Rob Kelly (born 1978, Wexford, Ireland[citation needed]) is an Irish rapper, record producer and MC.
Kelly became interested in Hip Hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s through a BBC 2 show called Dance Energy that was presented by Normski and was soon an avid collector of albums and magazines like The Source and Hip-Hop Connection Several of Rob's friends and relatives excelled in sports two of them earned professional contracts.
In 2002 while becoming frustrated at hearing some Irish rappers on radio he called in to Wes D'Arcy's "The Big Smoke" on 2FM to complain and was subsequently invited on the show and he soon became a regular fixture.
As a major player in Ireland's underground hip-hop scene,[1] Kelly has a small following in the UK, that includes British rapper Tinchy Stryder[2] and US in 2004, he issued his first mixtape, The Kellection, mixed and helmed by DJ Pudgee P, who is known in New York for his Riot Squad street releases, shortly after that he appeared as an "Unsigned Heat" on DJ Vlad website.
He has collaborated with a number of artists from Slaine Reef the Lost Cauze Apathy and Memphis Bleek[citation needed] and most recently Rebecca Creighton (formerly of X-Factor band Belle Amie) on his single The Real Thing.
In Feb 2019, Rob appeared on the posthumous Sean Price album "86 Witness" on the song "Refrigerator P" released through Duckdown records it peaked at #8 on US iTunes Hip-Hop chart.