In Rick also founded Maybach Music Group, his own record label, where he has released a half-dozen albums since creating his record company, all of which have found wide commercial success.
He has also found similar success from other artists he has signed to his label, Wale and Meek Mill are among those. Of the ten plus solo albums Rick has released, he has been nominated for four Grammy Awards. Connect your Spotify account to your Last. Connect to Spotify. A new version of Last. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross.
His debut album Port of Miami was released in August and debuted at the top spot on the Billboard album chart, with sales at , units after its first week. In March , his second album Trilla was released and, as its predecessor Port of Miami had, debuted at the top of the Billboard Rick Ross - Money Dance ft.
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Top Music Videos. Movie Trailers. Movie Reviews. Best Rated Movies. Latest Photos. Popular Photos. Updated Galleries. 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. While a controversial figure, Ross is held in high esteem within the music industry, signing deals with P. Diddy and earning praise from Pharrell. 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.
He took his performing name from stories he heard of a drug trafficker named "Freeway" Rick Ross. Ironically, Ross worked as a corrections officer in Florida for almost two years something he initially denied when it was revealed, but later accepted , but the lure of hip-hop music and the lavish lifestyle of the drug dealers he saw throughout his youth led him in another direction.
Ross later moved to the Miami-based record label Slip-N-Slide, which released music by hip-hop favorites like Trick Daddy — whom Ross would later tour with — and female rapper Trina. Ross is an incredible rapper. The first proper single from Ross, "Hustlin'," became a smash hit, due to the hypnotic line, "every day I'm hustling," repeated throughout. The single was eventually certified gold, an impressive feat for a brand-new recording artist.
It sparked a bidding war with Def Jam Records, headed by Jay Z , winning the battle and signing Ross to a highly publicized record deal. Ross debuted at No. Following his success, Ross began to tour extensively and to collaborate with popular acts including R.
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