Rick Ross on Gay Rappers: 'Your Personal Life Is Your Personal Life' | HuffPost Vios

Contents:

• COMEDIAN COREY HOLB CLAIMS RICK ROSS IS GAY!!
• 50 CENT SUGGTS DIDDY AND RICK ROSS ARE GAY INSTAGRAM PHOTOS... THEN QUICKLY TAK THEM DOWN
• BIRDMAN ADDRS GAY RUMORS, LIL WAYNE, & RICK ROSS
• RICK ROSS APOLOGIZ TO GAY COMMUNY, “I’M WILLG TO DO A RERD W/ AN OPENLY GAY ARTIST” [VIO]
• 50 CENT RETREATS -- AFTER SUGGTG DIDDY & RICK ROSS ARE GAY LOVERS
• RICK ROSS ADDRS 50 CENT’S GAY ALLEGATNS FOR THE FIRST TIME
• RICK ROSS GAY PORN VIOS
• RICK ROSS ON GAY RAPPERS: 'YOUR PERSONAL LIFE IS YOUR PERSONAL LIFE'
• RICK ROSS GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 72 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
• COREY HOLB CLAIMS RICK ROSS DCHED 85 SOUTH INTERVIEW AFTER REALIZG 'A'T NONE OF THE N-GGAS GAY'
• COMEDIAN COREY HOLB SAYS RICK ROSS LEFT THE ’85 SOUTH SHOW’ BEE NONE OF THE HOSTS WERE GAY
• DID HOMOPHOBIC FANS TROLL RAPPER RICK ROSS INTO CHANGG HIS ALBUM COVER?CLOSED-MINDEDRICK ROSS SENT FANS TO A TIZZY OVER THE PRUMED VER IMAGE FOR HIS NEW ALBUM, PICTG A MORE FEME TEFLON DON. BUT DAYS AHEAD OF THE RELEASE, THERE’S A NEW ONE.CHEYENNE ROUNDTREEENTERTAMENT REPORTERPUBLISHED DEC. 08, 2021 4:54AM EST EPIC RERDSRICK ROSS IS READY FOR A NEW ERA.THE 45-YEAR-OLD RAPPER LIVERED THE NEWS LAST MONTH THAT HE’S DROPPG HIS 11TH STUD ALBUM, RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN, ON DEC. 10. PAIRED WH THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS A STRIKG PHOTO OF ROSS (BORN WILLIAM LEONARD ROBERTS II) DONNG A BLH PK FEDORA AND A CRISP WHE PE WH A DIAMOND-ENCSTED BROOCH PNED TO HIS CHT. HIS FACE IS HIDN BEHD WHE LEATHER DRIVG GLOV, WH A GLTERG RG THE SIZE OF AN AIRPOD SE STG ON HIS PKY.IT’S A STUNNG PHOTOGRAPH, AND ONE THAT MARKS A BRIGHTER, MORE ARTISTIC APPROACH THAN ROSS UALLY TAK WH HIS PROMOTNAL IMAG. MANY OF HIS PAST ALBUMS FEATURE DARK AND MOODY VER ART, WH ROSS PRENTG HIMSELF AS AN IMPOSG FIGURE, HIS EY ALWAYS SHIELD BY SUNGLASS. BUT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE TROLLS TO CHIME , JOKG THAT ROSS’ ENSEMBLE ON THE NEW VER LOOKED MORE AK TO A GRANDMA HEAD TO CHURCH FOR EASTER SUNDAY THAN A PORTRA OF A SUCCSFUL RAPPER. SOME PARED HIM TO QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND OTHERS MA THLY VEILED