Rapper and businessman talks his new album with Meek Mill, rocking Drai’s in Vegas, his beefs with Jada Pinkett Smith and DJ Envy, and so much more
Rick Ross was having a moment.
The Falstaffian rapper and entrepreneur was a mere two songs into his inaugural performance at Drai’s, a raucous 30,000-foot nightclub inside Las Vegas’ Cromwell hotel, and “halfway drunk” when he ordered the DJ to stop the music. He found himself transfixed by the multimillion-dollar LED screen above, and needed a beat to take it all in.
“Everywhere around you are the best fans you could ever have. It’s 90 percent tourists, so they came from far and wide to see you and got the phones out, and you’ve got the best speakers,” explains Ross. “It’s that <eм>boss shit</eм>.”
That was in June of 2021, and Ross has been a regular fixture at Drai’s ever since — recently inking a two-year extension of his residency. And it’s been “a perfect fit” for Drai’s, according to Dustin Drai, president of Drai’s Group, given his “charismatic persona, extensive music catalog, larger than life persona, and his synergy with many other Drai’s residents.”
Rick Ross was having a moment.
The Falstaffian rapper and entrepreneur was a mere two songs into his inaugural performance at Drai’s, a raucous 30,000-foot nightclub inside Las Vegas’ Cromwell hotel, and “halfway drunk” when he ordered the DJ to stop the music. He found himself transfixed by the multimillion-dollar LED screen above, and needed a beat to take it all in.
“Everywhere around you are the best fans you could ever have. It’s 90 percent tourists, so they came from far and wide to see you and got the phones out, and you’ve got the best speakers,” explains Ross. “It’s that <eм>boss shit</eм>.”
That was in June of 2021, and Ross has been a regular fixture at Drai’s ever since — recently inking a two-year extension of his residency. And it’s been “a perfect fit” for Drai’s, according to Dustin Drai, president of Drai’s Group, given his “charismatic persona, extensive music catalog, larger than life persona, and his synergy with many other Drai’s residents.”
