"You’re lying if you say you saw this coming. In fact, I’m not sure even Rick Ross saw this coming. Ten years ago William Leonard Roberts II was an unknown emcee doing records with Erick Sermon, and five years ago he was a portly Miami rapper Hustlin with one-hit wonder written all over him. And now? Now Ricky Rozay is not only one of rap’s elite solo stars, a perfectly bearded force of nature that has overcome Officer Ricky revelations and a 50 Cent campaign, he’s a burgeoning Don.

Real power is not the ability to control your life but to control the lives of others, and since Ross obviously has high aspirations he’s following in the blueprint laid out by Jay-Z (pun intended) and getting his own Maybach Music coalition up and running. After his first attempt at putting on his team flopped like a European soccer player (sorry Triple Cs, but numbers don’t lie) Ross re-uped and signed a team of up-and-comers: Wale, Meek Mill, Teedra Moses, Pill and Stalley." Read More