HOMOPHOBIC JABS, LLG HIM A “MATERIAL GIRL” AND CLAIMG THEY MISTOOK ROSS FOR BIG FREEDIA, A GENR-BENDG RAPPER.. IF ROSS HAD ANY QUALMS ABOUT THE PERSISTENT TEASG OVER THE IMAGE, HE SEEMGLY IGNORED WH THE RELEASE OF HIS SGLE “OUTLAWZ” LAST MONTH. THE TRACK WAS ACPANIED BY ANOTHER LUXUR SHOT OM THE SAME PHOTOSHOOT, BUT WH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE—ROSS’ HANDS ARE PARTED THE PHOTO, ALMOST AS IF HE’S PRAYG.PHOTOGRAPHER JONATHAN MANNN TOOK CRED FOR THE SHOOT, WRG HOW THRILLED HE WAS TO WORK WH ROSS FOR THE FIFTH TIME AND DISMISSG THE NEGATIVE MENTS.“WE’RE ALREADY GOG OVER A LOT OF PEOPLE’S HEADS WH THIS IMAGE,” MANNN WROTE AN INSTAGRAM MENT. “LET’S STAY THAT CRISP H, RARE AIR AND LET THEM RISE TO MEET IF THEY’RE ABLE.”BUT ON MONDAY, JT DAYS BEFORE THE ALBUM’S SLATED RELEASE, ROSS UNVEILED THE APPARENT OFFICIAL RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN VER—A PLETE PARTURE OM THE PREV IMAGERY HE’D SHARED. THIS ONE IS MORE SIAR TO HIS PAST ALBUMS’ ART, WH ROSS STANDG TO THE SI AGAST A DARK BACKGROUND, HIS HEAD TILTED DOWNWARD WH BLUE-TTED AVIATOR SHAS HIDG HIS EY. IT’S UNCLEAR IF ROSS HAD TEND ALL ALONG FOR THE MOST RECENT IMAGE TO BE THE ACTUAL VER, OR IF HIS TEAM SWAPPED THE NEW PHOTO AFTER THE BARRAGE OF NEGATIVE MENTARY. (THE DAILY BEAST REACHED OUT TO ROSS AND HIS LABEL FOR MENT.)NOHELS, A WAVE OF FANS GIDDILY TOOK CRED FOR BULLYG ROSS TO CHANGG HIS VER ART, BEGGG THE QUTN: ARE RAPPERS SO AGILE THEIR MASCULY THAT ULD BE SHATTERED BY FACELS TROLLS?IT WOULDN’T BE SHOCKG, NSIRG HIP-HOP’S WARPED PERCEPTN OF MASCULY AND BLEAK HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA—SOMETHG LIL NAS X CED WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY THE WAKE OF HIS BREAKOUT SONG “OLD TOWN ROAD” 2019. TO BE NSIRED A “REAL MAN,” RAPPERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO DRS, LOOK, AND SPEAK THE PART. ANY SIGNS OF SOFTNS OR VULNERABILY RISKED YOU BEG AN OUTST. A$AP FERG, FOR STANCE, ONCE SAID THAT BEG NSIRED “HARD” WH THE BLACK MUNY BOILED DOWN TO THE CLOTH YOU WEAR, AND RELLED HOW WHEN MEMBERS OF THE A$AP CREW WERE G UP HARLEM, PEOPLE LLED THEM “WEIRDOS” AND “GAY” FOR SIMPLY WEARG SKNY JEANS.THERE ARE SOME THE HIP-HOP MUNY WHO ARE SLOWLY HELPG TO SHATTER THOSE PERCEPTNS, CLUDG YOUNG THUG, WHO WORE A FFLED POWR