Before They Were Famous

Before Jeffrey Dahmer would become arguably the most notorious criminal of all time, he was born on May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. For the first few years of his life, Dahmer was described as an energetic and happy kid – right up until the age of four when he underwent surgery to correct a double hernia. Afterward, his parents believe he was never quite the same. Now noticeably subdued, Dahmer became increasingly withdrawn following his surgery as well as the birth of his younger brother, David, and his family’s frequent moves around Ohio including stops in Akron, Doylestown, and the Bath Township. At the age of 14 years old while attending Revere High School, Dahmer would participate in normal extracurriculars like band and intramural sports, but soon thereafter he broke away from the path of normalcy when he began fantasizing about criminal activities.

Before the hip-hop collective known as D Block Europe would take over the “UK rap wave” scene with their unfiltered takes on the streets and some truly explicit sexual lyrics, Adam Nathaniel “Young Adz” Williams and Ricky Earl “Dirtbike LB” Banton would be born on July 29th, 1995 and October 30th, 1996 respectively. These two developed the kind of chemistry you can’t fake by spending a good portion of their youth together, forging their friendship on the streets of South London. They first met at Catford’s Sedgehill Academy and bonded over the fact that their older brothers knew one another. Neither one of them enjoyed their time in Sedgehill and both remember it being a rather inadequate educational institution that failed to prepare them for life in the real world. LB, in particular, feels like the school set them up for a life on the streets and that the teachers spent more time fighting with students than teaching them anything of merit. Of course, it also didn’t help that their home life didn’t offer much in the form of rules or structure either.

Hip-Hop legend, Coolio, the man who once lit up the charts with massive hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage”, has died at the age of 59. Born Artis Ivey Jr. on August 1st, 1963 in Monessen, Pennsylvania -- which is just South of Pittsburgh -- Coolio moved to Compton, California as a kid and then spent his teenaged years growing-up in Northern part of the state where his mother sent him after realizing that Compton was far too dangerous a place for her son to spend his childhood. In past interviews, Coolio has suggested he first became a fan of hip-hop after hearing “Freedom” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He was captivated by the flow of rapper Melle Mel and would do his best to imitate that iconic style when he first started rapping at the age of 15. Within three years, Coolio says he knew that hip-hop was what he wanted to do with his life, but he’d wind up attending Compton Community College and working as a volunteer firefighter and as security at LAX before devoting himself to his true passion.

Savannah Bond was born on June 6th, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia. Long before she became one of the most prominent actresses in the industry, Savannah was a Catholic high-school student who often found herself getting into a whole heap of trouble. Being the sociable creature that she was, Savannah had a huge group of friends, both girls, and boys, but even still, she says that she seldom if ever dated during these years. In fact, she didn’t start dating regularly until about three years after leaving high-school behind, having dropped out during her third year. According to Savannah the problem with her school environment was that it was extremely conservative which meant that she couldn’t act on any of the crushes she was harboring. On top of that she also lived about 2-hours away from campus which kept her isolated from most of the others in her peer group.

Rapper and former reality television star Dream Doll was born Tabatha Robinson on February 28th, 1992 in the New York City borough of the Bronx where she was raised by a single mother as the oldest amongst five siblings after her father was sent to prison to serve a 50-year sentence. Tabatha attended high school at Bronx Academy and afterward she headed off to Westchester College for her post-secondary studies before earning a degree in Business Management from yet another institution known as Herkimer Community College. Shortly after finishing her education, Tabatha found herself in a relationship with a dude who cheated on her with a woman that was much thicker than she was. This would prompt Tabatha to get her first plastic surgery at the age of 21, kicking off an obsession with plastic surgery that also involved multiple injections and would lead to many ups and downs over the next few years, some of which we’ll get into more towards the end of this story.

