U-BoB ungumrepha waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo, umculi kanye nomkhiqizi wokuqopha waseGeorgia, e-USA. Uzalelwe eNorth Carolina, wanquma ukuthi ufuna ukuba umrepha ngenkathi esebangeni lesithupha.
Nakuba abazali bakhe babengamsekeli kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe ekuqaleni, ekugcineni bamvumela ukuba aphishekele iphupho lakhe. Ngemva kokuthola izihluthulelo njengesipho, waqala ukufunda umculo eyedwa.
Ngesikhathi esafunda amabanga aphansi, wayeseqalile ukudlala icilongo eqenjini lakhe lesikole samabanga aphezulu.
Ngemuva kokuchitha iminyaka ekhombisa umculo wakhe kubabukeli abaningi, ekugcineni uthole impumelelo yakhe ngo-2007 lapho ingoma yakhe enesihloko esithi "Haterz Everywhere" iqala ukudalulwa.
Ngo-2010, uBoB wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi BoB Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray ngokubambisana ne-Atlantic Record. I-albhamu ibe yimpumelelo! Yayihlanganisa abaculi abakhulu abafana noBruno Mars no-J. Cole.
Ngama-albhamu akhe alandelayo, u-BoB wakha isisekelo sabalandeli abathembekile. Ama-albhamu akhe alandelayo e-studio, ama-Stranger Clouds, i-Underground Luxury, i-Ether ne-The Upside Down, abe yimpumelelo ngokulingene.
Kodwa-ke, uBoB ugxekwe ngokugcina isitayela esifanayo kuzo zonke izingoma zabo. Uthole ukunakwa ngokuvumela i-Flat Earth Society, iqembu elincane labantu abakholelwa ukuthi Umhlaba uyisicaba.
Ubuntwana nobusha
U-BoB wazalwa ngoNovemba 15, 1988 eWinston-Salem, North Carolina kuBobby Ray Simmons Jr. Umndeni wakhe wathuthela e-Atlanta, eGeorgia eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe.
Ukhombise ukuwuthakasela kakhulu umculo esafunda amabanga aphansi nokuyilapho aqala khona ukudlala umculo phambi kwezihlwele. Wadlala icilongo kwaze kwaba sesikoleni esiphakeme.
Isinqumo sakhe sokuphishekela umsebenzi womculo asizange samukelwe ngabazali bakhe. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuthanda kwakhe kanye nethalenta lomculo, umndeni wakhe wanquma ukumeseka. Abazali bakhe bamnika izikhiye esanda kweva eshumini nambili.
Ngokushesha waqala ukuthuthuka eyedwa. Ubuye wafunda eColumbia High School futhi wadlala icilongo eqenjini lesikole. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wakha umculo wakhe futhi wethula ithalente lakhe lokuqopha amalebula.
Ngemva kokuqopha inkontileka ayizuza lapho esebangeni lesishiyagalolunye, uBoB wayeka esikoleni esiphakeme ukuze anikele isikhathi sakhe esigcwele emculweni. Wayeneminyaka engu-14 lapho ethengisa isigqi sakhe sokuqala kumculi we-rap uCitti.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wahlangana nomzala wakhe ukwakha i-duo Clinic. Lapho umzala wakhe eshiya u-BOB futhi eqala ukuya ekolishi, wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi womculo yedwa.
Lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, lo mculi waqasha umphathi owaqala ukumkhuphula. Ukwazile ukuthola isivumelwano sokuthi uBoB asebenze njengo-DJ kwelinye lamakilabhu aziwa kakhulu e-Atlanta.
U-BoB wahamba ngaphezu kwalokho ekuhlanganiseni izethameli ngolwazi lwakhe lomculo we-hip-hop. Kamuva wasayina ne-Atlantic Records, enye yamalebula amakhulu omculo we-rap kuleli.
Umsebenzi
Kungakabiphi, uBoB waqala ukuthola udumo ngezingoma zakhe ezingaphansi komhlaba ezifana nethi “Haterz Everywhere”. Ezinye zezingoma zakhe zokuqala, njengokuthi “I Will Be in Heaven” kanye nethi “The Lost Generation”, bezihlale ziphuma phambili kwengama-20 eshadini lezingoma ezingashadile zeBillboard.
Wakwenza okwangempela ngesikhathi evela ku-albhamu yomrepha i-TI ethi Paper Trail ephumelela kakhulu.
Phakathi kuka-2007 no-2008, u-BoB waqopha futhi wakhulula ama-mixtapes ayingxenye yeshumi nambili. Ube esedala ithrekhi ebizwa ngokuthi "Tune ngokuzenzakalelayo" yomdlalo othi "Grand Theft Auto".
NgoJanuwari 2010, uBoB umemezele ukuthi umsebenzi we-albhamu yakhe yokuqala usuzophela. Ukuphromotha i-albhamu yakhe ezayo, u-BoB ukhiphe i-mixtape enesihloko esithi "25 May" eyayibhekisela ngosuku lokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yakhe.
Ama-albhamu okuqala
I-albhamu ikhishwe njenge-"BoB Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray" ngasekupheleni kuka-Ephreli 2010 ukuze kube nezibuyekezo ezinhle.
Ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kuka-84 ngesonto layo lokuqala lokukhishwa futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme eshadini le-Billboard 200 ngesonto layo lokuqala.
Impumelelo ebalulekile ye-albhamu izuze ukuqokwa kwemiklomelo eminingana njengama-MTV Video Music Awards, ama-BET Awards, kanye nama-Teen Choice Awards.
Ube esecula bukhoma kuma-MTV Video Music Awards futhi ubeyingxenye yohlu oluhlanganisa ama-rapper afana no-Kanye West no-Eminem.
Wenza izingoma ezihlanganyelwe noLil Wayne noJessie J ngo-2011 ngenkathi esebenza ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili yesitudiyo.
NgoNovemba 2011, ngaphambi kokukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili, wakhipha i-mixtape ehlanganisa u-Eminem, uMeek Mill nabanye abarepha. I-albhamu ethi "Strange Clouds" ikhishwe ngoMeyi 2012 futhi yafaka namagama amakhulu amaningana afana noMorgan Freeman, uNicki Minaj, uTaylor Swift, uNelly noLil Wayne.
Ingoma ephambili ye-albhamu ethi, "Strange Clouds", ikhishwe emuva ngoSepthemba 2011 ukuze ibe nedumela elibucayi nelentengiso.
I-albhamu kamuva yathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle nokuxubile okuvela kubagxeki. Ukuba khona kwenqwaba yezihlabani zomculo kwenze le albhamu yaba yimpumelelo. Ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kuka-76 ngesonto layo lokuqala lokukhishwa.
Ngo-December 2012, u-BoB wabonisa isithakazelo esikhulu emculweni we-rock. Umemezele ukuthi uzosebenza erekhodini lomculo we-rock, kodwa waphinde wathi azokhipha i-albhamu ye-rap.
NgoMeyi 2013, uBoB wakhipha eyodwa ku-albhamu yabo yesithathu ethi "Underground Luxury" enesihloko esithi "HeadBand". Enye i-albhamu ethi "Ready" ikhishwe ngoSepthemba. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngoDisemba ukuze ibe nezibuyekezo ezinhle ngokumaphakathi.
I-albhamu ikhishwe okokuqala kunombolo 22 ku-Billboard 200 futhi yathengisa amakhophi angu-35 ngesonto layo lokuqala.
Kodwa-ke, i-albhamu yehle yaba ngu-30 ngesonto layo lesibili, futhi ukuthengiswa kwaqhubeka kwehla isonto nesonto.
NgoJuni 2014, u-BoB wamemezela eyakhe inguqulo yelebula ethi "Ayikho Uhlobo", okwakuyinkomba eqondile kwenye yama-mixtape akhe angaphambili.
UTora Voloshin wayengomunye wabaculi bokuqala ukusayina i-No Genre. Ngo-Okthoba 2014, uBoB ukhiphe ingoma eyodwa enesihloko esithi "Not Long".
Ekuqaleni kuka-2015, u-BoB wabambisene nomrepha u-Tech N9ne futhi wadala i-mixtape yokuhlanganyela enesihloko esithi "Psycadelik Thoughtz" ukuze akhe ukulangazela kwe-albhamu yakhe elandelayo.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, wakhipha i-mixtape enesihloko esithi "AMANZI". Kwabonakala ukuthi kunokungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwakhe ne-Atlantic Records. UBoB usephumele obala wathi "ubekwe phansi" ngelebula.
Ngo-2017, uBoB wayeseyishiyile i-Atlantic Record futhi wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yesine yesitudiyo, u-Ether, eyedwa. I-albhamu ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle ngendlela emangalisayo, nababuyekezi abaningi bephawula ukuthi yagcina isisesimweni esihle eminyakeni edlule.
Ukuphila komuntu siqu
U-BoB waziwa ngokuphumela obala emibonweni yakhe emelene nokusungulwa. Futhi imibono esekelwayo eyayithi u-9/11 kwakuwumsebenzi wangaphakathi futhi leyo eyayithi ukufika kwenyanga kweNASA kwakungamanga.
Imibono yakhe ekhululekile iphinde yamenza waphakamisa izwi ngenxa yezizathu zomphakathi.
NgoJanuwari 2016, waveza obala umbono wakhe wokuthi Umhlaba uyisicaba, awusindilinga. U-Neil deGrasse Tyson, isazi sezinkanyezi esidumile, uphendule u-BoB ku-Twitter, ecaphuna inqwaba yamacala adlule okukhipha umbono.
Wayishaya indiva imibono kaNeil futhi wajoyina ngokusemthethweni i-Flat Earth Society ngo-2016. Ube eseqala umkhankaso wokuqoqa imali ukuze ethule eyakhe isathelayithi ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi umhlaba uyisicaba.
Ngo-2014, uBoB waqala ukuthandana nomculi uSevin Streeter.
Ubuhlobo abuzange buhlale isikhathi eside, futhi lo mbhangqwana wahlukana ngo-2015. Ngemva kwalokho, uBoB wayifaka emazwini ezingoma zakhe ezimbalwa.