BLUE DRS ON THE VER OF HIS 2016 MIXTAPE JEFFERY, AND KID CUDI, WHO SPORTED A DRS DURG A PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. “IT WOULDN’T BE SHOCKG, NSIRG HIP-HOP’S WARPED PERCEPTN OF MASCULY AND BLEAK HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA…” “YOU WERE SO NFINT YOUR SK THAT YOU PUT ON A FUCKG DRS BUT MATAED YOUR STAT AS A REAL N---A,” T.I. SAID WHILE PRAISG YOUNG THUG DURG A TAPG OF HIS PODST 2020.ALL ARTISTS, RAPPERS CLUD, SHOULD HAVE THE SAME EEDOM AS ANY OTHER MICIAN TO PLAY WH THEIR IMAGE AS THEY GROW AND EVOLVE. AND “EVOLUTN” CERTALY SEEMS TO BE THE FOC ON ROSS’ RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN. AS THE NAME OF HIS NEW ALBUM MAK CLEAR, ROSS NO LONGER NSIRS HIMSELF THE HTLG, “NEW MONEY” KD OF RICH. INSTEAD, HIS WEALTH AND STAT NOW WHISPER, AND HIS PRRI HAVE SHIFTED, AS HE EXPLAED TO QUTLOVE A RECENT NVERSATN FOR INTERVIEW.“WE’RE MOST FELY STRONGER THAN WE’VE EVER BEEN, BOTH MENTALLY AND FANCIALLY,” ROSS SAID. “AFTER SPENDG TIME WH MYSELF DURG THE PANMIC, NVCED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE TLE.”HE NTUED, “THE TIME I’M REALLY SPENDG WH MYSELF IS WHEN I FEEL THE WEALTHIT. THAT’S WHEN I FEEL LIKE, ‘YO, YOU’RE THE MOST VALUABLE.’ THE MOMENTS ARE PRICELS. WHAT MAK YOU FEEL RICH? WHAT’S WEALTH? ME ON THE UCH WH MY KIDS ON MY LAP. THAT’S ME FEELG THE RICHT I ULD FEEL. IT A’T NO DOUBT WE GETT’ BIG BAGS, BUT ’S A HIGHER PLACE THAN THAT. IT A’T EVEN ABOUT THE MONEY, ’S SOMETHG ELSE OUT HERE.” ROSS SEEMED TO PTURE THAT NEW MDSET THE ALBUM TEASER ART, WHERE HE DCHED HIS STACKS OF GOLD CHAS FOR SOMETHG MORE SUBDUED AND REFED—A MORE JAY-Z-QUE APPROACH TO HIS IMAGE. THE ALBUM’S TRACKLIST ALSO SPEAKS TO HIS NEW ERA, WH TRIUMPHANT SONG TL LIKE “THE PULZER,” “MA IT OUT ALIVE,” AND “RAPPER ESTAT.”“REALLY, I FEEL THIS IS THE BT ALBUM I’VE EVER DONE,” ROSS SAID BACK SEPTEMBER. “I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF I’M SAYG ON THIS ALBUM IS REALLY GOG TO SEPARATE OM OTHERS.”THE ORIGAL VER ART CERTALY SUCCEED SEPARATG ROSS’ NEWT PROJECT OM HIS PAST ON, SO WOULD BE A SHAME IF HE TOOK THOSE MOCKG MENTS TO NSIRATN WHEN CIDG UPON THE ALBUM ART.AND IF ROSS NEED ANY VALIDATN FOR STICKG WH HIS CREATIVE VISN THE FUTURE, SOME FANS ARE ALREADY PLAG THEY LIKED THE OLD VER BETTER. CHEYENNE ROUNDTREE

