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William Roberts was born February 8, 1977 in Carol City, Florida and is better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is a rapper from Carol City in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. He took his rap name and appearance from drug trafficker Ricky Ross, who ran one of the largest cocaine distribution networks in the country during the '1980s and early '90s. He is signed with Slip-N-Slide, which as of 2007, is distributed under Def Jam Records. Port of Miami, Ross' debut album, was released on August 8, 2006, with the lead single "Hustlin'" peaking at #7 on the hip-hop chart and #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix of the single featuring Young Jeezy and Jay-Z also achieved some popularity in digital downloads [1]. Ross has stated that his inspirations for rapping are Ice Cube, The Notorious B.I.G, JT Money, 2pac, and Trick Daddy.
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Port of Miami
- Released: August 8, 2006
- Chart positions: #1 Billboard Top 200
- RIAA Certification: Gold
- U.S. Sales: 688,323
- Singles: "Hustlin", "Push It"
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Rise to Power
- Released: 2007
- Chart positions: TBR
- RIAA Certification: TBR
- Singles: "Get Down Baby", "Kick In The Door"
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[edit] Singles
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- 2002: "Told Y'all" (Trina featuring Rick Ross)
- 2006: "Holla at Me Baby" (DJ Khaled featuring Lil Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, & Pitbull)
- 2006: "Chevy Ridin' High" (Dre featuring Rick Ross)
- 2006: "Born-N-Raised" (DJ Khaled featuring Trick Daddy, Pitbull, & Rick Ross)
- 2006: "On Some Real Shit" (Daz Dillinger featuring Rick Ross)
- 2007: "Make It Rain [Remix]" (Fat Joe featuring DJ Khaled, R. Kelly, Lil Wayne, Birdman, T.I., Ace Mack, & Rick Ross)
- 2007: "We Takin' Over" (DJ Khaled featuring T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman, Lil Wayne & Akon)
- 2007: "Cellular" Papa Reu featuring Rick Ross & Elephant Man
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