Before They Were Famous

Ron Suno is here to stay and he’s ready to prove it. Not only is this talented artist a comedian, but he’s basically the Big Daddy of Bronx-drill, having created the art form for the first time when he was just a teenager! Since then, Ron has been entertaining the masses with his online content through comedy sketches that give everyone a taste of just how loud and hilarious this dude really is. A...

Before rapper Digga D could legally buy a pint of alcoholic beverage at any one of his local London pubs, he’d become a breakthrough drill artist in his home country of the UK. Today, at 21-years-old, he’s now grown-up enough to spend his fortune any way he sees fit. So how much is this upcoming artist worth? Well, according to sites like Pop’n’able and Capital Xtra, he’s got a net worth in the $1...

For years, drill music has featured stammering drums and smooth 808’s. Whether it’s Chicago, London, or even Brooklyn style – they all tend to share the same characteristics. But now there’s a new drill sound that’s shaking it all up. This new genre is sometimes called “sample drill” and it’s rising up from a totally different New York City borough – the Bronx. Over the last several months, there...

Durk Derrick Banks, aka, Lil Durk, exploded onto the rap scene in the early 2010s. At that point, he was still only a teenager, but thanks to a wicked self-starter streak, he founded his very own rap collective known as “Only the Family” through which he would drop his original mixtapes like “I’m a Hitta” and “Signed to the Streets”. On the bright side of fame, all of that hard work paid off when...

The Island Boys have managed to capture the world’s attention all from singing a few simple words while wearing jogging pants in the pool. The last time we reported on this song it had been seen by 5 Million people on Tik Tok but today it’s well over 10 Million. On top of this, it’s become a massive trend online for other influencers to make their own parody of the boys. Some have even dedicated t...

Rollback the clock to 2014 or 2015 & Fetty Wap who came out of nowhere was at the top of the charts with Trap Queen and that was after 7 years of trying to make it. From there he signed a record deal and had not one, but three smash hits with his singing vocals taking over everyone’s playlists and even Drake remixing his songs. He became the first male rapper with three songs occupying the top 20...

If you don’t already know who rapper Mattia Barbieri aka Rondo Da Sosa is by now, you will soon, trust me. This recent Warner Records signee has blown up over the course of the past year thanks to his hugely viral track, “Face to Face” along with a slew of others. Once his music arrived on the shores of North America, people instantly began drawing comparisons between him and the late, great, Pop...

I don’t know about you guys, but it seems to me that as popular as both Chicago and UK drill music can be, all anyone wants to talk about these days are the drill beats emanating out of New York -- more specifically, the Bronx. That’s where trio-of close friends that we know as Kay Flock, B Lovee, and Dougie B would spend their childhoods, running their block, before becoming three of the biggest...

The hip-hop scene coming out of the Bronx is absolutely on fire right now. Not only are artists releasing singles at break-neck speed, but they’re also gobbling up samples left and right to incorporate into their music. Near the very top of that list is the artist known as Qwayshawn Cannon a.k.a B Lovee, a pioneer of the Bronx drill sound who has quietly built up a large and engaged fanbase by app...

This is likely the craziest news story we will hear all year and one of the most tragic for the world of social media stars with the loss of two lives and likely a third if JinnKid a.k.a. Ali Abulaban is found guilty and the judge grants the serious life penalty and also a five-year-old daughter left with no parents. JinnKid who was arrested just last week has pled not guilty for his criminal act...

Whether you’re willing to acknowledge it or not, New York Drill is here to stay. Say what you will about this genre, but it’s led to a number of fresh artists making a name for themselves with their own spin on the sound. Now, thanks to a young man known as Kay Flock, “Bronx” Drill might be up next and he’s brought his good buddies along with him -- B Lovee and Dougie B. Together this trio is reju...

Way back in the year 2017, Joker 305 was at the top of his game and we dropped a Before They Were Famous that went super-viral sitting at 1.7 Million views. He has since publically stated that this video was the greatest day of his life – which is an honor but also kind of makes me feel a little sad for the guy. Joker 305's time in the spotlight followed a similar trajectory to that of his once up...

