Bobby Wilson
(Known as Bobby Valentino) was born in Jackson, Mississippi
but raised
in Atlanta. Bobby started his career in the music industry
at a young age by forming the group Mista with a group of friends.
The Boyz II Men-styled group had a hit in 1996 with the single "Blackberry
Molasses" but the album didn't follow in the same success
and despite a second album being produced by Tim & Bob
it was never released. Due to management issues the group decided
to split and the members decided to go their separate ways.
Despite the short-lived success of the group Bobby still believes
it wasn't a bad experience but a "learning experience".
Bobby then decided to put his music career on hold to gain a college degree in
Mass Communications from Clark Atlanta University due to the competitive nature
of the music industry and also having something "to fall back on".
After graduating
from University in 2003, Bobby decided to focus on music
again and, armed with three albums of demos, he set out
to pursue his music career dream. The demos reached Poon
Daddy who then forwarded them onto Ludacris and Shaka Zulu
and "the rest is history" as Bobby says. Bobby
Valentino (nicknamed "Valentino" because he was
due to be born on Valentines day), under the label Disturbing
Tha Peace (DTP), then collaborated with production team
Tim & Bob on his debut solo album "Disturbing
Tha Peace Presents...Bobby Valentino" which includes
the number 1 smash hit "Slow Down" as well as "Tell
Me" and "Give me a chance" which features
Ludacris.
The new album entitled "Special Occasion" is scheduled for release
on May 8th 2007 and includes the Darkchild single entitled
"Turn The Page" as well as Timbaland Smash Hit "Anonymous".
