Former Bad Boy Records artist suffered a series of strokes over the last six years
Former Bad Boy Records artist Black Rob, born Robert Ross, died Saturday in an Atlanta hospital, Sean Combs’ Revolt announced. Ross was 51. Although the cause of death has not been released, the “Whoa!” rapper has suffered a series of strokes since 2015. Last week following the death of fellow hip hop icon DMX, Power 105.1’s DJ Self posted a video of Ross looking frail as he lay a hospital bed, saying, “I don’t know, the pain is crazy, man. It’s helping me out though, it’s making me realize I got a lot to go.” The video was captioned: “Let keep our prayers up Black Rob!!! Get well man Please people out there take care of yourself BR was one of the greats Had NY on his back like Whaooo.
