- Nicknames
- Big Rock
- Monstaman Rocko
- Rockness Monsta
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Jahmal Bush (born November 4, 1973), better known by his stage name Rock (or Big Rock, Monstaman Rocko and The Rockness Monsta), is an American rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, famously known as a member of hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik and the legendary duo Heltah Skeltah along with the late Sean Price. Rock always knew he wanted to perform and he acted in school but that all stopped when his rap career took off. However, the passion for acting still burned within him so he jumped at the chance to act in the web series Atlantic City Chronicles (2013-2014), have a cameo in the indie film Sea of Green (2014) and as lead character and pimp Reggie Rockets on the web series TIPS (2016).
Hailed as having one of the most distinct voices in hip-hop and celebrated for his sophisticated flow, he has performed songs for a variety of video games including "I Am Rock" for Need for Speed: Most Wanted, "This Is Me" for Blitz The League II and "I Am Rock" for NFL Street 2.
Rock has graced many rappers' albums and fans clamored for him to release an album of his own and bring back "real" hip-hop. Finally, on September 22, 2017, Rock released his first solo album, Rockness A.P., to great critical acclaim and applause from the industry and fans alike. With the lead single GW BaG, Rock put the industry on notice that he is still a force to be reckoned with. His second single, Shine Down, revealed a gentler side of Rock as he laments the passing of his rap partner and best friend (Sean Price).
Rock has admitted to being an 80s Brooklyn Decepticons gang member, along with fellow Heltah Skeltah group member Sean Price and Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz. On January 15, 2008, Rock was arrested for an assault and attempted murder charge after he allegedly gunned down a rival while working as a pimp, which would later lend him authenticity in his role as a pimp on the web series Tips. He was released on a $125,000 bail about a week later on January 24, 2008 and was later found not guilty of all charges.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Desiree Medina
- Scar on the left side of his face
- Bass voice
- Often plays menacing characters.
- Towering height
- If he could have any superpower it would be teleportation.
- Known as the Junk Food King and loves cookies.
- On January 15, 2008, Rock was arrested for an assault and attempted murder charge after he allegedly gunned down a rival while working as a pimp. He was released on a $125,000 bail about a week later on January 24, 2008 and later found not guilty.
- Born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York along with rappers Sean Price, Steele (half of Smif-N-Wessun), Buckshot and O.G.C. Actor Michael Rapaport also grew up in Brownsville not too far from Rock.
- He has a daughter named Savannah Rocquel that he credits with helping him cope with the death of Sean Price, his best friend and rap partner in the group Heltah Skeltah.
- I played George Jefferson in like the 3rd or 4th grade in a school play. Then I played Ed Norton from The Honeymooners the next year." When asked if he was in the drama club in high school: "I was in a drama club in high school. It was called The Decepticons! We was about that drama. And that action!
- I love everybody but I don't like nobody!
- If you don't change nothing ain't nothing gonna change.
- Duck Down is my family, always and forever. I've lived a long life and I've learned that family don't go nowhere...it just doesn't. For a long time I've been moving solo, with or without Duck Down. I move at my own pace. Sometimes I move too slow, sometimes I move too fast. But I'm just being authentically me. - Mass Appeal (September 8, 2017)
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