Black Rob will be honored with his own Homegoing Celebration on Friday, and the event will be live-streamed on Diddy’s REVOLT TV network.
Rob passed away at the age of 52 and Diddy is taking care of Black Rob's funeral.
The Homegoing Celebration for Black Rob will be live-streamed on Friday, April 30 at 9 a.m. EST on REVOLT TV's YouTube channel.
Black Rob passed away in Atlanta after being released from a medical facility.
Fellow Bad Boy artist Mark Curry broke the news.
“I don’t know where to begin this. But I thank everybody for the donations [to his GoFundMe]. Rob passed away about an hour ago.”
Prior to Black Rob’s death, Diddy reached out after learning of his medical condition.
“Puff, I ain’t talked to Puff in 15 years — we talked today,” Curry said. “This is the beginning of a new us. Rob made sure he knew what he had to do before he parted this world to make sure we all alright and that’s what he did. Bad boy for life, yo.”
Black Rob began his career with Bad Boy after releasing his hit single “Whoa!” in 2000 which rose to No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He suffered a series of four strokes and was battling kidney failure, as of late.
The Hip-Hop Community came out online to pay respect.
R.I.P. Black Rob