He took his performing name from stories he heard of a drug trafficker named 'Freeway' Rick Ross. Although he attended Georgia's Albany State University on a football scholarship for a year, Ross started writing rap lyrics that romanticized drug dealing, an act that he saw as a child.

Raised in Carol City, Florida - an impoverished area of north of Miami - Ross gravitated to the music of street-oriented rappers like Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Luther Campbell and Ice Cube. Ross was born William Leonard Roberts II in Coahoma County, Mississippi, on January 28, 1976.

While a controversial figure, Ross is held in high esteem within the music industry, signing deals with P. He remains a prolific artist, both as a solo performer and as a guest, and his Maybach Music Group has put out albums by artists including Wale, Meek Mill, French Montana and Teedra Moses. He's had his fair share of legal tussles, as well as the obligatory rap beef (with 50 Cent).

Let’s build.Rick Ross is a rapper and label boss from Mississippi who has received Grammy nominations but also had his background called into question. Rick Ross will be signing two artistes, better believe it from different parts of Africa. “After being in Nigeria, the other night, I saw so many talents and so many fly artistes, so many dope performers and it is official, Maybach Music Africa. I want to rep, I feel like it is not enough for American artistes to shed light on Africa, supporting African artistes so, what I wanted to do was wake up, I am going out to the city, I am going out to the slums, places the police do not want to go and I am going to show love. I just woke up here on Easter, and I just woke up, I want to share love. I am over here in Africa, the motherland. In parts of the video posted, he said, “It’s the boss, Ricky Rosay. In a series of posts on his Instagram stories, one of which was reposted on the handle of Nigerian indigenous rapper, CDQ, the American artiste hailed Nigerian celebrities like Harrysong, CDQ, Alex Unusual and Angela Okorie, for always supporting his brand. Again, JJC’s babymama warns Funke Akindele

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