Lil’ Rob made it into the spotlight in 2005 with the release of his second major album,
Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1. The album - which reached the 16th spot on the
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop charts, as well as the 31st slot on the mainstream
Billboard 200 - produced two singles that became popular outside of the standard Chicano rap audience (
"Summer Nights" and
"Bring Out the Freak In You"), establishing Lil’ Rob as the genre’s first crossover artist. Hot on the heels of his first mainstream hit, Lil’ Rob plans to release his third major record
Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 2 sometime in 2008; the first single has already been confirmed to be
"Just One Of Those Days", which was released in 2007.
From Lastfm:Lil Rob (born Roberto Flores in September 1975) is a Chicano rapper from San Diego, California.
Lil Rob debuted as an artist in 1992, prior to the release of his album Twelve Eighteen Part 1, he regularly moved as many as 100,000 units for each independent CD he recorded. The number Twelve Eighteen, which is also tattooed on Lil Rob's arms, represent the numeric value of the letters L and R, respectively, which are Lil Rob's initials. The number was used by Lil Rob during his days as a graffiti tagger.
In 1994 at the age of 18, Lil Rob's chin was shattered when he was shot in the jaw. Over time Lil Rob renounced his gang affiliations and called for "Brown Pride" and unity between all Chicanos.
Lil Rob has found commercial success with the release of Twelve Eighteen Part 1, which had been in regular rotation on radio stations outside of the West Coast thanks to the singles "Summer Nights", and "Bring Out The Freak In You".
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