Before They Were Famous

For the last decade, few people have found the type of success that Mr. Beast has on YouTube – and I mean that in near any field. Not only is Mr. Beast one of the most successful YouTubers of all time, his overall net-worth rivals that of entertainers in most other revenue streams – with one BIG difference. Mr. Beast gives back almost as much as he gets. And over the years Mr. Beast would find more and more creative ways to spend his money on bigger prizes and stunts than anyone would think possible. For instance, he once gave his mom $100,000 -- because, I mean, who wouldn’t? But as generous as he can be, he also has a bit of a wild-side like when he pays people $10,000 to eat a ferocious Ghost Pepper, well, kind of... Then there are those times when he’s spent his cash in completely impractical ways, like on the world’s largest bowl of cereal, simply with the intent of giving away even more money. Despite how out there some of his ideas might seem, he always finds his way back to the bigger picture, like the video where he launched a fundraising campaign to plant 20 Million trees. Look, my point is this -- Mr. Beast spends his money in more creative ways than anyone else on this planet outside of someone like maybe Elon Musk, but hey, Mr. Beast is only half-as-weird as that guy.

Logan Paul is no stranger to the spotlight or to headline news. His fame started on the video-sharing app Vine, similar to what we know now to be TikTok, where he gained millions of followers and then he turned his content into longer videos and launched his YouTube channel where he now has over 5.7 billion views. He became rich by just being himself…love him or hate him, the man is making serious bank. There was even a time where he posted what could have been a career-ending video. He filmed himself and his crew in Japan’s “suicide forest” where they stumble upon a suicide victim…and they showed it in the video. Immediately he started getting dropped by sponsors, brands, movies, and YouTube’s Google Preferred program which is where he was making his main source of income from. He was on the road to being canceled. He put out an apology video that garnered over 52.8 million views on it and to the surprise of many…his earnings actually increased.

Before Kid Cudi would release Man on the Moon 3: The Chosen over a DECADE after releasing Man on the Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager because he didn’t want to rush greatness. Before Kid Cudi suffered an addiction to anti-depressant medication that had been prescribed to him to help him deal with an emotional breakdown. Before Kid Cudi would be called “the most influential artist of the past decade by Kanye West. Kid Cudi grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His first real lesson in life, which came at the age of 11, that would go on to influence his personality and music was losing his father to cancer. He was expelled from high school for threatening to cause harm to his principal. He attended film school but dropped out, and attempted to join the Navy but his criminal record holding him back – that’s when he decided to take his little $500 and move to New York to focus on a career in music.

Before Toosii would emerge as a force to be reckoned with in the world of hip-hop, releasing his album “Platinum Heart” this past February and following it up with “Poetic Pain” in September. Before Toosii would be confused with being DaBaby’s little brother almost all the time. Before Toosii would have over 250K followers on Twitter, 1.9 Million followers on Instagram, and over 520K subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. Toosii has already managed to create his own lane in the hip-hop scene at the age of only 20-years-old, and he’s about to take the entire game over. His music is a mix of real-life experiences: trials and tribulations, as well as love and heartbreak. This young man’s unique sound combines R&B, hip-hop, and soul, mixing it up with trap elements to create real banger street anthems. One of his most recent releases, “Platinum Hearts” received not only critical acclaim but shout-outs from fellow artists like NBA YoungBoy, DaBaby, and City Girls – cementing Toosii’s place as an up-and-coming act to keep your eye on.

Before Playboi Carti was issued a pretty aggressive ultimatum by Mario Judah to drop his long-awaited follow-up album to his 2018’s Die Lit, Whole Lotta Red, or else he’ll drop it for him. Before Playboi Carti as gifted a $120,000 TANK by Kanye West which lead fans to believe that he has a hand in Playboi’s latest album…AND THEN it was revealed that Kanye not only collaborated on a song produced by Wheezy but also executive produced the entire album. Before Playboi Carti would walk on runways for Kanye’s Yeezy line, in ads for Nike or became the voice behind the latest Givenchy campaign. Playboi Carti was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He started making music in his early teens on Garage Band and uploading it to SoundCloud. He never talked about his music to his friends at school but eventually, they discovered it themselves and he said their validation “put a battery in his back”. Soon enough, he caught the attention of Awful Records who would later sign him. Carti may have seemed like an overnight success when he broke through with his 2017 self-titled mixtape that peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 with hits like Magnolia and Woke Up Like This but when his debut studio album, Die Lit, debuted in 2018 peaking a number 3 on the same chart…Carti knew his mysterious ways was about to truly change the game.

