"They Don't Understand You, William" - Rick Ross Was Written Off Until His Mom Did THIS
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Rick Ross reveals why he went decades without a driver’s license despite a 100-car collection, the ’76 Caprice his grandfather gifted him, and the simple “paper on the floor” test that shaped his hustle. He also shares how his mom defended him in school and helped him turn weaknesses into confidence.
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| 0:00.0 | The interesting thing for me, 100 car collection, is it true that you got your driver's license at 45? |
| 0:08.7 | Let's say, okay, when I was 15, you get your little pre-driver's license. |
| 0:15.2 | You know, then, you know, you're in high school, you get your license. |
| 0:19.2 | But my license expired after high school, |
| 0:21.4 | and I've never went and renewed them to, you know, a few years ago. |
| 0:26.4 | Got it. |
| 0:26.9 | So you did get the license at 15, 16, but you didn't renew it. |
| 0:30.3 | Yeah, in high school, I did the little driver's course, boom, |
| 0:33.7 | they gave you the, I forgot what they call it, |
| 0:37.1 | before your driver's license. |
| 0:38.8 | You get some shit. |
| 0:40.1 | You get some shit like that. |
| 0:41.6 | You have said? |
| 0:42.1 | At 15 and then at 16, yeah, drivers there, boom, boom, boom, boom. |
| 0:46.5 | And then at 16, they gave me my license, but I never renewed them. |
| 0:51.1 | But I also went, you know, a long time without driving. |
| 0:55.1 | A long time without driving. So literally you weren't driving. |
| 0:58.3 | Yeah, a long time. You know, I was using drivers. You know what I'm saying? |
| 1:01.6 | So you didn't need a driver's license? I didn't. That's what I felt like. |
| 1:04.8 | What was your first car, by the way? What was the first car you ever had? |
| 1:07.3 | Man, R. Peter, my grandfather, he gave me a 76 caprice. He knew, he, he, he understood |
| 1:15.6 | the love I had for Chevys at a young age. So, you know, he had, he had him a little small |
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