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Championed by their homeboy and at one time, member
Rick Ross, the Miami hip-hop crew
Triple C's (aka Carol City Cartel) came on the scene in 2009 with the club hit "Go." Their roots go back over a decade earlier, when in 1997
Ross and rapper
Gunplay began collaborating tracks. When rapper Torch joined a year later, they became Carol City Cartel but after years of mixtapes and local releases,
Ross would bust out with a solo career, officially leaving the group and releasing his debut album,
Port of Miami, in 2006. Remaining loyal to his old crew,
Ross -- who was replaced by Young Breed -- would feature the
Triple C's on the
Port of Miami cut "It Ain't a Problem."
Gunplay would return for
Ross' 2009 album,
Deeper Than Rap, and then that same year their single, "Go," plus their debut album,
Custom Cars and Cycles, would both land on the Def Jam label. ~ David Jeffries