12 Facts About Bobby Sessions

Bobby Dewayne Session, Jr, known professionally as Bobby Sessions, is an American rapper.

Bobby Sessions wrote and performed the title track for the 2018 film, The Hate U Give, and signed with Def Jam Recordings that same year.

In 2021, Sessions worked with Marvel Comics writers to create to outsource stories for Ta-Nehisi Coates' final three issues of Black Panther, with Sessions contributing to issue 24.

Bobby Sessions was born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Dallas, Texas.

Bobby Sessions began writing hip-hop songs as a teenager and would freestyle in class and in the locker room before football practice.

Bobby Sessions played basketball, football, and ran track, and has attributed to his competitive edge in his music career.

Bobby Sessions has cited Jay-Z, Eminem, Tupac, Kanye West, and Pharrell as his major influences.

Bobby Sessions worked at Walmart and the US Postal Service while playing in clubs in the Dallas area establishing a name for himself.

Bobby Sessions quit his job in 2014 with only $50 in his bank account to pursue his music career full-time.

In 2015, Bobby Sessions signed a record deal with High Standardz and released his debut album, LOA which was listed as the "Best Album of 2015" by the Dallas Observer.

Bobby Sessions wrote and performed the title track for the soundtrack, The Hate U Give, which includes songs by Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Logic, and Tupac.

Bobby Sessions was asked by his label to write the song as his cousin, James Harper, was shot and killed by a police officer in 2012 in South Dallas, Texas.