Paroles de Idols Become Rivals
Rick Ross
Insanul: Rick Ross unleashed a new song today called “Idols Become Rivals” where he
fired a whole lot of shots at Birdman.
Rozay spoke about the song with Billboard saying:
The title of the song actually comes from a line Drake spit on 2010’s “Thank Me Now.”
Meanwhile, the beat samples Camilo Sesto’ “Agua De Dos Ríos”—a song Jay Z once
sampled for his emotional ballad “Where Have You Been?”
And much like Jay, Rozay spends the track chastising someone he once wanted to be just like.
There’s a lot to unpack, but let’s start with taking a look at some of the most vicious
jabs, starting with this one:
Ross compares Cash Money to the Catholic Church, using the church's child molestation scandal
as a metaphor for Birdman's shady business practices.
Something Lil Wayne is all too familiar with
Wayne has been signed to the label ever since he was about 14-years-old, but in 2015 he
filed a $51 million dollar lawsuit against them . That suit has yet to be resolved.
But the Catholic priest line doesn’t just apply to Lil Wayne.
Ross also brings up a number of other classic Cash Money artists:
Just like Wayne, BG and Turk were also signed to Cash Money as teenagers in the ‘90s.
BG left the label in the early 2000s over, you guessed it, financial disputes.
In 2002 he told MTV:
Sadly, as Ross alludes to, in 2012 BG was sentenced to 14 years in prison for a gun
possession charge.
Meanwhile, Turk also spent nine years in prison himself but he was released in Oct. 2012.
In 2015, Turk also sued Cash Money for $1.3 million dollars claiming he was never paid
for any of his music.
The case was settled out of court.
Mannie Fresh produced just about all of the Cash Money classics from the ‘90s and early
2000s before leaving the label in 2004.
Mannie told SMACK DVD, “I left Cash Money because of money, scratch, moola.”
So what did Birdman do with all the money he allegedly stole from all his artists?
Well according to Ross:
In 2012, Birdman actually bought the Miami mansion of producer Scott Storch after it
was foreclosed on in Storch’s bankruptcy filing.
And then Birdman apparently Birdman installed gold toilets in his new mansion.
But it's not just the label’s artists Rozay accuses Birdman of robbing:
Over the years, many people who produced on Cash Money albums have sued the label for
compensation, including Carter 3 producers Play-N-Skillz, Jim Jonsin, and most notably
Bangladesh.
At the end of the song, Ross brings up what “hurt him the most”—seeing his longtime
friend and collaborator DJ Khaled deal with Birdman.
Ross claims Khaled was “loyal” but still left the label in the hole.
Khaled was once signed to Cash Money and released three albums on that label, We the Best Forever,
Kiss The Ring, and Suffering From Success on the label—all of which produced a gold
or platinum single.
But in 2015, Khaled left the label.
That’s only the half of it.
Ross also makes some unverified claims accusing Birdman of wearing a fake watch, needing protection
in Miami and being a cokehead.
We’ll see if Birdman responds but in the meantime, subscribe to our channel for more
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InterprètesRick Ross,Chris Rock
LabelEpic Records, une division de Sony Music Entertainment
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