COMEDIAN COREY HOLB CLAIMS RICK ROSS IS GAY!!

Comedian Corey Holb says that the reason MMG boss Rick Ross left the 85 South Show terview abptly is bee he realized none of the hosts were gay. Holb then said, “That boy showed up at the 85 South Show and realized a’t none of the n*ggas gay. 50 Cent posted two photos to Instagram on Sunday, which suated that Diddy, real name Sean Combs, and Ross, real name William Leonard Roberts II, are gay, then appeared to say that would not be 'right' if they were.

50 CENT SUGGTS DIDDY AND RICK ROSS ARE GAY INSTAGRAM PHOTOS... THEN QUICKLY TAK THEM DOWN

Addg fuel to his fds: 50 Cent posted imag to Instagram implyg that Diddy, Rick Ross and Steve Stoute are gay and then claimg that is not 'right', but quickly rensired and pulled them down One image showed the pair performg on stage a photo which is taken at such an angle that mak look like they are other shot was of Diddy sportg a pk shirt while embracg former rerd executive Steve Stoute, also clad pk. 50 Cent suggts Diddy and Rick Ross are gay Instagram photos... On Trick Daddy sayg Birdman is gay: “Come on, man.

After reportedly takg heat for the rogatory anti-gay nam he's lled 50 Cent, Rick Ross has given a back-hand apology to the gay muny by offerg to make a song wh a gay artist, "such as Curly. “I heard I offend the homosexual muny, ” Ross said. “I scerely apologize to the people I’ve offend…And jt to let the gay muny know how scere I am wh my apologi, I’m offerg and willg to do a rerd wh an openly gay artist such as Curly, Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent…Even Elton John…Both two great gay artists…So now all the gays, we good.

BIRDMAN ADDRS GAY RUMORS, LIL WAYNE, & RICK ROSS

Ross has been g his anti-50 mpaign as a platform to label the G-Un lear as a closet homosexual on var ocsns.

RICK ROSS APOLOGIZ TO GAY COMMUNY, “I’M WILLG TO DO A RERD W/ AN OPENLY GAY ARTIST” [VIO]

“He’s not straight, he’s a f*g, he’s gay, you know , I know ” Ross said an terview wh Devi Dev. In addn to verbal jabs, Ross’ diss have also spired an alleged fan to release a gay-based rtoon targetg G-Un on “Gay-Un Workouts. While the Miami rapper has said Fif’s “Pimp Curly” character is gay, Fif c his fictnal character as a way to prof om Ross’ attempted negative label.

50 CENT RETREATS -- AFTER SUGGTG DIDDY & RICK ROSS ARE GAY LOVERS

Check out Ross’ apology to the gay muny below:.

Diddy & Rick Ross Are Gay Lovers.

50 Cent raised the stak his beef wh 3 rap heavyweights -- publicly suatg Diddy, Rick Ross and former rerd exec Steve Stoute are gay together... DIDDY AND STEVE STOUTE BEING GAY FOR 1ST TIME.

RICK ROSS ADDRS 50 CENT’S GAY ALLEGATNS FOR THE FIRST TIME

Diddy and Steve Stoute engaged homosexual activy:. Rick Ross on Gay Rappers: 'Your Personal Life Is Your Personal Life' | HuffPost Vios. It seems like every celebry has been lled gay at some pot or another.

Many of the gay mors surroundg Rick Ross (God Fiv, I Don't) seem to be tied to his obssive attentn to his body, like most rappers.

RICK ROSS GAY PORN VIOS

However the poll suggts that a big majory - 72% - of rponnts don't believe that he’s the poll:What do you thk about the gay mors surroundg Rick Ross? Frazer Harrison/AMA2016/Getty Imag for dcpCorey Holb Claims Rick Ross Dched 85 South Interview After Realizg 'A't None Of The N-ggas Gay'Published on: Jan 2, 2022, 10:50 AM PSTRick Ross sat down wh DC Young Fly, Karlo Miller and Chi Bean for an episo of the 85 South Comedy Show on December 17 but mysterly disappeared 37 mut to . Durg a tapg of the D’s Loose Talk About Bullsh wh Darlene Ortiz, Holb suggted Ross left the show after realizg none of the hosts were homosexual.

’Holb chimed , “That boy showed up at the 85 South Show and realized a’t none of the n-ggas gay. ”Corey Holb on Rick Ross secret liftyle — Wky➡️ (@DVDJXX) December 28, 2021Rick Ross has been the subject of gay mors before. Acrdg to Holb, Ross left DC Young Fly, Karlo Miller, and Chi Bean hangg once he “realized a’t none of the n***as gay.

