Black Rob
Robert ross (july 12, 1969 – april 17, 2021), recognized professionally as black rob, become an american rapper who was signed to horrific boy. He became satisfactory recognised for his hit single “whoa!”, which reached the billboard hot 100.
| Black Rob | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert Ross July 12, 1969 Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Died | April 17, 2021 (aged 51) Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Other names | Rob Marciano, Robbie O, Banco Pop |
| Occupation | Rapper, actor |
| Years active | 1993–2021 |
| Criminal charge(s) | Grand larceny, failure to appear |
| Criminal penalty | 7 years |
| Criminal status | Released May 2010 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Labels | Bad Boy |
| Associated acts | Three The…, Faith Evans, P Diddy, 112, Mase, G. Dep, Craig Mack, Deric Angelettie, The Lox |
Song career
Ross grew up in east harlem and started rapping among the a while of 11 and 12.[3] he become stimulated by using the artists he listened to regularly, along with spoonie gee, doug e. Clean, and slick rick.[4] whilst he became 22, he joined his first rap group, the schizophrenics, even though they did no longer release any albums. He first of all rapped under the alias “bacardi rob”.[3]
He commenced associating with the bad boy label as early as 1996, acting at the awful boy remix to 112’s “come see me”. He changed into then featured on several terrible boy releases, consisting of remixes to total’s “what approximately us” (1997) and faith evans’s “love like this” (1998), the song “24 hrs. To stay” (1997) from mase, and albums through puff daddy & the bad boy family (1997) and the notorious b.I.G. (1999). He also made appearances on cru’s 1997 album da grimy 30, as well as albums with the aid of ol dirty bastard, channel stay, the madd rapper, benzino, tony contact, and others. Those visitor appearances earned him media buzz.
In his earlier years, black rob headed the road rap group which he named “alumni”. His debut album existence story [5] changed into released in 1999 and rose above platinum income. In early 2000, he released the hit single “whoa!”. Produced through diggin’ in the crates team member buckwild, “whoa!” have become his biggest hit. The track peaked at quantity forty three[2] at the billboard hot one hundred and reached the pinnacle 10 on each the r&b/hip-hop[6] and rap[7] charts. Thus far, it stays rob’s only solo single to have reached the new 100.
Despite eventually acting on releases via p. Diddy and g. Dep, he did now not make some other hit single. His 2nd album, the black rob file didn’t carry out as strongly as his debut and quickly fell off the billboard one hundred charts. In 2005, jemal mosley from off the block enjoyment started dealing with black rob’s profession. In 2010, he parted from bad boy and signed to unbiased label duck down records.[8] in 2011, he launched game examined, streets accredited, which peaked at range 44 on the billboard top r&b/hip-hop albums. Black rob also started his very own unbiased label, field and one, with jemal mosley.
In 2013, he joined the truth collection “come again kings” with ed lover, calvin richardson, david “davinch” chance (of ruff endz), jeff sanders, jameio, mr. Cheeks and horace brown.[9][10][11] in 2014, he appeared on the tune “take ’em off da map” on diamond d’s album, the diam piece. In 2015, black rob launched his fourth studio album, actual article[12] on slimstyle facts, which he produced with jemal mosley. Visitor emcees include sean fee, tek, struggle legend murda mook, and quas amill. Ron browz, former bad boy label-mate q. Parker (112), kali ranks, and quan all sing choruses at the album. Producers include easy mo bee, coptic, big french, and others.
Legal problems
Black rob became sentenced to over seven years in jail in 2006 after failing to appear in court for his sentencing (which became set to be two to six years to begin with) on a charge of grand larceny from 2004, in which he pleaded guilty to crook possession of extra than us$6,000 really worth of jewelry stolen in a motel.[13] he turned into released from jail in may additionally 2010, and was interviewed with the aid of guess hours later.