Rick Ross is one of Hip Hopās biggest hustlers, and when it comes to the ā$500,000 or dinner with JAY-Z?ā debate, thereās only one side that the Biggest Bawse is taking.
With the debate taking over social media once again thanks to Hov himself weighing in, the MMG mogul explained on Monday (October 23) why picking the brain of the Brooklyn billionaire is more valuable than pocketing half a million dollars.
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āIāma take the dinner and Iāma tell you why,ā Ross said in a video posted to his Instagram Stories. āIn ā08 when I turned in my second album [Trilla], I had a meeting with Hov. We went to lunch. Philippe Chow, Manhattan ā the orange chicken on the stick with the peanut sauce was the vibe at the time. Let me cut through the conversation.
āHe said, āRozay, versus writing to every beat you like, write to every record you could make work.ā He told me a quick story about āBig Pimpin.ā I said, āOkay, bet.ā I went from writing one record to every 80 beats I like, to writing 40 records out of every 80 beats I could make work.ā
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Rozay credited Hovās advice with helping him level up as an artist which, in turn, brought him more success in the rap game and laid the foundation for his other lucrative business ventures.
āIt took me to another level as a writer, another level as an artist,ā he continued. āThe amount of work I was putting out was next level. So you gotta ask yourself, are you ready to digest the knowledge or you just want to look at this watch at the table?ā
Rick Ross says he would rather have dinner with Jay-Z over $500kpic.twitter.com/cmfbBepCWF
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The debate surrounding a meal with JAY-Z or $500,000 was revived after Jigga was asked about it in a recent interview with CBS Newsā Gayle King.
The Roc Nation mogul set the record straight by saying that fans should definitely take the money as heās already shared his blueprint to success in his music.
āYou gotta take the money,ā he replied with little hesitation. āWhat Iāma say? You got all that [wisdom] in the music for $10.99! Thatās a bad deal. I wouldnāt tell you to cut a bad deal. Take the $500,000, go buy some albums and listen to the albums ā itās all there!
āIf you piece it together and really listen to the music for the words, for what it is, itās all there. Everything that I said was gonna happen, happened. Everything that I said I wanted to do, Iāve done. Thereās the blueprint. The blueprint, literally, to me and my life and my journey is there already.ā