Tattooed with pictures of AK-47s, Miamis six-foot, 300-pound rap figure known as Rick Ross embraced his citys 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 raps national spotlight. Ross, real name William Roberts, grew up in Carol City, Florida, 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 Slide 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 appearing as a guest on a few Slip N Slide releases, but didnt 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 Slides 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. Early 2009 saw the release of Deeper Than Rap, an album greeted with numerous positive reviews in the hip-hop press. In early 2010 he released the Teflon Don album featuring the hit single B.M.F. (Blowin Money Fast). The star-studded God Forgives, I Dont followed in 2012, with guest shots from Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. At the start of 2013, he announced details of his sixth studio album. He enlisted the help of Scott Storch and DJ Khaled as executive producers and released the pre-album single No Games featuring Future. The album, titled Mastermind, landed in March of 2014 with the simultaneous release of the single War Ready featuring Young Jeezy. Top Albums 1. God Forgives, I Dont (Deluxe Edition) View In iTunes 2. Mastermind (Deluxe Version) View In iTunes 3. Teflon Don View In iTunes 4. Take It to the Head (feat. Chris Brown, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne) - Single View In iTunes 5. Port of Miami View In iTunes 6. Maybach Music View In iTunes 7. Trilla View In iTunes 8. Mastermind View In iTunes 9. Mastermind (Deluxe Version) View In iTunes 10. Final Chapter View In iTunes 11. Maybach Family View In iTunes 12. Maybach Mitzvah View In iTunes 13. I Wish You Would (feat. Kanye West & Rick Ross) - Single View In iTunes 14. The Show View In iTunes 15. Been Hustlin View In iTunes 16. Thug Cry View In iTunes 17. What Da Lick Read View In iTunes 18. The Albert Anastasia EP - The Prequel to Teflon Don View In iTunes 19. She Want That (feat. Rick Ross & Elijah Blake) (Sing For Me Remix) - Single View In iTunes 20. Mastermind View In iTunes 12345678Next
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