Before They Were Famous

Back in 2011, it was pretty clear to anyone with access to the internet that if you mess with comedic battle rapper Supa Hot Fire, you’re gonna get burned. Ten years ago, Supa Hot Fire was, well, the hottest thing on the interwebs and one of the very first memes to ever go truly viral online. And it all started with one video, posted to Supa Hot Fire’s YouTube channel. From that unthinkable diss,...

To some of us, it might seem as if TikTok superstar Bella Poarch appeared out of thin air. This social media creator, famous for her hypnotic lip-sync videos has become a gigantic online sensation after her TikTok profile went wildly viral. But how much of a surprise should something like this really be? I mean, TikTok has been churning out stars for a considerable amount of time now – and I know,...

Jack Harlow might not look like your typical top-of-the-charts hip-hop sensation, but it’s only because he’s proof-positive of the old adage -- you can’t judge a book by its cover. And while Jack might be in the news right now thanks in large part to the rumors circulating like wild-fire that he and Tik Tok sensation Addison Rae might be a bit of a “thing” – what Jack should really be recognized f...

This worldwide pandemic has been tough on the majority of us, but boy has it ever been good to internet comedian, Druski2Funny. Hardly a day has gone by over the past year when one or more of his sketches hasn’t gone viral over social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. These viral videos are generally jam-packed with comedy and primed for social media consumption with short runtimes that...

Considering how he seemingly appeared fully formed out of nowhere, it might surprise you to find out that YouTuber Def Noodles has actually been a part of the entertainment industry for a hot minute now. As a younger man, he struggled to make it as a comedian before deciding to take his unique brand of comedy to YouTube where his social media experiment would eventually explode into a full-fledged...

It’s kind of tough to remember this now, but 1999 was a banner year for the movie industry – and I do mean banner. Not only did we get a jaw-dropping amount of films from some of the industries greatest ever including Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut”, Michael Mann’s “The Insider”, but newcomers who would prove their mettle over the next decade like The Wachowski’s, Sofia Coppola, and Spike Jonze...

Mulatto is one of the fastest up-and-coming stars in hip-hop today after tracks like “MUWOP”, “No Panties”, and “Rich Sex” have helped her earn a net-worth currently slated somewhere in the $500,000 to $1 Million range. But as good as all that sounds – Mulatto has a problem, and that problem is that her “family” members are coming out of the woodworks, looking to get a taste of all her hard work....

Without ever even having to utter a word, Khaby Lame is taking the entire world by storm thanks to his incredibly popular TikTok profile that has exploded in recent months. His content is often simplicity itself and he likes to react to some of the craziest life-hack tips on the internet which has turned this Senegalese native with Italian citizenship into a global sensation. Khabane Lame has mana...

Key Glock is quickly becoming one of the most talented rappers to ever emanate out of Memphis, the hometown where he grew up idolizing hip-hop superstars like Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne. When he was little older than a kid, this enterprising young man founded his own hip-hop collective, the “Whole Lottta Errthang” crew, to create his own music and capture the spirit of the city he was from. But thin...

2HYPE is made up of members CashNasty, Jesser, ZackTTG, Kristopher London, Jiedel, and Moochie, who regularly team up to provide gaming and sports-focused content while based out of their home in Los Angeles. These six individuals first met online while scattered across the continental United States – and all of them began their careers as YouTubers thanks in large part to the hit video-game serie...

Believe it or not, but a YouTube influencer could help prevent current London mayor, Sadiq Khan, from the first-round landslide in his upcoming re-election campaign. That’s right, Niko Omilana, who’s best known for his YouTube channel where he regularly creates comedy content, including a whole bunch of hilarious prank material, is the first choice of nearly 5% of all Londoners to become their nex...

It’s been almost fourteen years since “Superbad” first hit theaters back in 2007, which means kids born that same year are just now reaching the age where they might finally be able to appreciate this comedic gem that helped launch the careers of a handful of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars like Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, and Bill Hader. This raunchy teen comedy with a whole lot of hear...

On the BRIGHT SIDE OF FAME -- ever since that monumental moment, MTV has become a staple of American culture and gone on to completely revolutionize the music industry in the process. By the late 80’s MTV’s popularity had grown by such leaps and bounds that they began airing non-music video programming as well – which means that long before the rise of peak reality TV in the 21st Century, MTV got...

