Rick Ross
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It was a lot of people who understood my direction.
But once I released Every Damn Hustlin', that's when the bidding war turned all the way up.
Big boy hit.
200,000.
And not just a hit.
This is one of the biggest records of the year, without a doubt.
And the streets felt that immediately.
How quickly did life change for you?
Was it an overnight thing?
Yeah, without a doubt.
And what did you feel?
As soon as the record came out, I understood.
That's when every executive in the industry reached out directly.
How did they treat you before it?
How did they treat you after it?
Well, you know, it wasn't a way they treated me before it because we had no communication.
You know, I was just an independent local Miami artist.
The day I released Every Day I'm Hustlin', maybe two weeks later at the most, I had spoke to the top 10 executives in the industry.
We want to do business with you.
Right then.