William Leonard Roberts II was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on January 28, 1976. He grew up in Carol City, Florida. He graduated from Miami Carol City Senior High School and went on to play football at the historically black college Albany State University.
Personal Life
Toie Roberts, William Roberts III, Berkeley Hermes Roberts, and Billion Leonard Roberts are Ross’s four children. Rick Ross is a Christian, and he stated on Lift Every Voice with Corey “Coco Brother” Condrey, “I had told myself at one point no matter what I go through, I never question God.” Furthermore, Ross stated that he prays before going on stage to perform. Ross and his fiancée were the targets of a drive-by gunshot on January 27, 2013, while celebrating his 37th birthday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although neither Ross nor his girlfriend were injured, they ended up driving their car into an apartment building in their attempt to flee the shooting.
Ross was temporarily engaged to Lira “Galore” Mercer in 2015. Ross was chastised in 2017 for declaring in an interview that he never signed a female rapper because “I would end up fcking [her] and fcking the business up.” Ross promptly apologised on Facebook, calling his words “insensitive” and a “mistake [he regrets].”
Ross paid $5.2 million for a 10,000-square-foot beachfront house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2012. The three-story Mediterranean-style residence features eight bedrooms, eleven bathrooms, and two half-baths. The property has two master suites, a theatre, a game room, a complete bar, a lift, and a pool with a bar and spa. The home boasts 150 feet of private shoreline and is built on nearly half an acre in Fort Lauderdale’s Seven Isles enclave. He listed the house in 2014 for $9.25 million and sold it in 2016 for just more than $6 million.
Ross made news in 2014 when he spent $5.8 million buying a 54,000-square-foot, 109-room estate on 235 acres near Atlanta that had previously been owned by boxer Evander Holyfield. It is thought to be Georgia’s biggest house. There are 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms in the residence. Rick Ross paid $1 million in October 2020 to purchase an additional 87 acres of land near his suburban Atlanta estate. This boosts his overall land area to 322. “Promise Land” is the name he has given to his land.
Legal Issues
Ross has had run-ins with the law in the usual sense; he’s been arrested for firearms and narcotics, and he’s also been sued by different other musicians. Ross was arrested in January 2008 on weapons and drug allegations. Ross’s lawyer questioned Officer Rey Hernandez, the Miami Beach officer who arrested Ross, why his case was put to the gang task force during a deposition. The officer claimed it was because Ross claimed to be a member of the Triple C’s (called Carol City Cartel) and other known gang members. The police did not present proof of Ross’s gang involvement.
DJ Vlad, a YouTube personality, sued Ross for assault and abuse in August 2008. Vlad said Ross set him up at the 2008 Ozone Awards in Houston, Texas, for questioning him about his career as a correctional officer. In June 2010, “Motorway” Ricky Ross filed a copyright infringement action in a California federal court against Ross for exploiting his name. On December 30, 2013, the Supreme Court decided in favour of rapper Rick Ross, allowing him to keep his name under a First Amendment verdict.
Career
Ross served as a correctional officer for 18 months, beginning in December 1995 and ending in June 1997. Ross first appeared under the alias Teflon Da Don. In the mid-2000s, he changed his name to Rick Ross. His stage moniker was inspired by ‘Motorway’ Rick Ross, a notorious cocaine lord. He became the target of a bidding war after releasing his breakthrough song “Hustlin” in 2006. He was approached by Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment and Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc. Ross eventually signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Jay-Z’s Def Jam Records. Later that year, his debut album Port of Miami arrived at number one on the Billboard 200 album list. Trilla, Ross’s second album, was released in 2008. It also debuted atop the Billboard 200 album list.
Ross established the record label Maybach Music Group in 2009, where he published his studio albums Deeper Than Rap (2009), Teflon Don (2010), God Forgives, I Don’t (2012), Mastermind, Hood Billionaire (all in 2014), Black Market (2015), Rather You Than Me (2017), and Port of Miami 2 (2019). Ross was also the first artist to sign with Diddy’s management firm, Ciroc Entertainment. MTV awarded Ross the Hottest MC in the Game in early 2012. Ross had an appearance on the iconic VH1 show Snoop and Martha’s Potluck Dinner Party. In the show, he was teamed with Martha Stewart to cook.
Net Worth
Rick Ross is a $45 million net-worth American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, record executive, producer, and CEO. Rick Ross has sold millions of albums and tens of millions of singles globally over his career. He has been one of the top ten highest-paid rappers in the world at various points in his career. As of this writing, his total career earnings exceed $90 million.
We’ve been following Rick Ross’s income and net worth since 2007. He’s been really busy. Rival rapper 50 Cent arrived on the Ed Lover morning show in February 2009 with a copy of Rick’s financial breakdown obtained from a child support battle. These records demonstrated that Ross’ genuine financial situation was far from what he preferred to represent at the time. Ross also revealed that he possessed $45,000 in jewellery, implying that all of the jewellery he wore in his films and on TV was either phoney or borrowed. His monthly mortgage payments were $9,700, and he said he spent $7,000 more than he earned each month.
Facts
| Net Worth | $45 Million |
| Date of Birth | Jan 28, 1976 (47 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Coahoma County |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Rapper, Songwriter, Actor |
| Nationality | United States of America |
