Nobody (Rick Ross song)

"Nobody" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Rick Ross, taken from his sixth studio album Mastermind (2014).

It was written by William Roberts, Sean Combs, Karim Kharbouch, Christopher Wallace, Stevie Jordan, Ephrem Lopez and Jiv Poss.

On February 19, 2014, Rick Ross released the song's audio for free online as a promotional single for his sixth studio album Mastermind.

[1][2][3] Along with the release of the song's audio, Ross said, "I went back and listened to the Big record in a totally different way.

"[5] "Nobody" focuses on the drive by shooting on January 28, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that Ross survived.

"[9] It was rumored that the person Diddy was talking to in the video was Bad Boy Records artist King Los.

"[12] Jon Caramanica writing for The New York Times said, "It's a simultaneously labored and entrancing track, both a natural fit for Mr. Ross's storytelling and a brazen borrowing of a fallen giant's legacy.

French Montana — himself a regular and happy pilferer of the 1990s — came out to sing the song's hook, and Mr. Ross regarded him calmly, maybe lazily.

"[14] Craig Jenkins of Pitchfork Media stated, "Given a shot at breaking kayfabe and speaking on the incident, Ross largely opts out, spitting street rap boilerplate in a Biggie cadence he can never quite pull off.

[16] On March 5, 2014, Rick Ross performed "Nobody" on Late Night with Seth Meyers along with French Montana.

[22] The video begins with a cinematic retelling of the January 2013 drive-by shooting that targeted Rick Ross.

Montana then performs the refrain of the song from an interrogation room as a police officer tapes his statement.

Meanwhile, Ross who is dressed in a black sports jacket and white collared shirt, lights a cigar as he begins his testimony.

The highlight of the video is the stark cinematography, with fluorescent lights reflecting off of Ross' perfectly circular sunglasses.

As he exhales smoke, looking commanding and wealthy, we're treated to as perfect and accurate a representation of his character as we've seen in a while.