Many emcees have rags-to-riches stories, but B.o.B.’s may set itself apart.
In an interview with Shaheem Reid for Jay-Z’s Life+Times, Bobby Ray explained the meaning behind his upcoming album, Underground Luxury, and the experience that informed the theme of the it.
“[Underground Luxury is about] coming from nothing, literally, to making it to the top, or the proverbial top. This album, it really speaks to people who are in that situation or who came from that type of situation.”
“Me and my family stayed in an apartment, we got evicted from that apartment,” said the rapper. “My dad was a carpenter. He was building us a house. I know it sounds crazy, like some fairytale…but he was literally building a house, three-story house, for us to live in.”
B.o.B. and his family were forced to live in the home while his father was building it. “We had to move into this motherfucker. A wooden frame. Like, literally, there was holes in the floor where steps to the basement was supposed to go. It was a big, twelve-foot drop. We lived in it, we were covered up in plastic. There were no outside walls. There were no bricks, no siding, no nothing. It was just wrapped in black plastic. You could literally fall out the house.”
“If you wanted hot water, you had to microwave it. If you wanted cold drinks, we had to put it in the cooler. When the sun went down, we had to go to sleep, because we ain’t have no lights.”
Ultimately, the experience was a character-builder and source of inspiration for B.o.B. “It’s crazy because that’s where I come from…and it gave the drive that got me to where I’m at.”
Watch the interview below:
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not only did he grow up with a father but his father had a real job! lucky guy
sounds like some shady shit. you supposed to get an occupancy permit once it passes a final inspection before you allowed to move into a new home
Wayne’s story is even more stark. He was living in the ghetto which is crime infested. His father abandoned him and Birdman stepped in as his stepfather. He survived a shootout with a gangster.
Haha he shot himself faggot
birdman stepped in to molest him and pimp him out to the world so he could make himself rich
Where did you hear the rumor that birdman molested him?
Oh, when wayne shot himself, it was because life was tough. Your favorite rapper, eminem, also tried to kill himself.
Wayne is a fuck nigga. He rejected me when I asked him to give me a rim job so now I am switching camps and joining Chief Keef’s lucrative GBE enterprise. There is a vacancy open for a position at YMCMB as Wayne’s personal cum dumpster since I left. I used to be an accountant at YMCMB so I know.
That’s a fucking loser that commented. Not me. I never do shit like rim jobs. I am still an accountant for ymcmb.
`what kind of kid would kiss a 30 or 40 year old man he has no blood relation to if he wasnt being molested and pimped out
You all need to experience the bliss of having Wayne shit in your mouth. It tastes like a mixture of peas and blueberries. It is heaven for your mind.
That’s a fucking retard who doesn’t know shit. I never ate shit because that’s disgusting. Wayne really did have a hard life yet all you do is bitch about him. Show some respect.
Wayne never had a hard life. He had one of the best lives ever. Nigga never struggled.
Birdman taped his early moments and showed them to me.
wayne was a fucking dumbass and shot himself accidently
this nigga just tryin to appeal to the hood niggas and take a stance defending all of the claims that he’s gone pop……he still wants to act like he’s hard, despite doing a song with gaylur swift
what does that have to do with how he was living before the deal punk ass
“DAD STOP RENOVATING THE COUNTERS IM TRYING TO HAVE A DATE. YOU’RE RUINING MY LIFE! I HATE YOU!”
“dad why you gotta caulk that trim in my bedroom when im trying to get to first base”
seen some special forces after those people pretty crazy.and some others
ya. some of them are out now in lot of place seen few also.
lot of people seen what those type of people have done.
went to school wth few of them.gave their adresses to people after them .fallowed them home few times some others did same or other things towards them. yea they make monster faces their racist and try to set ppl up and they do other things.
wtf is u talking bout i see u in every article talking nonsense
they try to act like ppl of other colars. and they do othr shit
That’s real tragic Bob, shame you couldn’t stay real in the music business. Sellout.
Oh wow buddy, kids in poor countries have no clothes, no food & no water… cry me a river BOB… you suck.
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he’s telling you he was one of them poor people jackass, that’s why nobody’s trying to follow you because you don’t be saying shit
if he was really one of them poor people his daddy wouldnt have been building them a 3 story custom house
LOL this weak ass nigga. Nigga, your old ass pops prolly finished that shit in a few months. You make it sound like you lived like that for years. nigga killyoself!
for real he had a couple hard months but then his family had a brand new custom 3 story home to live in! boo fucking hoo!
lol niggas haten cause he went pop he still gotta better flow then cheif queff
better flow than chief keef? LMAO thats really somethin to brag about
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lol you all act like you had it worse than him dont hate if you didnt live it nigga got good flow better than half the rappers ive heard
fuck BOB… diz nigga dont know shit! Lil Wayne had a harder life. he was a street kid in da ghetto… he thought he can die every day… but he joined to blood niggaz and Birdman saved his life to be da buggest selling Rap-Superstar of all time. YMCMB for life. swag
you so funny im crying, LOL joined the blood niggaz
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