Born William Leonard Roberts II in Mississippi on January 28, 1976, Rick Ross
grew up between Georgia, where he studied, and Miami, the place that witnessed
the beginning of his career under the early pseudonym Freeway. He was spotted by
Jay-Z, who signed him to Def Jam for a series of mixtapes, one of which featured
his signature track "Hustlin'." His first batch of albums, Port of Miami (2006),
Trilla (2008), Deeper Than Rap (2009) and Teflon Don (2010), God Forgives, I
Don't (2012) all topped the Billboard 200. Following the chart-topping album
Mastermind (2014), Rick Ross fol...