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.
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Full Biography
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. 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 announced an album titled Teflon Don would be appearing that
same year.
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