Rick Ross

So after school, as soon as we got out of school at 2.30, boom.

I may have had 30 minutes to get home before your MTV raps came on.

Everything that was on there, I was a fan of.

If it's East Coast, if it's Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, Leader of the New School, Public Enemy, LL, whatever it is.

You know what I'm saying?

Because I done fell in love with it for the music, the creative expression, the fashion, everything.

The videos, the artwork, the graffiti, the cars.

that shit grabbed me from every angle.

It was like an octopus.

It was phenomenal.

It was amazing.

So growing up in my household, my mom played Johnny Taylor every weekend.

Every time we was in the car, we listened to music.

So I was just exposed to music from before I could even recall.

So when you listen to my sounds, the Maybach music, live instrumentation feeling, that expensive orchestra feeling sound, that's where that come from.

Me listening to old soulful music, R&B, that was before I could even talk.

So by the time rap music came into play, it was...

I understood and could blend them both.

Rap and R&B.

Of course.