About Me
M. Rob was born in the 80's during the devastating crack epidemic on the notorious north side of Flint, Michigan, to a single mother household, middle child of 5. While Flint had been known to be a place for families from the south to migrate for the job opportunities of General Motors, this situation eventually changed. As many of the once flourishing jobs departed, ways of crime set in. Drugs and violence became a way of life in the city and crime was always around the corner. Never too far from the streets, M. Rob witnessed the dead end life crime could bring, and chose to escape upon graduating from Flint Central High School by attending college at Tuskegee University. This was a seemingly great decision with one simple flaw, Rob saw the institution of college as being a money-taker not a money-maker. Having been one always interested in finding ways to get money this led to his decision to drop out during sophomore year and return to old familiar ways. A move that inspired his words, "Never went to class, but I always passed the course. Too busy tryin' to see how I was gone get my ass a Porsche."
Ain't no sunshine...
M. Rob was no stranger to the upsets of "hood life." Having had friends lost to the streets or prison, family members addicted to drugs, childhood friends going down the wrong path...anyone familiar knows this story. He walked away from it all at the age of 17, on his own, backed only by money acquired through these same streets, but after quitting college soon found that demons don't go away until they are properly dealt with. M. Rob soon found that he must either deal or be done because the suppressed pain and agony of life while in Flint was constantly resurfacing and poisoning his well-being. He began writing as a form of releasing all the thoughts, feelings, and experiences he never found the need to share before. For Rob, writing became second nature, each day a new page, each day moving down a path to sunshine. M. Rob would write to express not only his sorrows, but also joy and eventually he would write to inspire others.
People began noticing M. Rob's captivating way with words and encouraged him to do some recording which he would refuse, claiming that "Rapping is for suckers," and that "Rappers just look rich while the people behind the rappers are the ones who have it (money)." Eventually the Flint native noticed his own lyrical capability, citing his unbelievable wordplay and variation in flow style as his most notable talents. M. Rob uses his lyrical ability to do what he calls "painting pictures" for listeners. "The pictures I paint of people- I call 'em still life," raps Rob. But not to be mistaken, Rob paints pictures across hood lines, bringing to life national headline events from other avenues, even of the political world. Understanding that freedom is in one's knowledge, M. Rob is an avid reader and "people watcher" thus bringing across a different perspective not often explored by today's rappers. His music is art in its purest form. His honesty, his hunger, his intelligence, his awareness permeates throughout his music. From the streets, to the "fly life", to the political world, Rob has lived it, done it, and informed himself on it. He's more than just another artist, he is the Prime Example.