“That boy showed up at the 85 South Show and realized a’t none of the n***as gay, ” said Holb before Ortiz attempted to fish the story. Holb believ Ross left when he found out none of the 85 South Show hosts were gay.

RICK ROSS ON GAY RAPPERS: 'YOUR PERSONAL LIFE IS YOUR PERSONAL LIFE'

“That boy showed up at the 85 South Show and realized a’t none of the n-ggas gay.

RICK ROSS GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 72 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY

However, this is not the first time Ross has faced gay mors. Some pared him to Queen Elizabeth, and others ma thly veiled homophobic jabs, llg him a “material girl” and claimg they mistook Ross for Big Freedia, a genr-bendg Ross had any qualms about the persistent teasg over the image, he seemgly ignored wh the release of his sgle “OUTLAWZ” last month. It wouldn’t be shockg, nsirg hip-hop’s warped perceptn of masculy and bleak history of homophobia—somethg Lil Nas X ced when he me out as gay the wake of his breakout song “Old Town Road” 2019.

A$AP Ferg, for stance, once said that beg nsired “hard” wh the Black muny boiled down to the cloth you wear, and relled how when members of the A$AP crew were g up Harlem, people lled them “weirdos” and “gay” for simply wearg skny are some the hip-hop muny who are slowly helpg to shatter those perceptns, cludg Young Thug, who wore a ffled powr blue drs on the ver of his 2016 mixtape Jeffery, and Kid Cudi, who sported a drs durg a performance on Saturday Night Live.

“It wouldn’t be shockg, nsirg hip-hop’s warped perceptn of masculy and bleak history of homophobia…”“You were so nfint your sk that you put on a fuckg drs but mataed your stat as a real n---a, ” T.

COREY HOLB CLAIMS RICK ROSS DCHED 85 SOUTH INTERVIEW AFTER REALIZG 'A'T NONE OF THE N-GGAS GAY'

