Robin Danielle Bobo is an 80's baby born in Ypsilanti Michigan. In a town so small, the only thing to do was write, sing, dance, and create. It is there that Robin discovered she was an artist.
Robin moved to Chicago in the late '90s and was sucked into the poetry scene. Competing in any slam she could find, several Louder than Bomb competitions, and of course the fiery open mic stage, Robin was rarely seen without a mic in her hand as a teenager.
The day Robin walked into Austin Town Hall Cultural Center is the day her life changed. After meeting Dionne Hawkins, her mentor and close friend, Robin used the stage for more than clever rhymes and 16 bars. Robin begin to do several stages plays at both Austin Town Hall Cultural Center as well as Circle Theater in Oak Park, Illinois. Musical theater was a calling that she could not ignore. From The Wiz to the Broadway masterpiece Once on this Island, she began to star as a vocalist and actress. It is here that she would meet others who love creating as much as she did.
After several other stages and television performances, Robin drifted to dance. The Hornets Drill Team of the west side of Chicago was an outlet for dance, drill, and of course a little theater. Robin competed in competitions all over the USA, but could not forget her first love.
In 2005, Robin and her cousin Edwin Edot Clayton, along with several other talented friends started So ILL. So ILL (short for So Illinois) consisted of writers who brought their gifts to the stage with song, comedy, and of course, poetry. It was on those stages that she meet the love of her life, Darnell BRock Bobo (one-half of the hip hop duo The Ox-E-Morons). In 2008 she married BRock (of course their vows were poems).
Now Robin begins her new chapter as an artist by being Vice President of B.O.B.O. (Black Owned Black Operated) Enterprises and owner of Bobo Emporium, Host of Padded Room Open mic, and Co-creator of Think Tank NFP (a non for profit) that focuses on ethnic pride education, life skills training and financial planning for children of color). In a recent production of Dreamgirls Robin starred as Effie White, still keeping a close relationship with theater, music, and dance. The Bobos are artists who not only take their talents to any open mic or stage in Chicago but use those talents to give back to young Chicago artists like they once were.
Outside of art, Robin has a BSN RN degree, MBA in Human Resources is the acting operations manager for CEDA Call Center. She owns a few successful businesses, Robin's Resume Renovations, Robin B. Productions event planning and artist services, and the Bobo Emporium Hip Hop Shop/event Rentals.
Robin B. has always been in love with creating and the creator. She's a wife, mother of three, artist, and an original Renaissance woman.
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