“Fortnite” has opened the door for a new wave of popular streamers and aficionados to go pro by turning their favorite past-time into a potential career. Outside of a few major streamers that most of us already know like Ninja and Tfue, there are even younger players who have newly arrived on the stage ready to leave their mark on the industry. One such player is the man we know as Clix, a kid who has managed to go from a complete unknown to one of the most popular streaming personalities on Twitch all before ever graduating from high school. Clix started his gaming career at the age of 12 and would gain his first real public attention when he qualified for “Fortnite’s” first annual World Cup. Since then, he’s gone on to become one of the series' most successful streamers and has established himself as a major force in the e-Sports industry. Ever wonder what his background is and where he hails from? Then stay tuned to our newest episode of Before They Were Famous to find out.

The Liver King | The Rich Life | Is The Liver King Really Making $100 MILLION a Year ??? Hearing that number out loud might leave most of us shaking our heads in disbelief ñ after all, this dudeís only been famous for months, not years. How could he possibly be worth that much? Especially when most websites that stake their reputation on these kinds of things peg his bank account to be somewhere in the ballpark of $1 Million.

Thereís a very big gap between $1 Million and $100 Million ñ so where did that latter estimate come from? Well, from the man himself who has occasionally hinted at this nine-figure net-worth while being interviewed by GQ and during a sit-down with the Diary of a CEO podcast as well.

But hereís the thing ñ for the most part people are only taking into consideration the Liver Kingís social media presence while ignoring the substantial amount of money his multiple supplement businesses are raking in as well. So, letís see what we can find out for ourselves.

Ice Spice realized that drill music was her future. But it wouldn’t be until she met her good friend and future producer, RIOT that she’d actually attempt to mount a career in it. With both of these two hailing from the Bronx, they immediately hit it off and Riot began sending her the beats he was working on to see if any of them interested her. One of those beats was what would eventually become “Bully” and Ice couldn’t get enough of it. Right around this same time, Ice took part in the Erica Banks “Buss It” challenge on TikTok and found her short clip going wildly viral with over a million views. Recognizing that now was the time to strike while the iron was hot -- in March of 2021 Ice finally hit the booth where she laid down some vocals over top of RIOT’s “Bully” beat for what would become her very first song ever. Working closely alongside her friend, these two got the track finished in just one week and then dropped it later that month. Since then, these two frequent collaborators have dropped four further tracks together and picked up a considerable amount of buzz along the way.

Old-school rapper Turk was a key component of the Cash Money label as a member of the hip-hop collective, Hot Boys. After his group’s debut album would sell over 300,000 copies and chart nationally on Billboard, the crew would follow that success up with a second album before many of them would depart, leaving Lil Wayne all by his lonesome. And while Turk would initially find great success on his own with the release of his debut solo album “Young & Thuggin’” -- which would become a Top 10 hit on the Billboard 200 -- soon enough, he found himself in trouble with the law and serving a nine-year prison bid for a police-related shooting. After getting released in 2012, Turk would sue his former label and more recently, he’s unleashed a series of incredible tales about his past that simply need to be heard to be believed including a story about who he may or may not have been sleeping with while locked-up. So, if you’ve been asking yourself, “Did Turk really sleep with another dude in prison?” -- Well, you’re about to find out on this newest episode of Where Are They Now?

Teenaged rapper Lee Drilly began his hip-hop career with a bang by unleashing the hit track “Final Destination” back in February of 2021. From that point forward his career would explode in an upwards trajectory and he’s been releasing music at a break-neck pace ever since, dropping new singles at least once a month up until news broke earlier this year that he and nineteen other associates had been arrested in a city-wide sting that was determined to use drill rappers’ own music against them. It was reportedly his music video to “BET” that acted as the smoking gun to be used against him and now Lee Drilly has found himself in a whole boat load of trouble. Since the arrest, Lee has been behind bars and whether or not he’ll still have a music career left when he gets out is just one question about his future in desperate need of answering. So, if you’ve ever wanted to find out how Lee Drilly’s past played into his current predicament, then stay tuned to our newest episode of Before They Were Famous to find out!