Rick Ross, the person who founded and is the CEO of Maybach Music group and is on the list of the most rich rappers right now. He wasn’t always in the music business, he was in reality a correctional officer returned in Florida. Despite the truth that there are a few controversies surrounding him he receives a lot of recognition in the industry. Keep reading to see what his net worth is in 2020!
His Childhood and Growing Up
His full name is William Leonard Roberts II and he was born in Coahoma County, in the nation of Mississippi but he grew up in a poor area of Carol City, Florida. He went to the Carol City Senior High School and played soccer which ended up getting him a scholarship for college (Georgia’s Albany State University) which he attended for a year.
Throughout the years he has had his fair percentage of issues with the law and he was arrested back in 2008 because of having a gun and marijuana in his possession. He has additionally been sued through DJ Vlad in 2010 for harassment and “Freeway” sued him for copyright infringement issues and that’s simply some of them.
As a way as his love life is going he dated Shateria Moragne-el however they broke up in 2013, and then he became involved with a hip-hop model Lira Mercer however they ended their dating in 2015. As of now, he’s single.
Career
From the year 1995 to 1997 Rick Ross had a job in Florida as a correction officer however then give up and started his career in rap and started writing his lyrics. His first music was named “Ain’t Shhh to Discuss.”
He was given his stage name because of the stories about the drug trafficker Rick Ross. In 2006 he positioned his first album that became referred to as Port of Miami and it hit the Billboard 200 and had many hits on it. Two years later his 2d album got out referred to as Trilla that featured hits likeSpeedin, This is the life, Here I am and The Boss. 2009 got here through and it became time for his 1/3 album to be released. The call become Deeper Than Rap and it was given the primary spot at the billboard 200 and offered nearly 500k copies throughout the USA. The following 4th album got out here in the year 2010 and offered even greater copies (720k in the US alone).
The rest of his albums include: God Forgives, I don’t, Mastermind, Black Market, Rather You Than Me, and is working on Port Miami 2 right now.
He has been nominated for 5 Grammy awards up till now.
The Net Worth of Rick Ross
As of today, his net worth is around $35 million and with that, he’s at the top 20 listing of the richest rappers. He was given the 19th spot at the listing in 2017 while he earned $11.9 million. We are excited to see what he achieves in the future.