Rick Ross Addresses His Abrupt Exit From Interview, DC Young Fly Responds

By Tony M. Centeno

July 21, 2025

Rick Ross & DC Young Fly
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Rick Ross revisited his viral moment on The 85 South Show nearly three years ago, and DC Young Fly decided to weigh in.

Rozay appeared on the podcast with DC, Chico Bean and Karlous Miller in December 2021. Their conversation was going well until the Miami rapper randomly got up and told the crew he had to use the restroom. After he didn't return, a crew member told the hosts that Ross had to catch a flight and left the building. Now, several years later, Ross defended his move and asserted he pulled up to the show "for free."

“I came to your podcast for free," Ross said. "No charge. I didn’t ask you what your analytics was and this and that. I came on face, homie, to show love. Don’t make it like I walked off on you. I came early. Rozay had some other things to do too."

Shortly after the video hit the rapper's Instagram Story, DC Young Fly hit back by highlighting the support other rappers gave the podcast in the past free of charge. “Ross, you ain't the only n***a,” DC said. “Boosie did it for free. TI do it for free. N***a Busta Rhymes did it for free. N***a Snoop Dogg did it for free. Everybody who sat on that couch do it for free.”

“We do analytics," he continued. "Our analytics. We was the biggest before you came and we was the biggest afterwards. So you always got room to come back to be on the biggest podcast in the world […] And the jacket n***a, you wore the jacket for no reason. Well, let me buy that Gucci jacket up off you then. So I can tell my son, I bought this from a n***a who left. He said that he wore it for no reason. It was a waste. So since we didn't pay you, I'mma pay you for the Gucci jacket.“

Relive the viral moment at the 37:00 mark of The 85 South Show's interview with Rozay below.

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