Today Michael McCrudden interviewed the viral sensation The Island Boys, Kodiyakredd & Flyysoulja, on how they recorded their infamous TikTok, jail sentence, past mistakes, and struggles.

By now you have seen these two fellas everywhere having dominated everyone's social media feeds of a simple clip of them singing in a pool which would clock in over 5 Million views on TikTok. The kids might actually have a hit on their hands with a few online calling it the song of the year, I mean people are actually doing impressions. Since going viral, the boys has been featured on both the H3H...

Digga D is, without a doubt, one of the UK’s most popular and talented drill artists. He’s also one of its pioneers, having helped establish the genre in the mid-2010s as part of the 1011 crew. In particular, his track “Next Up” lit up the music charts and had everyone turning their attention his way – including the local police force. In 2018, the year after his breakthrough, Digga D was sentence...

Even before starring in Squid Game, Lee Jung-Jae (이정재) was already a household name in South Korea, and although he portrays a debt-ridden deadbeat father in the show his financial situation couldn't be any further from the character he plays n Squid Game. The actor owns a chain of upscale Italian Restaurants and a real estate development company. He's also dating an heiress whose father is the...

Considering the incredible legacy she left behind, it’s quite fitting to discover that R&B superstar Aaliyah’s name means “The highest and most exalted one,” in Arabic. From the earliest stages of her life, her parents had high hopes and expectations for their young daughter. Aaliyah would not only go on to match those expectations but blow them completely out of the water. By the age of 22-years...

Having spent time researching this video and watching a number of SteveWillDoIt videos over the years as a fan - I’m willing to bet that both sites are underselling Steve more than a smidge. I mean, how else can you explain dropping $1 Million in only one day as if it weren’t anything at all? But here’s the thing – nine times out of ten, Steve isn’t spending his money on himself. He’d rather spend...

Sleepy Hallow’s voice is about as intimidating as they come – making his name’s allusion to the horrors of Sleepy Hollow more than well earned. This Brooklyn rapper was raised in Flatbush and has only recently emerged from the city streets that once got him into a whole lot of trouble -- including a three-week stay at a juvenile detention center. His breakthrough moment arrived with the success of...

Don Toliver is more or less the Valedictorian of the Travis Scott school of hip-hop. His feature on “Can’t Say” off the chart-topping “ASTROWORLD” helped catapult the man to the very top of the mainstream. But to suggest that Toliver’s success was wholly contingent on his association with Scott is to do this promising young artist a great disservice. Scott may have opened some doors for the man af...

Over the past decade, K-Pop has gradually grown into an international musical force. Gone are the days when only South Korean’s were enjoying some extremely upbeat tunes with ear-worm hooks -- now, the entire world is in on the secret, and K-Pop’s gaining thousands of followers with each passing week. But despite K-Pop’s immense success, it’s been hard to ignore that under all the glitz and glamou...

The K-Pop superstar Pranpriya Manobal known simply as “Lisa” is having herself a moment, to say the least. As one-quarter of the world’s most popular girl group, Lisa got her start back in 2016 when BLACKPINK dropped their first record, “Square One”. Ever since then, she’s become the most popular female K-Pop idol in the world. A pretty remarkable accomplishment for someone who isn’t even Korean....

Originally a member of one of Britain’s most successful music groups, Little Mix – today, singer Jesy Nelson is a solo artist looking to strike out on her own after a tumultuous and drama-filled departure from the band she was part of for close to ten years. But if we’re being honest, Jesy’s life has almost always been chockful of drama, starting from before she was even born when her father was o...

Nigerian performer CKay is one of the music industry’s newest double-threats whether he’s behind the boards crafting beats as a producer or in front of the microphone performing out of his self-penned tracks. This young man has been making waves since 2018, but his journey to re-inventing the Nigerian music scene has taken years to come to fruition. It all started back in 2014 when CKay decided to...

It's hard to imagine the legendary hip hop group that we all know as G-Unit without their lieutenant general Tony Yayo, a man who is always outspoken and will be sure to let you know how he feels was an instrumental part of the group run and I feel like his contributions kinda get glossed over so I thought why not take a look at the recent history at the former bonafide G-Unit soldier. We will tal...