Rick Ross
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm sure they was, y'all.
Yeah, you got ribeye, yeah.
It was everybody at the time, without a doubt.
One of my homeboys, Big Block, he had to deal with Diddy for Bad Boy South.
And I was on a record they released, that's Young Jeezy and Boys in the Hood.
He had released the album, Boys in the Hood.
And I was on one of the records on Boys in the Hood.
So that's what Diddy heard, you know, heard my skills.
Niggas was really hearing my flow.
It wasn't about popularity.
It was really about talent.
We didn't have social media.
So they playing your records.
Let me hear what you're talking about.
And once everybody heard me, the shit I was popping, they understood this was heavyweight.
Well, the producers was the runners.
My homeboy Josh, Josh Burke, shout out to Josh Burke.
He was working along with Ted Lucas and Slip N Slide Records.
I had signed a deal with Slip N Slide Records.
And so he brought me the beat for Every Damn Hustlin'.