The music video premiered on Rap City on February 19, 2008. Fat Joe, along with DJ Khaled and Anwan Glover from HBO's television series The Wire, make appearances in the video. Rick Ross calls a girl (portrayed by Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson) who steals his necklace and Rick Ross steals his girlfriend. At midnight, the man who owes him money shows up and tells him that he does not have it. He is then seen yelling at someone who owes him money on the phone and tells him to meet him at midnight. The video was directed by Diane Martel, and shows a shirtless Rick Ross in bed with two girls.

The song is also Ross's highest charting single to date, peaking at number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Matt Kemp from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brian McCann from the Houston Astros use this song as their at-bat / intro music. It samples the song ' Paul Revere' by Beastie Boys. ' The Boss' is the second single from Rick Ross's second studio album Trilla. Jim Jones also released a freestyle.2008 single by Rick Ross featuring T-Pain 'The Boss' Tyga also released a version of the track titled 'Well Done 2' on a mixtape along with the same name. On December 26, Lil Wyte also released his own version on his Wyte Christmas mixtape. Rapper Chamillionaire freestyled a verse along with the original lyrics on his Badass Freemixes 2 mixtape. Another rapper Wiz Khalifa released a remix to 'John' titled 'Chuck'. On May 11, rapper Ace Hood released a freestyle over the beat of 'John,' which was off his 'Body Bag Vol. Birdman makes an appearance in the video, which was directed by Colin Tilley, who directed Chris Brown's ' Look at Me Now,' which also featured Wayne. The music video was released on VEVO on May 12, 2011. Lil Wayne performed the song at 2011's MTV Video Music Awards to the riff of Black Sabbath song, Iron Man. The song title is a reference to English musician John Lennon. The song uses the hook from Rick Ross' song 'I'm Not a Star' from his album Teflon Don. 'John' was released on March 24, 2011, on iTunes.

The song features rapper Rick Ross, and it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. ' John' is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne, and the second single from his album Tha Carter IV.

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