Black Rob
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Black Rob (a.k.a. Robert Ross) is a rapper currently signed to Bad Boy Entertainment. He began associating with the label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me". He was then featured on several other Bad Boy releases including remixes to Faith Evans's "Love Like This" (1997) and Total's "What About Us" (1998), the single "24 Hours To Live" (1997) from Mase and albums by The Family (1997) & The Notorious B.I.G. (1999). He also made two appearances on CRU's 1997 album "Da Dirty 30".
These guest appearances earned him a media buzz and he kept attention with the smash hit single "Whoa!". Following this, the album Life Story was released in 1999 and rose above Platinum sales. Despite subsequently appearing on releases by P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family and G-Dep, he was unable to follow up with another hit single and seemingly fell into obscurity. His second album, The Black Rob Report failed to perform as strongly as his debut and quickly disappeared from the Billboard 100 charts.
Ross has a history of arrests spanning from his childhood to even after his record label signing and album release. This culminated in him recently being sentenced to seven years in prison for failing to show up to court for a hearing concerning a grand larceny charge from 2004, in which he was accused of robbing more than $6,000 worth of jewelry from a woman's hotel room. His accomplice was Adeel Ahmad, a Ruff Ryders member.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | |||
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | Top Rap Albums | UK Album Chart | |||
| 2000 | "Life Story" | #3 | #1 | - | - | Bad Boy |
| 2005 | "Black Rob Report" | #40 | #10 | #7 | - | Bad Boy |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Rap | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 2000 | "Whoa" | #9 | #8 | - | - | Life Story |
| 2005 | "Ready" | - | #49 | - | - | The Black Rob Report |
| Bad Boy Family |
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| R&B Artists |
| Faith Evans | 112 | Total | Carl Thomas | Cheri Dennis | Cassie | Danity Kane | B5 | Nelson | Shannon (Jones) | New Edition | Mario Winans | Tanya Blount | Jerome |
| Rap Artists |
| Diddy | The Notorious B.I.G. | Mase | G-Dep | Black Rob | Mark Curry | Shyne | Yung Joc | The Lox | Loon | Craig Mack | 8 Ball & MJG | Lil Jon | Aasim | Ness | Da Band | Boyz N Da Hood | Big Gee | Los | Chopper Young City |
| Other Artists |
| Akwid | Dream | Christian Daniel | Jordan McCoy | Elephant Man | Fuzzbubble |
| Producers |
| Mario "Yellowman" Winans | Chucky Thompson | Stevie J. | Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie | Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence | Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool | Coptic | Jeffrey "J-Dub" Walker | Nashiem Myrick | Carlos Broady | Younglord | Ryan Leslie | Yogi | The Hitmen |
| Associates |
| Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre | The Madd Rapper | Kelly Price | Lil' Kim | Mary J. Blige | Missy Elliott | Adonis Shropshire | Jack Knight | Michael Carlos "Lo Down" Jones | Jay-Z | Sauce Money | Tony Dofat | Hezekiah Walker | Mechalie Jamison | Kandice Love | Shannon Lawrence | Buckwild | The Neptunes | R. Kelly | Rashad Smith | Poke |
| Albums |
| Bad Boy's Greatest Hits (Vol. 1) | No Way Out | The Saga Continues... | We Invented The Remix | Bad Boys 2 Soundtrack | Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary...The Hits | Bad Boy's R&B Hits |
