Both of those things would’ve destroyed a career.

Let’s talk about it

Def jam told that nigga to start a beef with 50 and they’ll handle the rest

Ross was the laughing stock on the internet back then till that beef started he knew he had to do something or else his s*** was over after that s***

Nigga started dropping OD classics

By time the date grape bar happened Ross was already solidified

fat

Good music. What the f*** do you mean by grape

Always thought the CO background was exposed by 50 during their beef

He was a laughing stock with the officer s***. He came back and dropped anthems

The uoeno s*** he did lose brand deals but I think as time went on people just forgot/don't care. It was a stupid lyric

Just different times back in those days

Tyga got jokes for dating Kylie underaged

If that happened today it’d be different

This too

grape

I’d die over these Reeboks

Diddy and JAY-Z co-signs

Diddy put Money on MMG with Ciroc

If you ask me, I think Jigga and Puff sponsored his pockets to go against 50 Cent

Dropping amazing music

Actually tekashi snitched and nobody really cares now lol

You only lose if you act like lose it

People pick and choose when to care about things. Plus it was different times.

i mean he said lost a deal over that line so its not like he got away unscathed

Biggie was fat

in terms of the CO stuff

1. streets been dead

niggas weren't gonna touch him for real, only call him out on records

2. there's plenty of C/Os that are dirty and help their guys on the inside.

3. He was in his Prime and had the streets + Radio on lock.

the CO stuff came out in 2008, and at that point he already had records with Jay-Z and songs like

and then he kept the quality level high dropping Deeper Than Rap
in 09 and a certified Classic Teflon Don in 2010

it was too late to stop him.

I think the UOENO verse was wild and won't defend it, but all i'mma say...

it was a different time

If you think that bar is career ending, just look into how many of the rappers of the 80, 90s and 2000s were hooking up w/ underage girls, getting them drunk / high, etc, and bragging about it on wax.

This reminds me of tha music video of who is it KRS- One vividly detailing getting with a teenager or something

Consistent bangers

he survived this bro

50 Cent not being as relevant anymore

And Ross kept pushing music and learned to not fall for 50's traps early on

Cause he made bangers