Rick Ross has paid the cost to be the Ross. Widely regarded as the "Mayor of Miami" Ross is the guy they call to bring the heat. He has worked with mega talents like Trina, Luke Sky-walker and Trick Daddy. The 26-year-old recently loaned his writing skills and voice to rapper Jackie O and has just completed working on Angie Martinez's new album for Electra Records.
Even thought he has seemingly been working on everyone's albums, Ross' true commitment is to his group Triple C. Rick Ross, Gun Play Murdock and Nittie Torch are known as the collective Triple C. The real deal is the Carroll City Cartel which was founded by Kenneth "Boobie" Williams, the infamous leader of the notorious Boobie Boys. Before being apprehended by the FBI, Williams passed the rap gauntlet to his protégé Ross. According to America's Most Wanted, "Williams was operating an $85 million drug empire from South Florida that was feeding over 25 Florida cities and 12 states with cocaine. Police say Williams is believed to have taken part in 35 killings.
To the public Boobie Williams was nothing more than a drug dealer with a murder, but to Ross he was a friend and a mentor. "To me, Kenneth "Boobie" Williams is to the Carroll City Cartel with Larry Hoover was to the Gangster Disciples in Chicago," says Ross. Hoover was the infamous leader of Gangster Disciples, a 30,000-member prison gang that sold about to kilograms of cocaine per week for five years. Hoover is now serving a 200-year sentence for a gang related murder in 1973.
Ross doesn't just look up to gang leaders. He names Big Daddy Kane, J.T. Money and Tu Pac Shakur as his inspiration in the rap game. Hearing their rhymes and seeing their videos convinced Rick of his inevitable path. Ross knew he had to become a rap star. In Rick's own words, "I knew I had to be on the big screen, I had to have the women look at me the way they looked at Kane in his 'Symphony' video." From his formative days as a simple fan to the present, where he sits on the verge of stardom, Ross is keeping it real.
He still gets a kick out of reuniting with his friends and talking about the good old days when artists like Big Daddy Kane used to mesmerize him. While Kane's physical presence inspired Ross to be seen, it was Ice Cube who had the most significant influence on Ross, claiming that it was Cube's 'Amerikkka's Most Wanted' that really gave him the desire to write. Ross has already shown himself to be an accomplished writer and performer. Perhaps someday soon, like Cube before him, Ross will find success on the big screen.
Clearly it's no secret; Ross has taken Triple C legit and his career is blowing up. Writer. Rapper. Actor. Leader of men. Ross is coming so you best make way
