Before They Were Famous

The Hornets took Ball with the third pick in Wednesday’s draft. It caps an irreplicable journey that includes stops in the JBA, Lithuania, and Australia—and offers key insights into the future of player development. LaMelo’s winding path then took him overseas, to two stops 10,000 miles apart. The first stop was Lithuania, wherein 2018 a 16-year-old Ball was too young and undeveloped to keep up with fully grown professionals. The second stop was Australia, where last season he played with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League. The ball was part of a larger group of college-aged prospects, including RJ Hampton, who signed in Australia, and the move helped Ball’s stock soar. Find out the full story in his Before They Were Famous video.

Before Chromazz would release hit songs like “S.B.W.”, “Baddie” and then gain even more popularity for her Instagram & OF account. Before Chromazz would get a shout-out from “The Boy” himself, Drake while accepting an award at the Grammys. Before Chromazz would have over 43K subscribers on YouTube, 19.3K followers on Twitter, and over 270K followers on Instagram at the time of this recording. Allow me to introduce you guys to the self-described First Lady of Toronto, Chroma. Chroma was born Janessa Melina Mendez on April 21, 1999, in Toronto, Ontario. As a youngster, Janessa would travel to Ecuador every year for two months to visit with family there and she became enamored with the culture she discovered. When she’d fly back home to the Six, she spent her youth in the area of Jane and Finch and one of her very first jobs was working at a local McDonalds, a gig she picked up when she was still only in Grade 9.

We all know about the BRIGHT-SIDE of Fame -- after all, it’s fed to us in a continuous 24-hour news cycle on every type of screen imaginable; the silver screen, television screen, and most predominantly these days, our phone screens. But for every news story that shines a light on all the positive aspects of celebrity, there are two that have fallen through the cracks because they cast the industry in a less than favorable light. These stories concern themselves with the DARK-SIDE of Fame, and that’s exactly what this new series is all about. For our inaugural episode, we’re focusing on a high-profile relationship that started off with all the promise in the world – two young, talented musicians at the top of their games finding each other in the middle of a worldwide pandemic.
Today we’re taking a look at the relationship of Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez. So, I hope you guys will join me in this new series as I take a look at Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion’s plunge into The Dark Side of Fame.

Before Benny The Butcher would see his star rise as a member of the Griselda Crew and drop tracks like “5 to 50”, “Rubber Bands and Weight”, as well as “Change”. Before Benny The Butcher would suffer a gunshot wound to the leg while your boy was out shopping at a Walmart in Houston, Texas. Before Benny The Butcher would have over 101K followers on Twitter, over 414K followers on Instagram, and over 116K subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. From the very beginning, Benny the Butcher has had something to prove. I mean, there’s a reason why this Buffalo native named his newest album: Burden of Proof. After years of hard work and releasing mixtape after mixtape -- only to occasionally be interrupted with the odd stint behind bars -- Benny’s come-up is finally on track as he blazes a trail forward for himself alongside the other members of his crew, Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine.

In the span of four years, New York City rapper, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has gone from living in Highbridge, the Bronx, to wearing a chain that commemorates that district that is worth more than $100K. Anyway, that ice-cold drip is just one piece in the budding artist’s ever-increasing collection of bling. I don’t know too much about real estate in the Bronx, but something tells me you might be able to get a bachelor-pad in the area for roughly the same amount -- okay, it is NYC so probably not a bachelor pad, but maybe a really nice closet. Boogie’s also garnered enough worldwide fame to purchase a mansion in the NYC area that operates as the studio for his record label and that’s on top of the house he already purchased for his family. And then there’s the GLOW-IN THE DARK LAMBO and the shoe collection that has recently gotten him into more trouble than it was probably worth, but we’ll get into all that and more in just a minute. A quick Google search will show you that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has beefed up his net worth to a cool 5 million dollars. As he rapped on a fan favorite A Boogie track Drowning “I'm gonna win the Grammy move my family out the projects”
which is the first thing he did once he started getting paid.

