Rick Ross Talks Birdman Diss, Reasons Why He Settled Beef With Drake

Rick Ross opened up about his beef with Birdman and the real reason why he ended the Drake-Meek Mill feud. In two separate interviews, Ross talked about the infamous social media battle that also triggered the release of several diss tracks.

In an interview with “Best Seat in the House,” the Maybach Music Group MC said that he settled his feud with Drake because he was trying to make millions, TMZ reported.

“We actually sat down,” Ross said. “Shoutout to J. Prince. We wasn’t even discussing anything negative. By the time we get in the room, it’s so much other things going on, that it’s already, ‘Let’s get on some money.’ But I had to make sure we sat down to have some sort of understanding. Most definitely. It’s all about trying to touch nine figures. Anything going the other direction, you may get eaten.”

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Ross and Drake got into a public spat following the Canadian rapper's feud with Mill. Ross — who discovered Mill —tried to play peacemaker between the two but later took shots at Drake.

“When Meek and Drake did begin to have slight differences, I’m pretty sure if Drake was with anybody else’s camp other than Cash Money, I may have been more vocal about it, but I seen it was the two little homies,” Ross said in his latest interview. “I seen what it was — and it was smooth. I ain’t trippin’.”

Before the Drake-Mill feud erupted, Ross collaborated with the "Back to Back" rapper for several tracks, including “I’m On One,” “Pop That,” “Fed Up,” “Aston Martin Music,” “No New Friends,” “Deuces (Remix),” “Lord Knows,” and “Stay Schemin.”

Ross also addressed his feud with Birdman while talking to Complex Live about his 9th studio album "Rather You Than Me." In one of the songs from the album, Ross criticized Birdman's reputation for withholding earnings from his artists.

"I just feel like us being who we are... It's about us building together, and not necessarily tearing each other down," Ross said of the song "Idols Become Rivals" arguing that it is more of a lesson than a takedown.

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"A lot of people may have took that as a diss record, but for me I hope homie took something from that. I hope something good come from that. I hope that him and Wayne will be able to work out whatever it is, and anybody else that's watching will understand there's different ways to deal with things," Ross added.

Speaking with Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9, Ross said that he had no respect for Birdman. Reiterating his disapproval of the way the Cash Money Records co-founder treated DJ Khaled, Ross said: “I just felt it wasn’t right, you know what I’m saying? Khaled is a great dude.”

“If you burn those two [Khaled and Lil Wayne], I already know know how you feel about me, and I just don’t respect it,” Ross continued. “I just felt like it was time for somebody to let homie know that ain’t gangsta, and you know, you won’t be respected no longer. I won’t let nobody respect you around me.”