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Rick Ross
Rick Ross
Tattooed with pictures of AK-47s, Miami's six-foot, 300-pound rap figure known as Rick Ross embraced his city's reputation for drug trafficking on his debut single, "Hustlin'," in 2006. While Atlanta and Houston artists were establishing their cities as Southern strongholds, Ross aimed at putting Miami back in rap's national spotlight. Ross, real name William Roberts, grew up in Carol City, FL, an impoverished northern suburb of Miami. Influenced by artists like Luther Campbell and the Notorious B.I.G., Roberts formed local rap group the Carol City Cartel and began rapping in the mid-'90s. (He took his rap name from Los Angeles drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross, who ran one of the largest crack-cocaine distribution networks in the country during the '80s and early '90s.) Ross had a brief stint on Suave House Records, former label of Eightball & MJG, before he ended up on Miami-based Slip-N-Side Records, the label home of Trick Daddy and Trina. During the early to mid-2000s, he became popular and well known locally through touring with Trick Daddy and guest-appearing on a few Slip-N-Slide releases, but didn't release any solo material until 2006. Once "Hustlin'" caught the ear of a few executives within the national industry, a bidding war ensued that included offers from Bad Boy CEO Sean "Diddy" Combs and The Inc. (formerly Murder Inc.) president Irv Gotti. Nonetheless, Def Jam president and veteran rapper Jay-Z signed Ross to a multi-million-dollar deal. The Miami anthem "Hustlin'" went on to receive gold status from RIAA in May 2006 and sold over a million ringtone units before the physical release of his debut album, Port of Miami. Released in August 2006, Ross' debut was Slip-N-Side's first project under the Def Jam partnership, and it went to number one on the Billboard album chart. His follow-up, Trilla, was released the following year, prefaced with the Cool & Dre-produced title track. ~ Cyril Cordor, All Music GuideMore

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Rick Ross
Sometimes, if you put your hand on the rails, you can feel the train coming. It's in the air, on the...
Songs: 43, Videos: 3, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 5, Polls: 1, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (8)

Mafia Music
(Duration: 4:18)
Mar 16th, 7:11am
This Is The Life
(Duration: 4:29)
Jul 29th, 6:11pm
All I Really Want
(Duration: 4:38)
May 10th, 8:07am
Hustlin'
(Duration: 4:10)
Jul 21st, 7:56pm
Speedin'
(Duration: 4:23)
Jul 15th, 5:57am
The Boss
(Duration: 3:20)
Jul 15th, 7:14am

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Nov 4th, 12:49am
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Sep 25th, 2:21pm
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Aug 31st, 10:48pm
Loving on you william aka(Rick Ross) ya girl Gucci Poochie from ATL.
Aug 28th, 7:21pm
lot's of luv BOSS- do wat u do.
Aug 23rd, 1:02am
Dropin sum luv an respect to your page Mr. Ross.
Aug 13th, 5:27pm
.....lol at the comments
Aug 12th, 2:09am
fuCK OFFICER ROSS