BoB mawaƙin Ba'amurke ne, marubucin waƙa, mawaƙa kuma mai yin rikodin daga Jojiya, Amurka. An haife shi a North Carolina, ya yanke shawarar ya so ya zama mawaƙin rap tun yana aji shida.
Duk da cewa tun farko iyayensa ba su goyi bayan sana'ar sa ba, amma a ƙarshe sun ba shi damar cim ma burinsa. Bayan ya karɓi makullin a matsayin kyauta, ya fara nazarin kiɗa da kansa.
A lokacin yana makarantar firamare, ya riga ya fara buga ƙaho a ƙungiyarsa ta sakandare.
Bayan ya kwashe shekaru yana baje kolin wakokinsa ga dimbin jama'a, a karshe ya samu ci gaba a shekarar 2007 lokacin da wakarsa mai taken "Haterz Everywhere" ta fara haskawa.
A cikin 2010, BoB ya fito da kundi na farko na BoB Presents: Kasadar Bobby Ray tare da haɗin gwiwar Atlantic Records. Kundin ya yi nasara! Ya ƙunshi manyan masu fasaha irin su Bruno Mars da J. Cole.
Tare da kundi na gaba, BoB ya gina tushe mai aminci. Albums ɗinsa na studio na gaba, Stranger Clouds, Underground Luxury, Ether da The Upside Down, sun yi nasara matsakaici.
Koyaya, an soki BoB don kiyaye salon iri ɗaya a cikin duk waƙoƙin su. Ya sami kulawa ta hanyar amincewa da Flat Earth Society, ƙaramin rukuni na mutanen da suka yi imani da duniya lebur ne.
Yarantaka da kuruciya
An haifi BoB Nuwamba 15, 1988 a Winston-Salem, North Carolina zuwa Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. Iyalinsa sun ƙaura zuwa Atlanta, Georgia 'yan shekaru bayan an haife shi.
Ya nuna sha’awar waka sosai a makarantar firamare kuma a lokacin ne ya fara kida a gaban jama’a. Ya yi kakaki har zuwa makarantar sakandare.
Iyayensa ba su amince da shawarar da ya yanke na yin sana’ar waka ba. Duk da haka, saboda sha'awarsa da basirar kiɗa, iyalinsa sun yanke shawarar tallafa masa. Iyayensa sun ba shi makullai a farkon kuruciyarsa.
Nan da nan ya fara samun ci gaba da kan sa. Ya kuma halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Columbia kuma ya buga ƙaho a ƙungiyar makarantar. A lokaci guda, ya ƙirƙiri nasa kiɗan kuma ya gabatar da basirarsa don yin rikodin lakabi.
Bayan yin rikodin kwangilar da ya samu lokacin yana aji tara, BoB ya bar makarantar sakandare don ba da cikakken lokacinsa ga kiɗa. Yana da shekaru 14 lokacin da ya sayar da bugunsa na farko ga mai yin rap na Citti.
Kusan lokaci guda, ya haɗu tare da ɗan uwansa don samar da Duo Clinic. Lokacin da dan uwan nasa ya bar BOB kuma ya fara zuwa kwaleji, ya yanke shawarar yin sana'ar waka.
A ƙarshen shekarunsa, mawakin ya ɗauki wani manaja wanda ya fara tallata shi. Ya yi nasarar samun yarjejeniya don BoB don yin aiki a matsayin DJ a cikin ɗayan shahararrun clubs a Atlanta.
BoB ya wuce sama da gaba wajen kawo masu sauraro tare da iliminsa na kiɗan hip-hop. Daga baya ya sanya hannu tare da rikodin rikodin Atlantika, ɗayan manyan labulen kiɗan rap a ƙasar.
Hanya
Ba da dadewa ba, BoB ya fara yin suna tare da waƙoƙinsa na ƙasa kamar "Haterz Everywhere". Wasu daga cikin waƙoƙinsa na farko, irin su "Zan kasance a Sama" da "The Lost Generation", sun kasance akai-akai a cikin manyan 20 na ginshiƙi na Billboard.
Ya yi shi da gaske lokacin da ya fito a kan kundi na Rapper TI mai nasara sosai.
Tsakanin 2007 da 2008, BoB ya yi rikodin kuma ya saki rabin dozin mixtapes. Sannan ya kirkiro wata waka mai suna "Auto-Tune" don wasan "Grand Theft Auto".
A cikin Janairu 2010, BoB ya ba da sanarwar cewa aiki a kan kundi na farko na studio ya kusan kammala. Don haɓaka kundi nasa na farko mai zuwa, BoB ya fitar da cakuɗaɗɗen kaset mai taken "Mayu 25" wanda ke nuni ga ranar fitowar kundin sa.
Albums na farko
An fitar da kundin a matsayin "BoB Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray" a ƙarshen Afrilu 2010 zuwa kyakkyawan bita.