28-year-old actress, Jennette McCurdy became known the world over after debuting on the Nickelodeon sitcom, “iCarly” before moving onto her own spin-off entitled: “Sam & Cat”. But despite being part of an accomplished series that was one of Nickelodeon’s biggest properties, earning her a whole host of fans, Jennette has recently revealed that her experience working on these television shows was fa...

Moneybagg Yo is an American rapper and songwriter who has quickly emerged as one of the top artists to emanate out of Memphis, Tennessee. After releasing a string of highly successful mixtapes early on in his career, he caught the ear of Yo Gotti and signed to the man’s Collective Music Group in 2016. And while that might have been 2016 Moneybagg Yo with “only” a few hundred thousand dollars in hi...

Adin Ross has made quite the career for himself as a video game streamer who specializes in both NBA 2K and Grand Theft Auto gameplay videos in which he’s collecting hundreds of thousands of views on the reg. Before blowing up and becoming one of the most infamous gamers around, Adin Ross could be found regularly in 2K’s MyPark mode, but these days, he’s rubbing shoulders in real life with some of...

Ever since 2015, Einer Bankz has been strumming along on four strings while convincing some of the biggest emcees and singers in North America to collaborate with him in social media posts of acoustic melodies that all go wildly viral. Only a handful of years into his career, Einer’s already worked with hundreds of artists, sometimes meeting them at some truly random locations like 7-Elevens, trap...

Ever since his blue-collar days, working as a plumber in Ireland and living on social assistance, Conor McGregor has believed that he’s been destined for greatness. Betting on himself, he quit his apprenticeship to enter the world of combat sports, and ever since he’s skyrocketed to the top, becoming a lucrative star and manifesting for himself a rags-to-riches story unlike any other. Recent estim...

In a world where the gangster-rap lifestyle has been celebrated and championed by our culture and where five-year-olds can often be found gracing the covers of magazines, Lil Tay, well, she was the logical next step, wasn’t she? At her hey-day, Lil Tay was pulling in close to 2.5 million followers on her verified Instagram account, at a time when this young Chinese-Canadian was still only just 9-y...

Just a couple years ago, it seemed like Soulja Boy was poised to reintroduce himself to the mass public. Sure, he had had his 15-minutes of fame in the late 2000s after dropping one of the world’s very first viral tracks in “Crank That”, but after its release, his career, well, it kind of fizzled more than it cranked. Many people had him pegged as a one-hit-wonder, but then, almost ten years after...

When it comes to viral sensations and internet memes, we’re certainly in no fear of ever running out, but one of the OG’s at the game is a man named Welven Da Great, otherwise known as the “Deez Nuts” guy. For a pretty steady run there in the middle of the last decade, you couldn’t fire up your computer without seeing at the very least one picture of this guy with some new phrase or meme attached...

On the BRIGHT SIDE OF FAME – EDP445 is one of the most popular NFL vloggers on YouTube and is best known for his hot and heavy Philadelphia Eagle takes that almost never manage to be in good taste but have still earned him hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram while having just over 2 Million subscribers on YouTube as well. On the DARK SIDE OF FAME is a different story altogether and it...

The massive success of Grime rappers, Pete & Bas, both of whom are pushing past the 7-decade mark. These two grandads have already managed to notch up millions upon millions views on YouTube, with their biggest hit songs seeing these two loveable enigmas spitting witty lyrics over some authentically raw beats. Over a relatively short span of time, Pete & Bas have proven to be a revelation to the m...

Nicknamed "The Serpent" Charles Sobhraj was convicted and jailed in India from 1976 to 1997 but managed to live a life of leisure even while in prison. After his release, he retired as a celebrity in Paris, and witch Hollywood interested in making a movie about his life the dude could have gotten away with it all until he decided to take a trip back to Nepal. While Sobhraj is widely believed to be...

When this legend of the rap game first hit the scene back in the early 90’s he went by the unforgettable name of Lil Bow Wow and over the course of his career, he’d drop as many hit tracks on us as he would names changes and swerves in his career path. Eventually, Bow Wow would evolve into something of an actor and announce in 2016 that he was done with rapping entirely. Of course, if we flash for...