Austin American Statesman - Found Jun. 20, 2009 He is also survived by his children, Deja, Jazmin, Robert (Lil Rob), Adonis, Sophie Ybarra and step-son, Dominic Mancha;
Salt Lake Tribune - Found Apr. 23, 2009 Usana's 2009 Summer Season May 2 » U92 Cinco de Mayo with Pitbull, Mims, Lil Rob, Chino 4 Real May 29 » X96 Big Ass Show with The Offspring...
San Bernardino County Sun - Found May. 1, 2009 Lowriders coming to San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO - Lowrider customized cars and appearances by Xzibit and Lil' Rob are some of the...
Yuma Sun - Found Apr. 19, 2009 Aliases: Roberto Ramirez Diaz Jr., 'Lil Rob. Tattoos: 'Diaz on the left arm, 'Patty' on the chest, 'Maria Patricia' on the right arm.
He was born in 1975, the youngest of three children.2 Lil Rob debuted as an Artist in 1997, selling as many as 200,000 units for each independent CD he recorded.1 The number Twelve Eighteen, which is tattooed on Lil Rob's arms, represent the numeric value of the letters L and R, respectively, in which are Lil Rob's initials. The number was used by Lil Rob during his days as a graffiti tagger.1 In 1994 at the age of 16, Lil Rob's chin was shattered when he was shot on the jaw. Roberto witnessed a few criminal acts, dropped out and quit his gang affiliation. Since then he has strictly been representing "Brown Pride".3
In 2002, Rob was signed to Upstairs Records after having been recording under numerous independent labels beforehand, including Familia and Low Profile Records; Lil Rob would stay with the label in later years. In 2005, he found commercial success with the release of Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1, which had been in regular rotation on radio stations outside of the West Coast due to the singles "Summer Nights", and "Bring Out The Freak In You". Currently, Lil Rob's newest singles are "Slow It Down" that featured Frankie J, "Cortez Shoes", And "Let Me Come Back" that featured Fingazz. His recent album, Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 2 was released October 21, 2008. Lil Rob also had a song on the mixtape Top Doggs.
On June 29, 2007, Lil Rob made his very first appearance overseas in Okinawa, Japan.4