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Former Bad Boy rapper Black Rob, perhaps best known for the single “Whoa!” released in 2000, has died, according to fellow Bad Boy rapper Mark Curry. He was 51. Curry — who joined Rob on the 2001 Sean “Diddy” Combs track “Bad Boy for Life” — had been sharing updates about Black Rob’s health recently. Curry confirmed Rob’s passing Saturday (April 17) on Instagram, saying in a video: “I don’t know where to begin this, but I thank everybody for the donations. Rob passed away about an hour ago. I need for his daughter, Iona Ross, little Robert Ross, y’all get in touch wi...
R.I.P. rapper Black Rob, former Bad Boy member Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Live Nation Variety, rapper Black Rob—a.k.a. Robert Ross, a former member of Sean Combs’ Bad Boy label—has died. A specific cause of death has not been given, but his friend DJ Self had recently posted on Instagram that his kidneys were failing. A GoFundMe page was set up to cover Black Rob’s medical bills shortly before his death, and though donations have rolled in since yesterday, there don’t appear to have been any updates about where the money will be going now. He was 51.
Robert Ross, the rap artist known as Black Rob, died yesterday (April 17) at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, The New York Times reports. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, as Ross’ friend Mark Curry told the Times. He added that Ross was dealing with a number of health issues prior to his death, including lupus, kidney failure, diabetes, and multiple strokes. Ross was 52 years old. The former Bad Boy signee best known for his 2000 song “Whoa” recently shared a video shot during a hospital stay, in which he paid tribute to the late DMX. At the time of his death, a GoFundMe camp...
In a second clip, Curry added that he had spoken to Bad Boy founder Combs for the first time in 15 years following Rob's passing. "I just want to say thank you. We really did some amazing stuff. RIP to my brother. I was dead with him, I was dead with him," Curry said. "I ain't talk to Puff in 15 years. We talked today. This is the beginning of a new us. Rob made sure he knew what he had to do before he parted this world to make sure we all alright -- and that's what he did. Bad Boy for life, yo."