Before They Were Famous

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Blueface has only been rapping for a year, but in that short time, he has become one of the most polarizing figures in rap, with his offbeat flow, eccentric personality, and of course, the tattoo he has on his face of Benjamin Franklin, who is on the 100 dollar bill, which is a blue bill, therefore he has a Blueface on his face. Blueface is a west coast rapper who grew up involved in street life. He received a football scholarship to head to North Carolina but after becoming depressed, he soon moved back home. After working a few minimum wage jobs, through a moment of fate, he found himself in a studio, and after he heard back his first recording, the rest is history. But just to be clear, he says he is not a rapper, he is a choir orchestrator.

Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieberman on December 28th, 1922 in New York City, New York. His father, Jack Lieber, originally named Hyman, trained as a tailor and dress cutter. Celia Lieber, his mother, was a housewife. Both of Stan’s parents were Romanian and part of the 2.7 million Jews who fled to America from Europe between 1876 and 1924. Stan’s father Jack lost his job as a tailor during the Great Depression and he used the family savings to open up a diner that ultimately failed. In 1939, a family friend get him a job at Timely Comics, which later would become Marvel Comics. The company's main bread and butter were in the publication of pulp fiction and adult magazines but when these fell out of popularity the company switched to comic books. In October of 1939 Timely Comics was always trailing National Comics which would later become DC. They had their Superman and Aquaman so Timely came up with the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner introduced in the first issue of Marvel Mystery Comics. Their next big star was Captain America making his debut in March of 1941. Stan got his first chance to write for the company in Captain America’s third issue. The boss liked what he read and Stan was then given the opportunity to write a script for the comic a few issues later. Find out more in this video...

Despite his controversy, Em was widely considered the voice of our generation, producing ten solo albums, one EP, a greatest hits CD, selling over 100 million albums worldwide, starring in a blockbuster film, and even winning an Oscar for his track Lose Yourself. Can you really name a more famous song from the last twenty years? I'll wait.
The icon has also overcome several personal obstacles during his professional career including a messy on-again/off-again relationship with his wife Kimberly Scott, an addiction to prescription meds that nearly claimed his life, and the passing of his best friend and D12 bandmate Proof. Unfortunately, the problems do not begin here. They actually go way back. And in order to celebrate a storied career as arguably the most famous artist of the 21st century, it's important to understand his roots.

Before No Nut November became an online phenomenon that has been embraced by both men and women all over the world. Before No Nut November spawned countless memes, videos, and even a Reddit community that amassed over sixteen-thousand members at the time of this recording. Before No Nut November was getting fake references from Donald Trump and the official Burger King Twitter account. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, I decided to save this one until the last day of November. If you have made it this far I must salute you on your efforts. I'm also possing a challenge. I'm gonna leave Azzyland tweaking in the TV screen throughout the duration of this video...

Tekashi 6ix9ine dominated social media over 2017 and into 2018 flashing his at every chance he could. From making it rain with 1's at the club to dropping as much as a house on some custom chains Tekashi made sure all eyes were on him and his newfound wealth. It's pretty much next to impossible to determine what exactly each or any artist has put away in their bank account. For rappers the bulk of their earnings come from their record deals, touring, and performances, there are also merch sales and endorsement deals. The best thing we can do is a guesstimate and most websites have pegged 6ix9ine's net worth at $4 Million dollars, not bad for a little over two years of work. Do to his unfortunate circumstances and his recent arrest we have a better idea of what exactly 6ix9ine had put away. His lawyer offered up everything in his bank account to a sum of $1.7 Million. The judge didn't even blink and denied the man bail. You might think that doesn't sound like a lot of money but we also heard from 6ix9ine that he had people skimming his earnings, he had been robbed and he also gave away to those in need we are talking close to a million dollars

Drafted first overall and an eight-time NBA All-Star honouree who has played almost 15 years in the NBA and also a father to 5. Dwight Howard has built quite the legacy for himself. In recent day's there has been little talk about his performance on the court... and for good reason, he's been benched due to a gluteal injury which is essentially a sore buttock. Some would call this awkward timing and others a strange coincidence as Dwight faced accusations of being the Bottom in a man on man relationship and a regular in attendance to transgender parties. If the man is gay? So what? It's 2018... but the world of professional sports has always kept its gay players in the closet. With Dwight and his team sitting quietly the salacious rumors continued to be spread online and the internet showcased its homophobia with memes, gifs, posts, and likes.

J.I.D. was late to the rap game spending most of his early life on the East Side of Atlanta in Zone 6 where he was dreaming of picking off passes and going to the end zone for 6 in the NFL. After overcoming an injury and getting a scholarship to play college football, he started experimenting with rapping.

Tory Lanez was on Instagram Live, he’s feeling good, he’s been popping bottles of champagne, he and Drake aren’t beefing anymore, he just dropped a #1 hip-hop album on Billboard. And sometimes when you’re feeling yourself and you’re confident in your skill level, you might let some things fly off that you wouldn’t normally say. In this case, Tory told basically his followers that he would wash anyone in a rap battle toe to toe. Joyner’s name was mentioned and he said yup him too. He also mentioned that he could out rap Big Sean, Wale, Kendrick, and J. Cole. Basically how any rapper should feel, that they are the best in the game. Even Joyner appreciated the confidence but told Tory on his Instagram page that unless he wanted to actually rap, that he should stop talking. He challenged Tory to pick a beat and they would both rap over it and see who was better. Tory accepted and dropped a freestyle over Joyner and Eminem’s “Lucky You” Instrumental. Joyner replied within 24 hours over top of the “Litty instrumental,” a song Tory and Meek Mill dropped a couple of years ago, and then Tory replied right back with a freestyle over the same beat calling it “Litty Again.” Since then Joyner dropped a freestyle over Kodak’s “Zeze” and I wouldn’t be surprised if the two kept rapping back and forth at each other for the next 2 months, but seeing Tory laugh at the freestyle on Instagram live and call it a W seems to indicate the two might be done for a little while.

On May 26, 2017, he released the project A Love Letter To You, with songs No Smoke and Romeo and Juliet. The same year, he dropped A Love Letter You'll Never Get EP and Love Letter to You 2. On top of that, he earned a spot as the only featured artist on the late XXXtentacion's debut studio album, 17, on the track “F Love.” The album hit number two on the US Billboard 200, sold 88 thousand copies in its first week alone, and has since been certified platinum, being streamed 173 million times on Soundcloud. X and Trippie became friends after a DM conversation and at one point Trippie says they were talking every day. They had a short falling out but ended up making peace before X passed away.