# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/black-rob
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:32.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/black-rob"
name: "Black Rob"
slug: "black-rob"
description: "Robert Ross, known professionally as Black Rob, was an American rapper who was signed to Sean \"Puffy\" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment. He was best known for his 2000 single \"Whoa!\", which peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100."
tagline: "American rapper (1968–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Black_Rob_%28rapper%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-06-08"
deathDate: "2021-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.74
  momentum:             7.626582278481011
  historical:           10.03100666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheRealBlackRob"
    handle:    "TheRealBlackRob"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1391349/"
    handle:    "nm1391349"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1QPZhx0asYTBxD5RDqfU49"
    handle:    "1QPZhx0asYTBxD5RDqfU49"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/51272"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "بلاك روب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "بلاك روب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "بلاک روب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rob"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rob"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rob"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rob"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rob"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%96"
    title: "ブラック・ロブ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ecbe0f51-b540-498e-907d-bfaf2fdb75b0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2905457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3492963"
    title: "Black Rob"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump