Former Bad Boy Records rapper Black Rob passed away at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital on April 17 at the age of 52, bringing his once flourishing career to a permanent end. At the height of his Bad Boys fame, the “Whoa!” rapper was frequently photographed alongside founder Diddy and the two seemed to have a genuine friendship.
But over the years, Black Rob and Diddy lost touch and only recently reconnected after the Hip Hop community learned of Rob’s precarious medical condition.
While Diddy has reportedly offered to help pay for Black Rob’s funeral arrangements, his manager Kal Dawson thinks it’s too little, too late. During a conversation with the Murder Master Music Show, Dawson wondered why it took a crisis for Diddy to step up and offer an assist.
“Through somebody else that was affiliated with Rob, Diddy reached out and was gonna do something for Rob, this is when the video first went up when he was in the hospital,” he explains around the 4:15-minute-mark. “People draggin’ their feet and nothing got done. So now you gonna pay for his funeral, he dead and gone now! Everybody wanna do something for you when you are dead and gone!”
Dawson also revealed he was the one who filmed the initial video of Black Rob in the hospital that sparked concern.
“I’m the one that was in the hospital and put him on video and it went viral,” he says. “I did that I was there with him. A lot of people that could’ve helped didn’t help. That’s why I put the video up to show’em that everybody wanna keep shit hush-hush, but he is not getting no help.
“Who is gonna put two or three hundred thousand dollars behind this man? They’ll take that money and go buy a guy or finance or lease a Rolls-Royce or Lamborghini to ride around, look pretty, because that is something for them.”
He added, “You can’t tell people what to do with their money, but a lot of people that were in position to help but they didn’t and it was too late because he passed away Saturday, a week after DMX.”
Diddy Helps Pay For Black Rob's Funeral As Cause Of Death Is Revealed
Despite the criticism that’s being flung in Diddy’s direction, fellow Bad Boy alum Mark Curry confirmed he’d been in touch both prior and after his Black Rob’s death.
Speaking to Rolling Stone last week, he explained Diddy reached out to Rob the day before he died and the two had made amends.
“Before Rob passed, he said, ‘One thing I was going to do before I leave this earth is make sure we all speak to each other again,’” Curry said. “It’s always great to see when people are growing and learning to forgive.”
after a while its best that us stop taking life for granted, and start getting serious about what our purpose is, in relation to living in these difficult days in time!!
We all need help from time to time, but ultimately we are responsible for ourselves.
You are right, even if Diddy is an asshole, we have to be responsible for our own lives. I am not trying to preach, but I just have to put this out there.
Diddy has always been a selfish asshole.
I see the manager’s point but blaming Diddy isn’t a good look. What more could have Diddy done than Kal? Money can’t restore someone’s health. Black Rob decided to drink heavily for years. From 30 to 50 that catches up fast. Rest in peace Black Rob.
Fuck you, dude.
Y’know nothin – I appologize if I offended you or anyone. That wasn’t my intent. Peace and blessings.
Can’t we all just help each other
Diddy may not be a good person, but goddamn.. the dude can’t heal the sick, cure the blind, support every artists he’s ever did business with for the rest of their lives and their kid’s lives. #RIPBlackRob #DMX #ShockG
Black rob helped diddy make millions he could have thrown rob 200k wich is nothing to him to get sum medical help
People don’t know why they stopped talking in the first place. So just because he had previously had a contract with Bad Boy records don’t mean he should automatically give 200k…
Please explain how he helped Diddy make millions??? HELP! You guys really need to think before typing. A recording business contract is mot a HELP scenario. Don’t ever use the term HELP when it comes to business. Black Rob got money too, if he signed a fucked up contract, that’s on him. 50 cent didn’t sign a fucked up contract.
Am I my brother’s keeper?
No one caught on to the fact this dude has only been dealing with Rob since the summer of 2020?! Sounds to me as if Rob wasn’t good with his family or music industry people when someone you’ve known less than a year is advocating so hard for you…where was everyone else?
Every one of us from the 90’s had better put the Hennessey down and pick up some water, ride a bike, jog, walk eat some salad…something! That lifestyle is catching up with us.
The Murder Master Music Show got the best interviews. Been listening to them for years and years now.
Something isnt adding up about Black Robs situation prior to his passing.. Hw did he get so rock bottom with no family help or anything? Diddy defntly isnt the issue here.