Rick Ross released his debut album Port of Miami through the label later that year, debuting at the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, with sales of 187,000 units during the first week.
50 Facts About Rick Ross
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Rick Ross released his second studio album, Trilla, in 2008, debuting atop the Billboard 200.
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Outside of his solo career, Rick Ross was a lead member of the hip hop group Triple C's, alongside fellow Florida rappers Gunplay and Torch, in 2005.
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Rick Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group in 2009, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap, Teflon Don, God Forgives, I Don't, Mastermind and Hood Billionaire, Black Market, Rather You Than Me, Port of Miami 2, and his eleventh and most recent studio album Richer Than I Ever Been, was released in December 2021.
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Rick Ross derived his stage name from the former drug kingpin "Freeway" Rick Ross, to whom he has no connection.
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Rick Ross ended 2010 by releasing another mixtape, Ashes To Ashes on Christmas Eve 2010.
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In early 2011, Rick Ross signed Wale and Meek Mill to his Maybach Music Group imprint.
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Rick Ross received a nomination for Best Male Hip Hop Artist.
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In early 2012, Rick Ross was named the Hottest MC in the Game.
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Rick Ross started the year by premiering his Rich Forever mixtape to universal acclaim.
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Rick Ross was nominated by The Source as its "Man of the Year".
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On January 7,2013, Rick Ross revealed the title of his sixth album to be Mastermind.
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On May 16,2013, Birdman and Rick Ross announced that The H would be released as a mixtape hosted by DJ Khaled on May 23,2013.
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Rick Ross released his sixth studio album, Mastermind, in March 2014, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 179,000 copies.
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In June 2014, it was announced that Rick Ross would make a guest appearance on the docu-series Sisterhood of Hip Hop.
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In October 2014, Rick Ross announced he would be releasing another album, Hood Billionaire, in order to make up for Meek Mill's Dreams Worth More Than Money album being shelved due to his incarceration.
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Rick Ross revealed cover art for Hood Billionaire in October 2014 and announced the release date to be set for November 24,2014.
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Rick Ross had a mix of both adversity and accomplishments in 2015.
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Rick Ross was arrested for kidnapping and assault charges and was sentenced to house arrest in his Georgia home.
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Rick Ross joined the Snapchat platform and began referring to himself as "Renzel", a play on the name of famous actor Denzel Washington.
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In September, Rick Ross released a mixtape, Black Dollar, his third full-length release since March 2014.
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Rick Ross soon announced his eighth studio album, Black Market, for a December 2015 release.
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On February 21,2016, Rick Ross remixed Kanye West's "Famous".
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Rick Ross was active in 2016, releasing many songs including "Make It Work" off of Self Made Vol.
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Rick Ross announced that his ninth studio album, Rather You Than Me, was slated for a March 2017 release.
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On February 2,2018, Rick Ross released "Florida Boy" with T-Pain and Kodak Black as the first single from the album, which was slated for a 2018 release.
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On June 22,2018, Rick Ross released "Green Gucci Suit" with Future as the second single from his tenth studio album Port of Miami 2, released on August 9,2019.
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In July 2020, Rick Ross teamed up with singer August Alsina for a track titled "Entanglements", a diss track towards Alsina's ex-lover Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Rick Ross initially denied that the photograph was of him, but after overwhelming evidence of his past came into the public's eye, Rick Ross later admitted that he did work as a correctional officer in Florida for 18 months between 1995 and 1997.
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On October 14,2011, Rick Ross suffered two seizures in the same day, once in the morning and again in the early evening.
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On March 2,2018, Rick Ross was hospitalized after being found unresponsive in his Miami, Florida, home from a possible heart attack.
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Rick Ross was released from hospital just a few days later.
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Rick Ross has four children: Toie Roberts, William Roberts III, Berkeley Hermes Roberts, and Billion Leonard Roberts.
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Rick Ross was briefly engaged to Lira "Galore" Mercer in 2015.
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In January 2008, Rick Ross was arrested on gun and marijuana charges.
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The officer stated that it was because Rick Ross claimed affiliation with Triple C's, and other known gang members.
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Vlad claimed Rick Ross organized an ambush on him at the 2008 Ozone Awards in Houston, Texas for asking questions about his past as a correctional officer.
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In June 2010 "Freeway" Ricky Ross sued Ross for using his name, filing a copyright infringement lawsuit in a California federal court.
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Also, Freeway Ricky Ross threatened to block the release of Ross's album, Teflon Don.
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On December 30,2013, the court ruled in favor of the rapper Rick Ross, allowing him to keep the name based on a First Amendment ruling.
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On March 26,2011, Rick Ross was arrested in Shreveport for possession of marijuana.
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The arrest stemmed from a year-old warrant for another North Carolina arrest related to marijuana possession; Rick Ross reportedly failed to appear in court for that violation in 2013.
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Rick Ross was sentenced to time served in jail, having already been incarcerated for a week and was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
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Rick Ross was sentenced as a first-time felony offender; and, upon payment of the fine, the conviction was erased from his record.
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Rick Ross pled no contest to 5 misdemeanours: assault, battery, two counts of pointing a pistol at someone, and possession of less than 1 oz of cannabis.
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In January 2009, Rick Ross started a feud with rapper 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Hip Hop Awards in 2008.
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Rick Ross verifies that he was a correctional officer and claims his whole persona is fake and fraudulent.
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That same day Rick Ross released a new diss track called "Push 'Em Over The Edge".
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On January 30,2013,50 Cent claimed via Twitter that the drive-by shooting that Rick Ross experienced on his birthday two days ago was "staged", reigniting the feud.
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Rick Ross stated that he does not wish to speak on him anymore, and that he is done with the feud.