1998-Cincinnati OH- Teen N'Talent Show-Fhat Rob would bring home 1St place in the state finals and 2nd place in the international finals with a song that he wrote and dedicated to his mother. Rob would take his love and talent for music and share it with others, as he volunteered at the Down Town Music Lab, a non profit after school program for 6-12th graders. He was a mentor to the children, regarardless the genre of music.
-----2000-Harlem NY-Apollo Thearter-Fhat Rob and Armed Forces performed a positive song talking about urban society titled "WHY". That year Fhat Rob and "True Infinite" also traveled to Baltimore, MD to the Arena Players Convention Center to compete and brought home 3rd place. 2001-Blacksburg VA-Fhat Rob performed a 2 hour set in front of a packed out Virginia Tech Homecoming. He would also open for the Roanoke Dazzle, the area basketball league at the Roanoke Convention Center. That same year he started performing at the yearly Herny Street Festival, a community event celebrating black heritage. It is apparent that Fhat Rob can write to suit his audience with the many request to return to these festivals and family events. Thing were good until...he relized that people didn't want him to prosper.-----2002-Hatred felt, shots fired, wounds healed were the next few lines in Rob's life. He says, "take shit cuz they really ain't never had shit". to escape the madness Fhat Rob relocated to Philadelphia, PA. As soon as he hit the streets it was on and poppin. Grinding for studio time he made Happy Gardens on 69th St. the freestyle spot. He could eat, shit, grind and rhyme. He linked up with his cousins Cease Da Grey Son and Fetish aka Megan Lakisha Hooker (Rest in Peace) to create Big Face Mob and brought it to the forefront, "It's branded, I'm a boss". The Mob has since branched up and down the east coast. BFM is in Miami, the Carolina's, Washington, Virginia and Philly. He started doing shows at The Terminal and Walter's with a live band. His support was growing and local cat's weren't feeling him "sum bitched dropped a dime on me and possesion was all I heard."
