"Dante Ross" (born 1967) is an American music industry executive, A&R representative, and producer. He was named one of the top-25 greatest A&R representatives in hip hop by Complex Magazine/Complex magazine. Ross started his A&R career at Tommy Boy Records/Tommy Boy records, at which he signed and handled the careers of such artists as De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Digital Underground. Ross was then hired by Elektra records and was the architect of its hip hop roster, at which he signed Brand Nubian, Grand Puba, Pete Rock & CL Smooth/Pete Rock & C.L Smooth, KMD, Leaders of the New School, Busta Rhymes Busta_Rhymes/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busta_Rhymes and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. He is currently a VP of A&R at Warner Music Group.

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He hasn?t shown any grief. His family has a place to stay, so we?re all right about that.

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I had a feeling the coaches were scheming something.

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I thought maybe slotback or wide receiver, ... I came here as a wide receiver and I always wanted to play offense. But I wasn?t going to go and seek it out.

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I have to make sure I find time during a game and in practice to catch a break, ... It?s hard.

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But this is quite an honor to be playing at this level in college and going both ways. I just hope I?ve done a good job.

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I knew I had to redeem myself because I let him hit that three at the end of regulation. I looked to see if anybody was open and nobody was, so I shot it. I worked on my jump shot all summer and it paid off with that.

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I?m sure I?m going to look back at this and think that not many other guys can say they had this opportunity.

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In my heart, I always wanted to play offense.

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They did say that the time might come where they needed me back in there.

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