Before Dillon Danis would become a multi-time International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion. Before Dillon Danis would get attacked by Khabib Nurmagomedov after Khabib’s victory over Dillon’s buddy, Conor McGregor at UFC 236. Before Dillon Danis would have close to 10K subscribers on YouTube, over 179K followers on Twitter, and 1.1 Million followers on Instagram at the time of this recording. Dillon Danis transitioned from the world of Jiu-Jitsu to the world of MMA where his record is 2-0 and he’s been mixing it up with personalities like Connor McGregor, Khabib, and more recently, Jake Paul. By now you have likely heard the news but this is beef that's been going on for years. We spoke about this earlier today on an episode of famous news. For those who don't know, we have started a new channel titled Famous News and Clyde is one of two hosts over there. He'll also be helping me out in the video breaking down the more recent events. If you clicked on this video you probably don't know who exactly Dillon Danis is. I ain't picking sides or don't really wanna get into the nitty-gritty but when I can do you is still give you an unbiased biography. In fact, Dillon actually reached out to me a couple of years back and helped me out with answering all our questions so we got lots to get through.

Before Pressa would blow up out of the Toronto rap scene, coming straight outta Jane and Finch. Before Pressa would drop hit songs with collaborators like Sleepy Hallow and Sheff G, as well as a tour across the world with the 6-God himself, Drake. Before Pressa would have over 10K followers on Twitter and over 236K followers on Instagram at the time of this recording. Not a whole lot of musicians can claim to be buddies with some of the biggest celebrities in their home country while still only being in their early 20’s, but Canadian rapper Pressa is one such artist. With shout-outs from the likes of The Weeknd and Tory Lanez, to opening for Drake on his “Boy Meets World” tour in 2017 at the young age of only 21 – it would be easy to assume that Pressa has lived a charmed life, but the truth is – his journey has been anything but. Growing up in an area of Toronto ripe with gang difficulties and poverty, not to mention having a father locked up for life – it would have been easy for Pressa to follow in his dad’s footsteps, and for a moment there, he almost did.

Before CJ would blow-up after dropping his self-released hit song Whoopty and earn himself his first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. Before CJ would receive a co-sign from the likes of Cardi B after she posted herself rapping along to CJ’s popular tune. Before CJ would have over 174K followers on Instagram and over 211K subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. New York artists always seem to have an uphill battle. With the major label offices, media outlets and proven acts all residing is sunny Los Angeles - the grind is different for those on the East Coast. Just ask the newest rap star out of Staten Island, know simply as CJ. Sit tight cause in this video we've dug up some gems you ain't gonna fine anywhere else. From some family, industry connects, his friendship and collab with 6ix9ine and his obsession with Blue Cheese. Inspired by other rappers like 50 Cent, CJ didn’t begin rapping until he was 16 to be exact. By the time he was 19, he was taking rap a whole lot more seriously, recording and uploading his tracks to YouTube and SoundCloud. But at the time, he wasn’t keeping up a consistent enough schedule that the internet demand, in fact, he would drop music and then disappear for long stretches of time.
Then, seven years after he began rapping, he hit lightning in a bottle. This past summer, he let loose with lyrics overtop of a Brooklyn Drill beat – the song would end up becoming “Whoopty” which has gone on to be streamed millions of times on Spotify, YouTube, and across the board. Thanks to this track, CJ is about to rise from relative obscurity to global chart domination.

With his career taking off in 2018, Rod Wave independently released several mixtapes before finally signing with Alamo Records. His hit single ‘Heart on Ice’ went viral on both YouTube and TikTok peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sent his fame soaring! With the rising popularity of his new hit song, he was able to release his debut album on November 1st, 2019 called Ghetto Gospel, and have it land on number 10 on the US Billboard 200. The triple threat of singer, rapper, and songwriter recently released Pray 4 Love in April of this year and it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and things just kept getting better and better for my guy. He released several songs from the album, all of which landed on the Billboard Hot 100 like Rags 2 Riches which became his highest-charting song and peaked at number 12. Further proving that he is one of the hottest up-and-coming talents on the scene right now. Cuban Links is more than just a song - Rod’s putting them on his neck too. A lot of ‘em. Iced out. He teamed up with Johnny Dang for his new music video plus his AND his brothers’ permanent, flawless invisible diamond-encrusted grills for an estimated 30k each AND he dropped over 100k on a new chain…then he figured, hey…lemme get the rest of my team some grills too - those ones go for around 3k each. I have more on his jewelry collection coming up a little later on

Recently, Logan Paul shared an eye-popping stat on his series: “ImPaulsive” when he suggested that Nelk was having somewhere between $30 to $60 Million years, largely thanks to their merchandising game. Now most online resource sites will tell you something different. In fact, a majority of them suggest that Nelk’s combined net-worth between its primary members is somewhere in the $1.5 to $3 Million range. But all of these sites are crunching numbers and running estimates on stats that, quite frankly, they don’t have all the information on.

For instance, nailbuzzed.com suggests that Nelk is worth $2.5 Million, while statsmash.com estimates that number to be somewhere closer to $1.8 Million. Now I’m going to dive deeper into those numbers in a little bit, but for the purposes of this video – the main thing I want to investigate is if there’s any way in that Logan Paul is right and that the boys in Nelk really are Millionaires, many times over. Either way, you spin it the boys of Nelk including Kyle Forgeard, Jesse Sebastiani, and Steve Will Do It have put away a few million each, good for them!