Bobby Sessions - Penthouse Prayers ft. Rick Ross

What this video is

Released June 11, 2021 as the lead single and album opener for Bobby Sessions' Def Jam major-label debut Manifest, 'Penthouse Prayers' ft. Rick Ross crystallizes the law-of-attraction philosophy Sessions had practiced since 2013. Sessions, born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Dallas, had written 'Def Jam' on a whiteboard years before signing with the label in 2018, making the collaboration with Rick Ross — whose…

Why it matters

Represents the intersection of aspirational Southern rap and the Dallas independent-to-major-label pipeline, with Rick Ross lending his signature opulence-rap authority to amplify Sessions' self-made narrative. As the opening track on Manifest, it establishes the album's thematic core — material…