Hey, I'm Brian Hyatt, and this is Rolling Stone Music Now.

I have with me Jeff E-Hassa, and today we're going to play Jeff's really fun interview with none other than Rick Ross.

Rick Ross has a new book called The Perfect Day to Boss Up,

a Hustler's Guide.

Tell me a little bit about this book,

because you and Rick kind of dig into it a bunch.

Yeah I mean so it's basically like a memoir of his past year which you know it's been a weird

COVID year. You know Rick Ross has this kind of like very like major lifestyle.

So it's kind of a funny look into how someone like him even had to kind of regroup after everything that's happened.

Rick Ross, it's like if you listen to all of his music,

it's like, you know, this is the quintessential 48 laws of power

reader, and I think that book actually gets like a lot of references in his book.

So you know it's him really sitting down and thinking a lot about you know what are ways that I can make

my business stronger what are ways that I can like keep my family and the kind of things around me in check, like what am I not recognizing?

So you know on the surface it's kind of like it's that Rick Ross bravado, but underneath all of that there is actually a lot of like really interesting

memoir and just you know personal reflection about ways in which he sees

himself wanting to change and himself wanting to do better than he was before

which isn't even to say that he wasn't successful because obviously he was.

And he's also on what we just talked about in a recent episode, he's uncertified lover boy.

I think that it's, you only live twice with which also has a little way in on it.

Yeah, and that's probably one of the better songs on the record.

And you know, this interview was a few days or maybe

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