Bronx Style Bob
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| Birth name | Bob Khalil |
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| Born | The Bronx, New York, US |
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| Years active | 1985–present |
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Bob Khaleel, better known by his stage name Bronx Style Bob, is an American hip hop recording artist from The Bronx borough of New York City, New York.
Raised in a strict Arab Jamaican immigrant household, Bob was exposed to poets from the ilk of Langston Hughes to Khalil Gibran.
Starting out in The Bronx, New York City, at a time when hip hop was in its embryonic stages, Bob was immersed in urban culture disciplines such as Graffiti, Breakin’, Electric Boogie, DJing, scratching and cutting the record and the MCs rhyming.
He attended John F. Kennedy High School with b-boy superstars, Crazy Legs and Mr. Freeze of the Rock Steady Crew (both, fresh off the movie Flashdance), Fastbreak (from Magnificent Force), DJ Kid Capri, and Glidemaster & Chino (New York City Breakers).
From 1982-to 1985, Bob was the president of the Bronx Style Crew – influenced by growing up around 170 Street/Jerome Avenue, a few blocks from Disco Fever, and around the corner from the Ecstasy Garage, two famous nightclubs.
In the early ‘80s, he was a fixture on the downtown Manhattan scene of clubs and art galleries where punk rock, hip-hop and graffiti artists came together. From clubs like Danceteria, The Roxy, Peppermint Lounge, Negril, and the Mudd Club to the Fun Gallery. "I ran around with graffiti artists...you would have Andy Warhol Truman Capote Barishnikov in a room with Basqiat Futura 2000 Dondi or Zephyr, with rock steady breakin. Jazzy Jay on the set, and taggers hitting up, blunts flowin', and some graffiti artist gettin' stomped out in the corner by a rival crew...it was like a painting," he said.
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