Rick Ross has put a lot of promotion behind his new album Richer Than I Ever Been, plastering the project on giant billboards and armored trucks across the country. Judging by the first week sales projections, however, Rozay’s latest effort has failed to generate the usual bawse-level buzz — and fans of his longtime rival 50 Cent have taken notice.
According to HITS Daily Double, Richer Than I Ever Been — which dropped on December 10 — is expected to move 30,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week, good for a No. 20 debut on the Billboard 200.
If that forecast holds up, Richer Than I Ever Been will mark the lowest-selling and lowest-charting album of Rick Ross’ career. Previously, that title belonged to 2015’s Black Market, which landed at No. 6 after managing just 65,000 first-week copies — a far cry from the MMG mogul’s 218,000 peak with 2012’s God Forgives, I Don’t.
Fans of 50 Cent were quick to clown Rick Ross for his tepid sales projections, especially after the Miami native ridiculed 50 for his alleged earnings from his BMF STARZ series in a recent interview with GQ. “I know he made $250K off the whole season, and that’s good,” Ross taunted. “Tell him I said, ‘Congratulations.’”
50’s fans fired back by questioning how the Biggest Bawse can poke fun at Curtis’ quarter-million TV bag when the Biggest Bawse is on pace to sell just 30,000 copies of his new album.
“Officer @RickRoss is bragging about @50cent’s show’s generated revenue yet his album sales were only 30k!! He needs 50’s reply for clout. Police officer acting like a gangsta,” one fan tweeted, while another said, “50 made more off BMF season 1 than this double plastic album.”
This isn’t the first time Rick Ross’ album sales have been ridiculed by team 50. Curtis Jackson himself clowned Rozay back in 2015 over Black Market‘s low sales projections, interrupting a This Is 50 interview to ask, “Black Market, Def Jam, 34,000. Is that a rock or a brick?” while suggesting Ross bought 15,000 of those copies.
Rick Ross threw more shade at 50 Cent in his recent GQ interview by belittling his STARZ TV empire (“What channel is it really?”) and dismissing him as “light” competition in a Verzuz battle.
Rick Ross Taunts 50 Cent Over 'BMF' Earnings: 'Tell Him I Said Congratulations'
“You got to ask yourself would he come and do a Verzuz with Rozay,” he said. “I mean, you got to ask yourself honestly, would he come and stand next to Rozay in the arena or wherever it would be? That’s really your question. I don’t even think it’s a question of if I would do it. That shit light.”
Check out more reactions to Rick Ross’ Richer Than I Ever Been first-week sales projections below.
To be fair at least he’s actually releasing music, when did fif release anything in the last how long. 50 stans are some of the most sensitive bitches lol
His television show theme songs get heard by millions of viewers weekly while Ross putting up lower numbers than 50s worst selling album Animal Ambition)
To be fair Ross HAS to release music. That’s still his main hustle so it’s extra pathetic that he’s been damn near irrelevant for just as long as 50 has been musically. Meanwhile 50 is an international superstar, pop culture icon, famous actor, producer, businessman etc, etc. 50 makes music for fun when inspired, music hasn’t been his hustle in years. Sad part is 50 still gets more streams in a month from GRODT than Ross whole catalog.
50 Cent would probably sell just about that if he released an album in 2021, so I don’t see what they are going at Ross for.
Who buys anything in music smh
People just don’t buy hip hop albums anymore, it’s all streams. Still very low numbers though. That being said, 250k total from the alleged “mastermind “ of a tv concept seems very low too.
Ross has made better business decisions and is more successful than 50 these days. Funny how he told everyone 50’s business I know he’s gonna be mad..
How is Ross more successful? 50 just got a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, starring in blockbuster movies with A -list actors (new Expendables), 4-5 shows on premium cable networks with more shows in development. His TV show theme songs get more play than Ross whole album. Nobody considers Ross a legend, he never ran the game and he didn’t impact the culture like 50.
Who gives a shit about expendables? Starz is only renewing the power shows because they are the only shows on there that break even. Ross can make millions in profit if he were to do a show
“Who gives a shit about expendables?”… clearly a a whole lot more people care about it than the new Rick Ross album…. LOL 30K first week on a major label….
Keep in mind epic did very little promo for this. A properly promoted album would have done at least 100k
Just like their mentor, focusing on album sales. But it’s not 2010 anymore. 50 and his fans need to focus on his Power series and the agendas it’s pushing. I don’t think it’s one heterosexual black relationship in that whole series. 50?
50 Cent – His assets were listed as between $10 million and $50 million in his bankruptcy petition, though he testified under oath that he is worth $4.4 million. RR – Rick Ross’ net worth is estimated to be $40 million, and he’s one of the richest rappers worldwide. Information above is from DEC 2021. Remember the kids at school use to clown everybody then this other dude built up the nerves to say something back and it was funny everyone laughed well that’s 50 a bully/hater. Ross should have said he was a guard at the Prison it’s not the same as a street cop at all plus he got connected to the real ones. RR is winning and 50 blew his bread.
Ross can’t even afford to pay his taxes according to those IRS liens
?? u do realize that 50 can hid his money in dofferent offshore acct. and leave a puny bit to show uncle sam for tax purposes. you know nothing about money. 50 easily got over 80m.s.
Actually you can’t. If you are a U.S.resident and you sell stocks it is automatically reported to the IRS.
as someone who works finance and for people with millions you don’t realize how easy and common it is for people to move money and underclaim assets. Chances are 50 Cent knew before hand.
That and if he keeps TV up, that’s different money than music. That’s eventually going to make him Richer than most rappers in general
People forget tooz even though he sold his vitamin water shares for a billion. If he would of held on to that those shares would be worth 800M just from stocks since. Bad and good move he made cause to make 100M before your second album debuts is boss. Not Officer Fat Boy Rick Ross.
50 washed up rapper now
Rick Ross did it to himself, you can’t blame 50’s fans for clowning. He went on his interview taking pop shots, implying making 250k ain’t shit but turn around and have a whole album sell 30k, of course people were going to have a field day. That’s life. He should focus on making an album that doesn’t sound like one long song with different beats instead of clowning.
He said it back when albums were actually selling and not streamed. Epic didn’t promote it.
Even fat Joe predicted 50 to be a billionaire very soon because of his investment in TV…
this is the reason why u should humble urself before ur album dropps. not clown on a dude before the album to get clout. 50 is the def. of an OG.
Lmao! “Dumb fat cow”? That was mean.
50 is washed…
The biggest bawse LOST over 250k putting out this weed plate. 50 wins again. Guarantee Ross was lying about that 250k anyway like he lies about everything else, like how tf would he know what 50 earned?
30 30 again
Wale, Meek and now Ross all put out albums that came and went and were major commercial failures. MMG really over and done.
Meek mill did very well with his latest album. Both wale and Ross have shit promo in comparison.
Both of them needs to stop talking & taunting, and take their longstanding beef to a live Verzuz battle. Set the record straight for the streets AND the fans. Now THAT would be some good entertainment.
For the streets? The biggest fraud in hiphop? no
I’m the shadow , Forever.