Inside Tyler, The Creator’s Career Success That Allegedly Included Declining Rick Ross’ Inquiry To Sign Him

“Rick Ross called me out of nowhere and was like, ‘Yo, what’s up with Odd Future? I wanna talk to that Tyler kid. I want to sign him,’” Diamond told Complex, according to HipHopDX.

“It was funny, ’cause when he called me, Tyler was actually in the store, standing next to me. So I was like, ‘Rick Ross wants to talk to you.’ Tyler goes, ‘I don’t want to talk to Rick Ross.’ I was like, ‘Dude, just fu–ing talk to him.’ He was like, ‘Nah. I can’t talk right now.’ So I didn’t put him on the phone. But so many people I knew from the music industry started calling me about Tyler.”