COMEDIAN COREY HOLB SAYS RICK ROSS LEFT THE ’85 SOUTH SHOW’ BEE NONE OF THE HOSTS WERE GAY

DID HOMOPHOBIC FANS TROLL RAPPER RICK ROSS INTO CHANGG HIS ALBUM COVER?CLOSED-MINDEDRICK ROSS SENT FANS TO A TIZZY OVER THE PRUMED VER IMAGE FOR HIS NEW ALBUM, PICTG A MORE FEME TEFLON DON. BUT DAYS AHEAD OF THE RELEASE, THERE’S A NEW ONE.CHEYENNE ROUNDTREEENTERTAMENT REPORTERPUBLISHED DEC. 08, 2021 4:54AM EST EPIC RERDSRICK ROSS IS READY FOR A NEW ERA.THE 45-YEAR-OLD RAPPER LIVERED THE NEWS LAST MONTH THAT HE’S DROPPG HIS 11TH STUD ALBUM, RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN, ON DEC. 10. PAIRED WH THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS A STRIKG PHOTO OF ROSS (BORN WILLIAM LEONARD ROBERTS II) DONNG A BLH PK FEDORA AND A CRISP WHE PE WH A DIAMOND-ENCSTED BROOCH PNED TO HIS CHT. HIS FACE IS HIDN BEHD WHE LEATHER DRIVG GLOV, WH A GLTERG RG THE SIZE OF AN AIRPOD SE STG ON HIS PKY.IT’S A STUNNG PHOTOGRAPH, AND ONE THAT MARKS A BRIGHTER, MORE ARTISTIC APPROACH THAN ROSS UALLY TAK WH HIS PROMOTNAL IMAG. MANY OF HIS PAST ALBUMS FEATURE DARK AND MOODY VER ART, WH ROSS PRENTG HIMSELF AS AN IMPOSG FIGURE, HIS EY ALWAYS SHIELD BY SUNGLASS. BUT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR THE TROLLS TO CHIME , JOKG THAT ROSS’ ENSEMBLE ON THE NEW VER LOOKED MORE AK TO A GRANDMA HEAD TO CHURCH FOR EASTER SUNDAY THAN A PORTRA OF A SUCCSFUL RAPPER. SOME PARED HIM TO QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND OTHERS MA THLY VEILED HOMOPHOBIC JABS, LLG HIM A “MATERIAL GIRL” AND CLAIMG THEY MISTOOK ROSS FOR BIG FREEDIA, A GENR-BENDG RAPPER.. IF ROSS HAD ANY QUALMS ABOUT THE PERSISTENT TEASG OVER THE IMAGE, HE SEEMGLY IGNORED WH THE RELEASE OF HIS SGLE “OUTLAWZ” LAST MONTH. THE TRACK WAS ACPANIED BY ANOTHER LUXUR SHOT OM THE SAME PHOTOSHOOT, BUT WH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE—ROSS’ HANDS ARE PARTED THE PHOTO, ALMOST AS IF HE’S PRAYG.PHOTOGRAPHER JONATHAN MANNN TOOK CRED FOR THE SHOOT, WRG HOW THRILLED HE WAS TO WORK WH ROSS FOR THE FIFTH TIME AND DISMISSG THE NEGATIVE MENTS.“WE’RE ALREADY GOG OVER A LOT OF PEOPLE’S HEADS WH THIS IMAGE,” MANNN WROTE AN INSTAGRAM MENT. “LET’S STAY THAT CRISP H, RARE AIR AND LET THEM RISE TO MEET IF THEY’RE ABLE.”BUT ON MONDAY, JT DAYS BEFORE THE ALBUM’S SLATED RELEASE, ROSS UNVEILED THE APPARENT OFFICIAL RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN VER—A PLETE PARTURE OM THE PREV IMAGERY HE’D SHARED. THIS ONE IS MORE SIAR TO HIS PAST ALBUMS’ ART, WH ROSS STANDG TO THE SI AGAST A DARK BACKGROUND, HIS HEAD TILTED DOWNWARD WH BLUE-TTED AVIATOR SHAS HIDG HIS EY. IT’S UNCLEAR IF ROSS HAD TEND ALL ALONG FOR THE MOST RECENT IMAGE TO BE THE ACTUAL VER, OR IF HIS TEAM SWAPPED THE NEW PHOTO AFTER THE BARRAGE OF NEGATIVE MENTARY. (THE DAILY BEAST REACHED OUT TO ROSS AND HIS LABEL FOR MENT.)NOHELS, A WAVE OF FANS GIDDILY TOOK CRED FOR BULLYG ROSS TO CHANGG HIS VER ART, BEGGG THE QUTN: ARE RAPPERS SO AGILE THEIR MASCULY THAT ULD BE SHATTERED BY FACELS TROLLS?IT WOULDN’T BE SHOCKG, NSIRG HIP-HOP’S