Why do these initials sound so familiar? Well, if you aren’t caught up on Bay Area rap then you might recognize the collective from its biggest feature to date on Black Panther: The Album.
SOB x RBE, which stands for Strictly Only Brothers x Real Boi Entertainment, is a Bay Area-based crew consisting of four members – DaBoii, Lul G, Yhung T.O. and Slimmy B. Aged from 19 to 21, the four rising MCs from the city of Vallejo – home to the likes of E-40, Mac Dre, Celly Cel and Nef the Pharaoh – have been making a name for themselves over the past year.
Before joining forces in 2015, SOB x RBE were two separate entities. SOB was originally comprised of only DaBoii, Slimmy B, and Lul G, who were all childhood friends. RBE was initially a rapper/producer combo featuring Yhung T.O, according to the East Bay Express. The two sides linked up and the rest is history.
Various solo releases (Slimmy B’s Problem Child, DaBoii’s YWN, Yhung T.O.’s Before The Fame EP and On My Momma LP, and Lul G’s Yhung Nigga World) and a tour with Sage the Gemini last year have garnered the crew a significant following with nearly 150 million views on their YouTube channel plus hundreds of thousands of followers across their social media accounts.
Some of their notable hits include “Anti,” “On My Momma,” “Different,” “Lane Changin,” “Ruthless” and “Calvin Cambridge.” The success was parlayed into their biggest placement to date: the Sounwave-produced “Paramedic!” on the TDE-curated Black Panther: The Album.
Now, SOB x RBE are set for a proper debut with their debut album, Gangin’, set to drop on February 23. The group also has an opportunity to gain more fans as a supporting acting on Post Malone and 21 Savage’s upcoming North American tour.
On top of that, the collective has their own West Coast tour, which begins on March 17 in Oakland and caps offs on April 14 in Sacramento. Tickets are on sale now.
Check the full slate below:
West Coast!
These young necros be the next BTNH trust me
I aint never heard of these yung bulls prior to BP album but I checked some of the vids/songs and thats the first thing that came to my mind that these boys can be the next Bone thugs. Not sure if they indie but if they are they need to stay that way cause most of the vids have 7 million plus views. Anti song alone has 24 mill vies so they doing something right.
these guys are the hottest in the west coast right now
That anti song is horrible tho..so generic
I’m gonna look up more. All I know them from is the song “paramedics” off the
black panther soundtrack. Thats the best damn song on the whole albun.
These low life noggers are mad trash
They are a bunch of nobodies. Talentless bunch of nobodies.
Nah cuz they go
Are they gay? They sure try their hardest to look like they are