Before They Were Famous

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Before Eminem grew a weird looking beard, he was known as the greatest rapper alive. Now in anticipation of his upcoming 9th studio album, his fans world wide are wondering if he ever had a beard before? Find out the rest of the story about their life and career before fame here.

Before Gucci Mane helped to pioneer Trap Music, founded 1017 Records, and worked with artists like Drake, Lil Wayne, Jeezy, TI, Kanye and Rae Sremmurd. Before Gucci Mane dropped 72 mixtapes, 5 EPs, 3 compilation albums, 2 collaborations, 1 soundtrack, and 10 studio albums...and that's not including Mr. Davis, scheduled for release on October 13th, 2017, with guest appearances from artists like Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, The Weeknd and the Migos. Before he had an ice cream cone tattooed on his face, and an iced out bart where his heart used to be. Before shocking his fans with his extreme weight loss, having shed a reported 75 pounds in the lead up to his First Day Out Tha Feds. Before the weight loss lead to some pretty strange conspiracy theories.

While his father made it big as a rapper, before finding serious fame and fortune as a Hollywood actor, Jaden Smith's career path has been following the opposite trajectory. He was born rich and famous, grew up acting in big movies, and has only more recently begun to pop as hip hop artist. While he's just nineteen years old at the time of this recording, he's already got a pretty big body of work behind him. His secret? He started early, appearing in his first Hollywood film at just four years old, and first appearing on a track by a major pop artist when he was just twelve.

Before Ezekiel Elliot was drafted into the NFL, picked fourth overall by the Dallas Cowboys. Before inking a four year rookie contract with the Cowboys, worth a reported 24.9 million dollars, with a 16.3 million dollar signing bonus.
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Before Chief Keef helped to usher Drill music to the mainstream, with songs like Bang, Everyday, I Don't Like, and Love Sosa. Before signing to Interscope Records, creating his own imprint label, Glory Boyz Entertainment, and collaborating with the likes of Kanye West, Gucci Mane, Mike Will Made It, 50 Cent, Waka Flocka Flame, Future, Migos, Fredo Santana and Lil Reese. Before his multiple arrests, beefs with other artists, and serious social media scandals, including the disturbingly gleeful mockery of the death of one of his rivals, Lil JoJo.
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LaVar Ball and Donald Trump are at each others throats. It all started when Lavar's son LiAngelo, and two of his teammates, were arrested in China for shoplifting. Let's settle this beef, once and for all, with a ruthless three round, head to head match up. My name's Michael McCrudden, and this is Versus!

Before LiAngelo Ball would be a three star recruit for UCLA following in the footsteps of his older brother Lonzo. Before Gelo Ball would clock in 1.8 Million Instagram followers and appear alongside his family in their Facebook Reality Television Show, Ball In The Family. Before LiAngelo would get arrested for shoplifting at a Luis Vutton store in China and was facing a 3 to 10 year sentence in a Chinese Prison.

Before Lil Peep dropped tracks like Benz Truck, White Wine and Awful Things. Before blowing up on sound cloud and youtube, with millions of plays on his songs, including a whopping 9.8 Million views on the Music Video for Benz Truck. Before he hooked up with Bella Thorne. Before Pitchfork called him “the Future of Emo”. Before the young artist tragically passed away on November 15th, 2017.

Before Hugh Hefner would publish the first ever Playboy magazine back in December of 1953 and build the company into one of the most recognizable global brands. Before the pages of Playboy would feature celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Jenny McCarthy, Lindsey Lohan, Amanda Cerny and even Donald Trump. Before Heff would sign up for six seasons of The Girls next door and invite the world to see the magic that takes place within the Playboy Mansion. On September 27th 2017 he passed away peacefully from natural causes surrounded by friends and family.
He was 91 years old...