Rick Ross' Car Crashes Into Building After Drive-By Shooting

Rapper Rick Ross escaped with his life after his Rolls Royce was sprayed with bullets and crashed into an apartment building as he celebrated his 37th birthday. 

The Miami based rapper staggered from his car along with a female companion after the attack in the early hours of Monday moing.

His silver Rolls Royce was apparently targeted in the drive by shooting in Florida.

Target: Rick Ross was attacked in a drive by shooting as he celebrated his 37th birthday; seen at Art BAsel last month

Police said the two occupants of the car were not injured when it slammed into the building on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

Local news images showed crime scene investigators marked out on the road where the spent shell casings had fallen. 

Beth Balk, a waitress whose was woken by the sound of the car crashing into her building, identified Rick Ross as one of two people in the luxury car. 

The scene: Bullet holes could be seen in the glass windows of nearby buildings in pictures tweeted by local news reporters

Balk, a waitress at the nearby Floridian Restaurant, said she was asleep on the couch when she heard the crash. 

She said she saw a silver Rolls Royce up against her building and looked outside to see a man and a woman who appeared to be stunned. 

Balk was shown a picture of the prominent Miami rapper and said, 'Yes, that's definitely the guy.'

The incident began about 5am with reports of shots being fired along Las Olas Boulevard, according to Detective DeAnna Garcia. 

Target: The luxury vehicle could be seen crashed at an angle after the shooting

Evidence: The car is taken away for study by police forensic officers

Investigators later leaed that shots from another vehicle had been fired at a the Rolls Royce that was traveling eastbound on Las Olas, Garcia said.

The Rolls Royce drier attempted to escape the gunfire but lost control of the vehicle and ran into the wall of the apartment building next to the Floridian Restaurant. 

The two people inside the Rolls Royce were not hit by gunfire, police said.  

Investigation: Police officers at the scene

Ross, whose real name is William Roberts, has seen his albums Port of Miami and Trilla top the Billboard charts. 

The 36 year old has had several run ins with police and was arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2011 for marijuana possession. 

He is also said to have a long running feud with 50Cent after the pair exchanged words at an awards ceremony.