Ya sayar da kwafi sama da 84 a cikin makonsa na farko da aka saki kuma ya hau lamba ta ɗaya akan ginshiƙi na Billboard 200 a cikin makonsa na farko.
Nasarar kundi mai mahimmanci ya sa aka zaɓe shi don lambobin yabo da yawa kamar MTV Video Music Awards, BET Awards, da Teen Choice Awards.
Daga nan ya yi wasa kai tsaye a MTV Video Music Awards kuma yana cikin jerin jerin gwanon da ya hada da rap irin su Kanye West da Eminem.
Ya yi waƙar haɗin gwiwa tare da Lil Wayne da Jessie J a cikin 2011 yayin aiki akan kundi na biyu na studio.
A cikin Nuwamba 2011, kafin ya fitar da kundi na biyu, ya fito da wani haɗe-haɗe da ke nuna Eminem, Meek Mill da sauran mawakan rap. An saki kundin "Strange Clouds" a watan Mayu 2012 kuma ya haɗa da manyan sunaye da yawa kamar Morgan Freeman, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Nelly da Lil Wayne.
Jagorar kundin waƙar, "Strange Clouds", an sake sake shi a watan Satumba na 2011 don yabo mai mahimmanci da kasuwanci.
Kundin daga baya ya sami tabbatacce kuma gauraye sake dubawa daga masu suka. Kasancewar manyan mutane da yawa daga masana'antar kiɗa ya sa kundin ya yi nasara. Ya sayar da kwafi sama da 76 a cikin makon farko na fitowa.
A cikin Disamba 2012, BoB ya nuna sha'awar kiɗan rock. Ya sanar da cewa zai yi aiki a kan rikodin dutse, amma kuma ya ce sakinsa na gaba zai kasance kundin rap.
A cikin Mayu 2013, BoB ya fitar da guda ɗaya daga kundi na uku "Luxury Underground" mai suna "HeadBand". Wani guda daga kundin "Ready" an sake shi a watan Satumba. An fitar da kundin a watan Disamba zuwa ingantacciyar bita.
Kundin ya yi muhawara a lamba 22 akan Billboard 200 kuma ya sayar da kwafi 35 a makon farko.
Koyaya, kundin ya ragu zuwa lamba 30 a cikin sati na biyu, kuma tallace-tallace ya ci gaba da raguwa mako-mako.
A cikin Yuni 2014, BoB ya sanar da nasa bugu na "Babu Genre", wanda ke magana kai tsaye ga ɗaya daga cikin haɗe-haɗensa na farko.
Tora Voloshin yana ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙa na farko da suka sanya hannu a No Genre. A cikin Oktoba 2014, BoB ya fito da guda ɗaya mai taken "Ba Dogon Ba".
A farkon 2015, BoB ya haɗu da rapper Tech N9ne kuma ya ƙirƙiri wani haɗe-haɗe na haɗin gwiwa mai taken "Psycadelik Thoughtz" don gina tsammanin kundi na gaba.
A wannan shekarar, ya fitar da wani kaset mai suna "RUWAN". Ya bayyana cewa akwai rashin jituwa tsakaninsa da Atlantic Records. BoB ya bayyana a fili cewa an "sake shi" ta lakabin.
A cikin 2017, BoB ya watsar da Records na Atlantic kuma ya fitar da kundi na studio na huɗu, Ether, da kan sa. Kundin ya sami kyakkyawan bita mai ban mamaki, tare da masu sharhi da yawa suna yin sharhi cewa daga ƙarshe ya dawo cikin tsari bayan shekaru.
Rayuwar mutum
An san BoB da yin magana sosai a cikin ra'ayoyinsa na adawa da kafawa. Har ila yau goyan bayan ka'idodin da suka yi iƙirarin 9/11 aiki ne na ciki kuma waɗanda suka yi iƙirarin saukar wata na NASA na karya ne.
Ra'ayinsa na sassaucin ra'ayi kuma ya sanya shi daga murya saboda dalilai na zamantakewa.
A watan Janairun 2016, ya fito fili ya bayyana ra'ayinsa cewa duniya lebur ce, ba zagaye ba. Neil deGrasse Tyson, sanannen masanin ilimin taurari, ya mayar da martani ga BoB a kan Twitter, yana ambaton wasu lokuta da suka gabata na karya ka'idar.
Ya yi watsi da ra'ayoyin Neil kuma a hukumance ya shiga Flat Earth Society a cikin 2016. Daga nan sai ya kaddamar da yakin neman kudi domin harba tauraron dan adam nasa don tabbatar da cewa kasa ta fadi.
A cikin 2014, BoB ya fara saduwa da mawaki Sevin Streeter.
Alakar ba ta daɗe ba, kuma ma'auratan sun rabu a cikin 2015. Bayan haka, BoB ya haɗa shi a cikin waƙoƙin waƙoƙin da yawa.
