Gucci Mane grew up in Bessemer, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised by a single mother, and took to poetry extremely early. He also took to legal troubles early, beginning with a c0caine charge when he was only 21 years old and would be on caught on the wrong side of the law, a situation he would find himself in again and again and again.

Gucci Mane grew up in Bessemer, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised by a single mother, and took to poetry extremely early. He also took to legal troubles early, beginning with a c0caine charge when he was only 21 years old and would be on caught on the wrong side of the law, a situation he would find himself in again and again and again.

Future grew up in the Kirkwood neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia. As a teen he was shot, and lived on the streets until he was 24 years old. His cousin got him into the rap game, where he wrote for other rappers, before developing his own unique sound and emotional verses about love and relationships.

Future grew up in the Kirkwood neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia. As a teen he was shot, and lived on the streets until he was 24 years old. His cousin got him into the rap game, where he wrote for other rappers, before developing his own unique sound and emotional verses about love and relationships.

Be was born in Germany, but him, his brother and mother re located to North Carolina where she re-married another soldier, one who was verbally and physically abusive to the family, they two would later split and his mother went through a rough patch involving an addiction to crack c0caine. They struggled to make ends meat but J. Cole managed to get himself a scholarship and attend St. John’s University in New York - - he graduated but didn’t receive his diploma for many years due to unpaid fees for not returning his books.

Be was born in Germany, but him, his brother and mother re located to North Carolina where she re-married another soldier, one who was verbally and physically abusive to the family, they two would later split and his mother went through a rough patch involving an addiction to crack c0caine. They struggled to make ends meat but J. Cole managed to get himself a scholarship and attend St. John’s University in New York - - he graduated but didn’t receive his diploma for many years due to unpaid fees for not returning his books.

Earl Sweatshirt who chose his rap name simply because it made him laugh and is perhaps a nod to another artist James Pants. He was previously posting his work to MySpace under the name Sly Tendancies, that was before Tyler The Creator discovered him and invited him into Odd Future Wolf Gang K1ll Them All. But Earl’s rap career was put on hold at 18 when his mother shipped him off to a Samoa boarding school to have his bad behavior whipped out of him, a school where he couldn’t even P33 without supervision.

Earl Sweatshirt who chose his rap name simply because it made him laugh and is perhaps a nod to another artist James Pants. He was previously posting his work to MySpace under the name Sly Tendancies, that was before Tyler The Creator discovered him and invited him into Odd Future Wolf Gang K1ll Them All. But Earl’s rap career was put on hold at 18 when his mother shipped him off to a Samoa boarding school to have his bad behavior whipped out of him, a school where he couldn’t even P33 without supervision.

Drake Before They Were Famous, Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada. father, Dennis Graham a catholic from Memphis Tennessee, was a drummer for legendary rock star Jerry Lee Lewis, and his mother, Sandi Graham a Jewish Canadian school teacher, also hails from a "very musical" family.

Drake Before They Were Famous, Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada. father, Dennis Graham a catholic from Memphis Tennessee, was a drummer for legendary rock star Jerry Lee Lewis, and his mother, Sandi Graham a Jewish Canadian school teacher, also hails from a "very musical" family.