow and stick to what’s actually documented. On Saturday, September 26th, model and real estate agent Jazzma Kendrick posted a series of Instagram Stories accusing her on-and-off boyfriend, Rick Ross, of physically assaulting her. It started when a follower commented on a selfie, saying they could see why Ross found her attractive. Kendrick replied, “He saw a punching bag.” She followed that with a photo of her face showing a visibly swollen, bloodied lip, captioned, “The day Rick busted my lip and the day I left.” In a later post, she wrote that a man who puts his hands on her never loved her, and warned others that if a man hits you once, he’ll do it again, telling people to value their lives and leave. As of the most recent reporting, Ross has not publicly responded to any of it.

Here’s the relationship context, briefly. Ross and Kendrick started appearing publicly together in August 2025, at a launch event for his luxury accessories line. Kendrick announced they’d split that September, after a short relationship, and then they were seen together again as recently as July of this year, including at the BET Awards in June. So this has been a genuinely on-and-off relationship, and Kendrick’s account is that the alleged assault happened about a month before she posted about it, and that she’s had time to sit with it and start processing before going public.

Now, there’s a competing claim, and it needs to be handled carefully. Tia Kemp, who shares a child with Ross and has her own long, public history with him, responded to Kendrick’s allegations by saying Kendrick punched herself. Kemp also said, in a livestream, that Ross hadn’t physically assaulted her personally since 2006. I want to be precise about what that actually tells us. Kemp’s comments describe her own account of her own experiences with Ross. They don’t independently confirm or disprove what Kendrick says happened to her. And it’s also worth knowing that Kemp and Ross have their own long, complicated, and often public history of conflict, which is relevant context for weighing her statement.

The other public reaction came from 50 Cent, who has a well-documented, long-running rivalry with Ross. His response was blunt: he said he’d laugh at Ross, but domestic violence isn’t a joke. Even in the middle of one of hip-hop’s more personal ongoing beefs, that’s a notable line to draw, and it’s worth acknowledging he drew it.

I’m not going to speculate beyond what’s actually in these posts. Nothing here has been tested in a courtroom, no police report has been reported publicly as of this writing, and Ross hasn’t given his own account. What we have is one woman’s detailed, specific allegation, photo evidence she says documents an injury, and a competing claim from someone with her own complicated history with the accused. Both of those things can be part of the public record without either one being confirmed fact.

What I do want to say plainly is this. If what Kendrick describes is accurate, that’s serious, and her decision to speak publicly rather than stay quiet is a real and difficult choice that deserves to be taken seriously, not treated as just another celebrity gossip cycle. At the same time, public figures are entitled to respond to allegations and have that response actually heard before a final judgment gets made. Right now, this story is genuinely incomplete, sitting exactly where Kendrick’s claim and Ross’s silence leave it. If Ross does respond, or if anything more concrete comes out, that’s the point where a fuller picture starts to form. Until then, the honest thing to do is describe exactly what’s been said, by whom, and be clear about what hasn’t been confirmed either way.

If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available at 1-800-799-7233, and support is out there beyond what gets said online.