Awake the Rapper
Robert Eugene “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, is a rapper from Highwood, Illinois, United States. He is Robert “Bob” Crimo II and Denise Marie Pesina Crimo‘s son, Lynette Pesina‘s younger brother and Sammy Crimo‘s older brother.
Denise lives in Highland Park, Illinois while Bobby lived in Highwood in an apartment at the back of the house shared by his father and his uncle Paul Crimo. Paul, Bob and Bobby are of Italian descent.
In 2011, Bobby started going by the name Awake the Rapper. Under this pseudonym, he posted music on several major streaming platforms.
Animated scenes of gun violence and ominous lyrics were featured in the music videos he made and posted online. One video he titled “Are you Awake” has a cartoon animation of a stick-figure shooter wearing tactical gear and carrying out an attack with a rifle.
In 2016, Bobby released his song “By The Pond” featuring Atlas. It was produced by purpan.
On December 23, 2017, Bobby’s first album “messages” was released. His second album “Observer” was released on August 10, 2018 followed by his first extended play “The Future Is Dope” on September 20, 2018 and his single “On My Mind” on October 8, 2018.
Bobby Crimo
Bobby is 5’11” tall and his registered weight is 120 pounds. His tattoos include a cursive script above his left eyebrow, red roses and green leaves on his neck and four tally marks with a line through them on his right cheek.
At around 10:15 a.m. on July 4, 2022, Bobby used his Smith and Wesson M&P 15 rifle to open fire while standing on a roof just minutes after a Fourth of July parade began in Highland Park. He killed seven people and injured at least 38 others.
After the mass shooting, Bobby blended in with the crowd while dressed as a woman. He walked to his mother’s home to borrow her 2010 silver Honda Fit, went to Madison, Wisconsin, USA then returned to Illinois.
At around 7:00 p.m., Bobby was arrested in Lake Forest, Chicago, Illinois. He was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder.
On July 6, 2022, a judge ordered Bobby to be held without bail. Represented by Tom Durkin, the rapper will be back in court on July 28, 2022.
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Was it necessary to say he is of Italian descent? I am offended.
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Not a problem for me. It’s helpful to know as much about the kind of person who would do this.
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Was it necessary to say he was 5’11? I too, am offended..
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The “Italian descent” was used earlier on various initial media reports, so this seems to be repeating it. I would agree it’s not necessary, but perhaps it was said to point out that this was not an outside (foreign) operation. Crimo is hard to place by looks alone on where his ancestry is from; many could assume he came from another part of the world from where we’ve had some infamous incidents of terrorism.
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Why are you offended this isn’t about you even if you are Italian
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When Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for abusing minor children, I don’t recall the headlines saying JEWISH man, Jeffrey Epstein arrested, of Jewish man Harry Wienstien arrested for abusing women, or Jewish senator Al Fraken resigned for abusing women etc……….it is racist to mention he is of Italian descent…….but hey, who controls the media?
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Well,lucky you’re here to correct THAT oversight…
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Too bad, he didnt try to resist, this will be waste of time dealing with him.
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