Former Bad Boy Rapper Black Rob has passed away at the age of 51.
After the passing of DMX, a video was posted on Instagram of Black Rob in a hospital paying his respects to the rapper. Many fans were concerned about Black Rob’s health and lack of energy from the video.
In the video, Black Rob states, “Pain is crazy, man. Itās helping me out though. Itās making me realize I gotta lot to go on. I gotta lot to go on, man.ā
In a second video, the rapper talked about his struggles and what he is going through.Ā āOh man, Iāve been dealing with this for five years,ā he said in another IG video. āFour strokes ā¦ I donāt know what to tell you man. Shit is crazy. This shit is hard. I donāt got no house to live in ā except maybe an apartment. Me and my man be trying to get together. Iām telling you man, this shit is strange. Itās hard, you know what Iām saying?”
āI donāt know what the people want to do, what the people going to say. I need some rest, man. Really, man. I need some rest. My side is killing me. Oh shit. I donāt want to talk about it no more.ā
Back in 2015, the “Woah” rapper suffered a stroke. He talked about the effects of the stroke in an interview with Sway In The Morning. āIt aināt no drugs. Lately, I had high blood pressure,ā Rob explained. āBeing that I have that, that takes a lot out of a brother. Going on tour, you donāt even know. This is a real seriousā¦ I had a stroke. Yea, I had a strokeā¦ and ummm, I got over that. āItās been high blood pressure and trying to stay on top of this thing.”
Robert “Black Rob” Ross is best known for his 2000 single āWhoa,ā which peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Baller Alert Family sends our condolences to Black Rob and his family during this time.