Robert Ross (June 8, 1968[2] – April 17, 2021), known professionally as Black Rob, was an American rapper who was signed to Sean "Puffy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment.

He was then featured on several Bad Boy releases, including remixes to Total's "What About Us" (1997) and Faith Evans's "Love Like This" (1998), the song "24 Hrs.

His debut album Life Story[7] was released in 2000 through Arista Records and Bad Boy Entertainment and rose above platinum sales.

His second album, The Black Rob Report (2005) failed to perform as strongly as his debut and quickly fell off the Billboard 100 charts.

[12] In 2013, he joined the reality series Come Back Kings with Ed Lover, Calvin Richardson, David "Davinch" Chance (of Ruff Endz), Jeff Sanders, Jameio, Mr. Cheeks and Horace Brown.

In 2015, Black Rob released his fourth studio album, Genuine Article[16] on Slimstyle Records, which he produced with Jemal Mosley.

Guest emcees include Sean Price, Tek, battle legend Murda Mook, and Quas Amill.

Ron Browz, former Bad Boy label-mate Q. Parker (112), Kali Ranks, and Quan all sing choruses on the album.