Rick Ross Explains Why He Called Out Birdman on “Idols Become Rivals”

One of the most-talked-about tracks on Rick Ross’ brand new album Rather You Than Me has got to be “Idols Become Rivals.” On the song, the Bawse calls out Birdman for his shady business dealings involving Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh and DJ Khaled.

Now in a recent interview with Billboard, Yung Rénzél breaks down why he penned the open letter to the Cash Money Records CEO. Read Ross’ comments below when the interviewer asked him why did the people need to hear his take on Birdman’s business practices and Wayne’s situation:

“You know, I just think it’s so f–ked up. Us seeing Lil Wayne’s [situation] and suffering from that, I think we kind of all got used to it,” Rozay explains. “I think the culture has f–king accepted that Wayne would not put out another album. And that’s not the way the game [should be]. That’s not the way we designed this. That’s not the way this is supposed to be.

He continued, “When we come up from the mud together, it’s not supposed to be this way. Birdman is supposed to be in that f–king building making those f–king people give him money to take care of his man. They supposed to be in the f–king [building], flipping over desks in those f–king offices, fighting to get money. Not f–king suing each other, fighting lawsuits and everybody starving. Not putting out music, not being creative. Us not doing what we came here for. There’s nothing more I hate than that — us not doing what we came here for.”