Before Larray would become a huge deal on platforms like Vine, YouTube, and TikTok – big enough to get invited into one of the largest collectives around, the Hype House. Before Larray would score his first-ever career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with his new viral diss track: “Canceled”, which debuted at # 81. Before Larray would have over 5.4 Million followers on Instagram, over 924K followers on Twitter, over 7 million subscribers on YouTube and almost 18 Million followers on TikTok at the time of this recording. When it comes to being a social media superstar, Larray basically does it all. He’s a gamer, he makes music, and most importantly, he continually entertains his growing audience by being unapologetically himself. No matter what kind of content your like, Larray probably has a little something for ya. His over-the-top personality is something he’s worked on from the very beginning – from his early days as a youngster on Vine, to his more recent experiences as a member of the Hype House. Find out more in today's Before They Were Famous video.

Before Zoe Lavern would split with her long-time boyfriend and collaborator Cody Orlove and would start dating fellow TikTok star, Zephan Clark. Before Zoe Lavern would clock in over 17 Million followers on Tik Tok, just shy of 3 Million on Instagram and half a million Subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. Before Zoe Lavern would get caught up in some YouTube drama when it was exposed that she caught feelings for a 13-year-old fan. Zoe Laverne is one of TikTok's biggest stars after originally getting her start on Musical.ly. Zoe has an enormous fanbase but she's been caught up in a number of controversies... On October 29, 2020, rumors started spreading on Twitter that Zoe had been arrested after a number of different news articles were posted on different websites. She wasn't arrested. This was a Twitter hoax but it became big tea talk amongst the Tik Tok community. Something Zoe is all too familiar with. Growing up online shes had to seek out private education because the bullying at school was so out of control. Crazy! I don't know how these kids do it... I'm a grown man and even I struggle with how to deal with online hate. In a 2018 interview, she told the local newspaper.
"People messaged me and told me to finish myself, I used to pay attention to the hate so much, but now it's just a giggle inside me. You're literally sitting behind a screen trying to hurt my feelings.”

Ayesha Curry was born Ayesha Disa Alexander on March 23rd, 1989 in the Toronto suburb of Markham, Ontario, Canada. Her mother, Carol Alexander is of Afro-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent, while her father, John Alexander, is of mixed African-American and Polish descent. Ayesha Curry met her husband, NBA superstar, and two-time MVP, Stephen Curry, first met while attending church in Charlotte, North Carolina, bonding over shared experiences they had while living North of the border in Toronto, Canada as children. After pursuing a career in Hollywood for a short period of time in her youth, Ayesha would dedicate herself to the culinary arts and building a thriving lifestyle brand based on her passion for cooking and feeding others. She’s also created her own YouTube channel, written two cookbooks, and appeared on multiple cooking shows, racking up credentials in the culinary scene faster than most.

There’s a new supermodel breaking into the world of fashion and she’s a celebrity’s kid to boot! Josie Canseco is the daughter of former MLB superstar Jose Canseco, and besides the modelling career she’s also quietly been establishing herself as one of the most popular and hottest influencers all over social media. As a youngster, Josie was all about dancing -- having been practicing the craft since she was only 12-years-old! And she’s no stranger to the limelight either, having first appeared in the web series Summerbreak 2 and on television as a young girl with her mother on the reality series: “The Mother Daughter Experiment: Celebrity Edition.” But despite her early brush with fame, Josie wasn’t all that interested in continuing down that path, at least not at first. She explained to Playboy:
“I didn’t learn anything surprising about myself, because I didn’t want to be a reality star. I’m actually a weird, goofy, and friendly person. Giving in to drama simply isn’t me.” She's since become Logan Paul's significant other and that dude has been drama free since 2018. But how did the two intially meet? We will explain a little later in this video.

Before Giveon would blow-up after being featured on Drake and his hit song Chicago Freestyle. Before Giveon would be about as productive as anyone else in the world during the course of 2020, releasing not one, but TWO new EP’S. Giveon might have just released his first two EP’s on a major label and made an appearance on Drake’s newest project, but if it wasn’t for his mother, he wouldn’t be here at all. The way he tells it, his mom was the first person to realize that her son had a gift for singing and she helped this talented young man develop his smooth baritone voice. He has just released his newest EP inspired by past romances and hometown experiences from Long Beach, California.