Rocko and Monica end of romance

Just weeks before her anticipated album "Still Standing" arrives in stores, Monica and fiance, rapper Rocko have decided to call it quits.


Confirming the end of their lengthy relationship, Monica told fans "even separated we will always be family," Thursday, March 11.


While the "Everything To Me" and BET reality star did not confirm just what might be behind the split, sources say the "I'mma Do Me" rapper had been unfaithful in their relationship.


Nonetheless, Monica is taking the situation as a learning experience.


Thanking fans on Twitter for their support, she wrote the following Thursday.


"Thank U everyone for all the love you're sending. @Rocko4Real is a great father and we will continue to love and parent our children. The rest is a private matter between @Rocko4Real and I. He is a good person. We all make mistakes," said Monica. "Even separated we will always be family. I say thank U again to U all. And as I live and learn I grow. Don't feel sorry for me just pray for me. Gods got it. Have a great day."

Rocko Rapper biography

After Rocko Rapper bio, here are some more info about Rocko from his official site: 
or some, the rocky road to success is easy to navigate. Take Atlanta rapper Rocko for instance. After working for years writing, producing and developing major label aritsts, Rocko realized no one was going to take his advice as well as himself. Proving he knew exactly what the rap game needed, just a year after becoming an artist himself, Rocko secured a deal with Def Jam Records. Thanks to the overwhelming popularity of his Drumma Boi produced single, “Umma Do Me,” Rocko is now at the forefront of the new Southern movement in hip-hop where business acumen and consumer awareness reign supreme.

Raised with his two sisters in Atlanta, Rocko learned at a young age how to improve upon the not so perfect conditions around him. “I was back and forth between my mother and my grandmother for the majority of my life,” says the rapper born Rodney Hill. “My father wasn’t in the picture so I had to learn from a lot of older people. I saw a lot of things growing up and I decided that I didn’t want to become a statistic. So I stayed focused.”

After graduating from high school, Rocko started working for his cousin who owned and operated multiple businesses in and around Atlanta.

“I was doing all types of things,” says the Georgia MC today. “I was selling T-shirts, working at my cousin’s transportation company. I was just trying to figure out what it was that I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to do entrepreneurial things, but I was still trying to find myself. Then I found music.”

In 2002, Rocko started Rocky Road, a development company that allowed him to play a role in every aspect of budding artists’ growth. “I was infatuated with the way people produced music form scratch, how you go in and make something out of nothing,” says Rocko. “I kinda like feel in love with that whole idea. I wanted to learn how to write and format songs and make beats.” Hitman Sammy Sam was one of Rocko’s first clients, and together the two released “Step Daddy.” The novelty dance song’s popularity lead to Sammy Sam getting signed to Universal and releasing his debut in ’02 which included the Rocky Road logo on the album’s packaging.

Rocko worked with Young Dro next, a middle school friend who would go on to sign with T.I.’s Atlantic Records distributed label Grand Huslte. In the years that followed, Rocko’s production company tracked songs for Dem Franchize Boyz, Lil’ Flip and Pastor Troy, and while the vision for his company had been fulfilled, Rocko still wanted more.

In early 2006, Rocko decided it was time to become the artist he had always hoped to develop. “I knew I had the swagger to pull it off,” he says. “I was seeing all these guys who were not really who they said they were and getting away with it so I was like, ‘Ok, if it’s that easy, lemme do me.’”

Rocko immediately reached out to all the key people who he had built relationships with throughout his years in the music business. He recorded songs with Rick Ross, and Jim Jones and occasionally leaked a song or two to test his product. “Once I realized that people were feeling me I just went out and hit the streets real hard,” says the resourceful MC who recorded his hit “Umma Do Me” in August of ‘06. “I just started emailing the record out and going through different markets and promoting. We would be passing out CDs and posters and going out partying and making sure they played my song. The buzz just started to grow and before I knew it ‘Umma Do Me’ was at like 300 spins.”

In October, Shakir Stewart, the senior vice president of A&R at Def Jam, contacted Rocko and persuaded him to fly to New York City to meet with the head of the famed label. “At that time I was in the process of closing a deal somewhere else but Shakir was like, ‘Roc, you gotta come up here, LA Reid wants to meet with you,’” he remembers. “My first time meeting with Def Jam we closed the deal the same day. There were no negotiations. They had their mind made up. I couldn’t even leave the building.”

Rocko’s debut album Self Made is now slated to drop in the first quarter of 2008. Inspired by his tireless drive and self sufficient know how, Rocko’s LP is filled with tracks that inspire listeners to follow in his footsteps. Songs like the motivational “This Morning” and “Tomorrow” are all about manifesting your own destiny, while another standout cut, “Shoot Me Down” focuses on overcoming whatever obstacles arise along the way. With the majority of the production handled by Drumma Boi (Young Jeezy, Juvenile, Yung Joc, etc.), Self Made is sure to knock heads nationwide.

With a tireless work ethic, Rocko will continue to build a future through his love of creating music. “I’m a workaholic,” says Rocko. “For the next few years I’m going to go hard and I’m gonna keep it turned up to the max until I get to where I feel like I wanna be.” Spoken like a true star.

Rocko Rapper and Monica

“Monica” premieres on BET tonight. Monica has two children with rapper Rocko. Rocko is a So So Def / Island Urban artists with his own imprint Rocky Road Records. His first album in 2008 “Self Made” went to number 6 in the U.S R&B chart and number 4 on the U.S. rap chart. Rocko’s single Umma DO Me went to number 7 on the U.S. rap singles chart.


His next album Complete drops 2010.


The Monica series profiled on LALATE first in September will air 8 episodes on BET. BET says of the show:




 “After a brief hiatus from the music industry, Monica is back in the spotlight with an intimate, profound docu-drama that takes a look at her day-to-day world in the new original BET series MONICA: STILL STANDING. Beginning Tuesday, October 27, Monica will open her heart and life to viewers every week at 10:00 pm* and take them on her personal journey of survival and enlightenment. Viewers will have the chance to experience the many faces of Monica as she balances family, deals with trials, triumphs and health challenges, records her fifth album, “STILL STANDING” and tackles the hardest job of all - being a full-time mother of two young sons. Even with all of the success in her entertainment career as a Grammy(R) Award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and actress, Monica’s life has not been without its challenges. Yet, through the spiritual guidance of her parents, family and fiancee she withstood the storms of life and that same support keeps her standing today. Strong, poised and vivacious, Monica wants to show viewers and fans that anything is possible once you set your mind to do it. She wants them to know “