WARPED PERCEPTN OF MASCULY AND BLEAK HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA—SOMETHG LIL NAS X CED WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY THE WAKE OF HIS BREAKOUT SONG “OLD TOWN ROAD” 2019. TO BE NSIRED A “REAL MAN,” RAPPERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO DRS, LOOK, AND SPEAK THE PART. ANY SIGNS OF SOFTNS OR VULNERABILY RISKED YOU BEG AN OUTST. A$AP FERG, FOR STANCE, ONCE SAID THAT BEG NSIRED “HARD” WH THE BLACK MUNY BOILED DOWN TO THE CLOTH YOU WEAR, AND RELLED HOW WHEN MEMBERS OF THE A$AP CREW WERE G UP HARLEM, PEOPLE LLED THEM “WEIRDOS” AND “GAY” FOR SIMPLY WEARG SKNY JEANS.THERE ARE SOME THE HIP-HOP MUNY WHO ARE SLOWLY HELPG TO SHATTER THOSE PERCEPTNS, CLUDG YOUNG THUG, WHO WORE A FFLED POWR BLUE DRS ON THE VER OF HIS 2016 MIXTAPE JEFFERY, AND KID CUDI, WHO SPORTED A DRS DURG A PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. “IT WOULDN’T BE SHOCKG, NSIRG HIP-HOP’S WARPED PERCEPTN OF MASCULY AND BLEAK HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA…” “YOU WERE SO NFINT YOUR SK THAT YOU PUT ON A FUCKG DRS BUT MATAED YOUR STAT AS A REAL N---A,” T.I. SAID WHILE PRAISG YOUNG THUG DURG A TAPG OF HIS PODST 2020.ALL ARTISTS, RAPPERS CLUD, SHOULD HAVE THE SAME EEDOM AS ANY OTHER MICIAN TO PLAY WH THEIR IMAGE AS THEY GROW AND EVOLVE. AND “EVOLUTN” CERTALY SEEMS TO BE THE FOC ON ROSS’ RICHER THAN I EVER BEEN. AS THE NAME OF HIS NEW ALBUM MAK CLEAR, ROSS NO LONGER NSIRS HIMSELF THE HTLG, “NEW MONEY” KD OF RICH. INSTEAD, HIS WEALTH AND STAT NOW WHISPER, AND HIS PRRI HAVE SHIFTED, AS HE EXPLAED TO QUTLOVE A RECENT NVERSATN FOR INTERVIEW.“WE’RE MOST FELY STRONGER THAN WE’VE EVER BEEN, BOTH MENTALLY AND FANCIALLY,” ROSS SAID. “AFTER SPENDG TIME WH MYSELF DURG THE PANMIC, NVCED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE TLE.”HE NTUED, “THE TIME I’M REALLY SPENDG WH MYSELF IS WHEN I FEEL THE WEALTHIT. THAT’S WHEN I FEEL LIKE, ‘YO, YOU’RE THE MOST VALUABLE.’ THE MOMENTS ARE PRICELS. WHAT MAK YOU FEEL RICH? WHAT’S WEALTH? ME ON THE UCH WH MY KIDS ON MY LAP. THAT’S ME FEELG THE RICHT I ULD FEEL. IT A’T NO DOUBT WE GETT’ BIG BAGS, BUT ’S A HIGHER PLACE THAN THAT. IT A’T EVEN ABOUT THE MONEY, ’S SOMETHG ELSE OUT HERE.” ROSS SEEMED TO PTURE THAT NEW MDSET THE ALBUM TEASER ART, WHERE HE DCHED HIS STACKS OF GOLD CHAS FOR SOMETHG MORE SUBDUED AND REFED—A MORE JAY-Z-QUE APPROACH TO HIS IMAGE. THE ALBUM’S TRACKLIST ALSO SPEAKS TO HIS NEW ERA, WH TRIUMPHANT SONG TL LIKE “THE PULZER,” “MA IT OUT ALIVE,” AND “RAPPER ESTAT.”“REALLY, I FEEL THIS IS THE BT ALBUM I’VE EVER DONE,” ROSS SAID BACK SEPTEMBER. “I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF I’M SAYG ON THIS ALBUM IS REALLY GOG TO SEPARATE OM OTHERS.”THE ORIGAL VER ART CERTALY SUCCEED SEPARATG ROSS’ NEWT PROJECT OM HIS PAST ON, SO WOULD BE A SHAME IF HE TOOK THOSE MOCKG MENTS TO NSIRATN WHEN CIDG UPON THE ALBUM ART.AND IF ROSS NEED ANY VALIDATN FOR STICKG WH HIS CREATIVE VISN THE FUTURE, SOME FANS ARE ALREADY PLAG THEY LIKED THE OLD VER BETTER. CHEYENNE ROUNDTREE