SOB X RBE is the biggest thing to come out of Vallejo since Mac Dre and, like the late Bay Area pioneer, the group makes rap songs that capture both the exuberant energy and gritty foundation of their Northern California soil. The three-man group comes from a small city with a rich rap history and, over the last two years, they’ve built on the groundwork that was laid before them, taking their homegrown sound to new heights.
As teenagers, Yhung T.O, DaBoii, Slimmy B, and Lul G bonded over their love of basketball and the fashion that surrounds it, trading shoes back and forth between them. Later in high school, when they each had aspirations of rap stardom, they formed a musical brotherhood, uniting T.O’s Real Boi Entertainment with Slimmy B and Daboii's Strictly Only Brothers to establish the collective. Their 2016 tracks “Different” and “Anti,” recorded in the basement at T.O’s grandmother’s house, quickly became Bay Area anthems, catapulting the group into regional celebrity.