ʻO BoB he mea hoʻokani mele ʻAmelika, mea haku mele, mele a me ka mea hoʻokani leo mele mai Georgia, USA. Hānau ʻia ma North Carolina, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e makemake e lilo i rapper ʻoiai ʻo ia i ka papa ʻeono.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole kākoʻo nui kona mau mākua i kāna ʻoihana i ka hoʻomaka, ua ʻae lākou iā ia e alualu i kāna moeʻuhane. I ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kī ma ke ʻano he makana, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ke mele ma kāna iho.
I kona noho ʻana i ke kula haʻahaʻa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokani i ka pū ma kāna hui kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā makahiki e hōʻike i kāna mele i ka lehulehu ākea, ua loaʻa iā ia kona holomua i ka makahiki 2007 i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kāna mea hoʻokahi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Haterz Everywhere".
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo BoB i kāna album mua ʻo BoB Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray i ka hui pū ʻana me Atlantic Records. Ua holomua ka album! Ua hōʻike ʻia i nā mea pena kiʻi nui e like me Bruno Mars a me J. Cole.
Me kāna mau album hope, ua kūkulu ʻo BoB i kahi waihona punahele. ʻO kāna mau album studio hope, Stranger Clouds, Underground Luxury, Ether a me The Upside Down, ua kūleʻa maikaʻi ʻia.
Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohewa ʻia ʻo BoB no ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano like i kā lākou mele a pau. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo ma ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka Flat Earth Society, kahi hui liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo he palahalaha ka Honua.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo BoB i Nowemapa 15, 1988 ma Winston-Salem, North Carolina na Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. Ua neʻe kona ʻohana i Atlanta, Georgia i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o kona hānau ʻana.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hoihoi nui i ka mele ma ke kula haʻahaʻa a ʻo ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e pāʻani mele i mua o ka lehulehu. Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ka pū a hiki i ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
ʻAʻole i ʻae ʻia e kona mau mākua kāna hoʻoholo e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana mele. Eia naʻe, ma muli o kona makemake a me kāna kālena mele, ua hoʻoholo kona ʻohana e kākoʻo iā ia. Hāʻawi kona mau mākua iā ia i nā kī i kona wā ʻōpio.
Ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo ia e holomua ma kāna iho. Ua hele pū ʻo ia i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Columbia a hoʻokani pū i ka pū ma ka hui kula. I ka manawa like, hana ʻo ia i kāna mele ponoʻī a hoʻolauna i kāna talena e hoʻopaʻa i nā lepili.
Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi ʻaelike i loaʻa iā ia ma ka papa ʻeiwa, ua haʻalele ʻo BoB mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe e hāʻawi i kona manawa piha i ka mele. He 14 makahiki ʻo ia i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ʻo ia i kāna kuʻi mua i ka mea rap artist Citti.
Ma ka manawa like, ua hui pū ʻo ia me kona hoahānau e hana i ka duo Clinic. I ka haʻalele ʻana o kona hoahānau iā BOB a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hele i ke kulanui, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana mele ma ke mele.
I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoʻolimalima ka mea mele i kahi luna nāna i hoʻomaka e hoʻolaha iā ia. Ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kahi kuʻikahi no BoB e hana ma ke ʻano he DJ ma kekahi o nā hui kaulana loa ma Atlanta.
Ua piʻi aʻe ʻo BoB i ka lawe ʻana i ka lehulehu me kona ʻike i ke mele hip-hop. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo ia me Atlantic Records, kekahi o nā lepili mele rap nui loa ma ka ʻāina.
Ka lawelawe
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, hoʻomaka ʻo BoB i ka kaulana me kāna mau mele ma lalo o ka honua e like me "Haterz Everywhere". ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mele mua, e like me "I Will Be in Heaven" a me "The Lost Generation", aia ma ka papa kiʻekiʻe 20 o ka papa mele mele Billboard.
Ua hana maoli ʻo ia i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ka album Paper Trail lanakila nui a rapper TI.
Ma waena o 2007 a me 2008, hoʻopaʻa ʻo BoB a hoʻokuʻu i ka hapalua kakini mixtapes. Ua hana ʻo ia i kahi mele i kapa ʻia ʻo "Auto-Tune" no ka pāʻani "Grand Theft Auto".
I Ianuali 2010, hoʻolaha ʻo BoB ua kokoke pau ka hana ma kāna album studio mua. No ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kāna album mua e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo BoB i kahi mixtape i kapa ʻia ʻo "25 Mei" kahi kuhikuhi i ka lā hoʻokuʻu o kāna album.
Nā album mua
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ʻo "BoB Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray" i ka hopena o ʻApelila 2010 i nā loiloi maikaʻi.
Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ma luna o 84 kope i kāna pule mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a piʻi i ka helu ʻekahi ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200 i kāna pule mua.
ʻO ka lanakila koʻikoʻi o ka album ua loaʻa iā ia nā koho no kekahi mau makana e like me ka MTV Video Music Awards, ka BET Awards, a me ka Teen Choice Awards.
A laila hoʻokani ola ʻo ia ma ka MTV Video Music Awards a he ʻāpana o ka lineup i komo pū me nā rappers e like me Kanye West a me Eminem.
Ua hana ʻo ia i nā mele hui pū me Lil Wayne lāua ʻo Jessie J ma 2011 ʻoiai e hana ana ma kāna album studio lua.
I Nowemapa 2011, ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kāna album ʻelua, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi mixtape e hōʻike ana iā Eminem, Meek Mill a me nā mea rappers ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album "Strange Clouds" i Mei 2012 a ua komo pū kekahi mau inoa nui e like me Morgan Freeman, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Nelly a me Lil Wayne.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke alakaʻi hoʻokahi o ka album, "Strange Clouds", i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2011 i ka hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi a me ka ʻoihana.
Ua loaʻa i ka album nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hui pū ʻia mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau inoa nui mai ka ʻoihana mele i holomua ka album. Ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 76 kope i kāna pule mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
I Kekemapa 2012, ua hōʻike ʻo BoB i ka hoihoi nui i ka mele mele. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia e hana ana ʻo ia i kahi mele pōhaku, akā ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ia ʻo kāna hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana he album rap.
I Mei 2013, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo BoB i hoʻokahi mai kā lākou album ʻekolu "Underground Luxury" i kapa ʻia ʻo "HeadBand". Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi mele hou mai ka album "Ready" i Kepakemapa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba i nā loiloi maikaʻi loa.
Hoʻomaka ka album ma ka helu 22 ma ka Billboard 200 a kūʻai aku i 35 kope i kāna pule mua.
Eia naʻe, ua hāʻule ka album i ka helu 30 i kāna pule ʻelua, a ua hoʻomau ke kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia pule.
I Iune 2014, hoʻolaha ʻo BoB i kāna paʻi inoa "No Genre", kahi kuhikuhi pololei i kekahi o kāna mixtape mua.
ʻO Tora Voloshin kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani pila mua i kau inoa i No Genre. I ʻOkakopa 2014, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo BoB i kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Not Long".
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2015, ua hui pū ʻo BoB me ka rapper Tech N9ne a hana i kahi mixtape hui pū ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Psycadelik Thoughtz" e kūkulu i ka manaʻo no kāna album aʻe.
Ma hope o kēlā makahiki, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi mixtape i kapa ʻia ʻo "WATER". Ua ʻike ʻia he kūʻē ʻole ma waena ona a me Atlantic Records. Ua haʻi aku ʻo BoB i ka lehulehu ua "kau ʻia" ʻo ia e ka lepili.
Ma 2017, ua haʻalele ʻo BoB i ka Atlantic Records a ua hoʻokuʻu i kāna album studio ʻehā, ʻo Ether, ma kāna iho. Ua loaʻa i ka album nā manaʻo maikaʻi maikaʻi loa, me ka nui o nā loiloi e ʻōlelo nei ua hoʻi hou i ke ʻano he mau makahiki ma hope.
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo BoB i kāna mau manaʻo kūʻē i ka hoʻokumu ʻana. Kākoʻo pū ʻia nā manaʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia he 9/11 kahi hana i loko a ʻo nā mea i ʻōlelo he hoʻopunipuni ka pae mahina o NASA.
ʻO kāna mau manaʻo kūʻokoʻa i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai i kona leo no nā kumu pilikanaka.
I Ianuali 2016, ua hōʻike ākea ʻo ia i kona manaʻo he palahalaha ka Honua, ʻaʻole puni. Ua pane aku ʻo Neil deGrasse Tyson, he astrophysicist kaulana, iā BoB ma Twitter, me ka haʻi ʻana i kekahi mau hihia o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ke kumumanaʻo.
Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i nā manaʻo o Neil a ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka Flat Earth Society ma 2016. A laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi hoʻolaha e loaʻa kālā e hoʻomaka i kāna satelite ponoʻī e hōʻoia i ka palahalaha o ka honua.
I ka makahiki 2014, hoʻomaka ʻo BoB i ka mea mele ʻo Sevin Streeter.
ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ka pilina, a ua haʻalele ka male i ka makahiki 2015. Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻokomo ʻo BoB i nā mele o kāna mau mele.
