Black Rob, Former Bad Boy Records Rapper, Dies At 52 Enlarge this image toggle caption Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Live Nation Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Live Nation Robert Ross, the rapper known as Black Rob, who scored hits like "Whoa!" and "Can I Live" for Bad Boy Records in the early 2000s, died Saturday, April 17, at the age of …
NEW YORK — Rapper Black Rob, known for his hit “Whoa!” and key contributions to Diddy’s dominant Bad Boy Records in the 1990s and early 2000s, has died. “You have made millions of people all over the world feel good and dance!” Born Robert Ross and raised in Harlem, New York City, Black Rob started rapping even before he became …