Before They Were Famous

For eight-years now, James Corden has been a late-night host heralded by many for reimagining the more proto-typical elements of that tried and true formula to re-invent it for the viral age. If you need proof, look no further than “The Late, Late Show’s” YouTube channel which has almost 10 billion views and more than 28 Million subscribers. When Corden took over hosting duties from Craig Ferguson...

Before rapper 2Rare would secure himself a “big-bag” as one of hip-hop’s hottest new rappers, he was born Naseem Young on August 12th, 2000 in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Growing up on the streets of North Philly, Naseem found himself exposed to the rough side of the city up close and personal. While witnessing robberies and shootings, Naseem did what he could to avoid...

Before becoming one of the newest driving forces behind the Brooklyn-drill rap scene, Kyle Richh was born Kyle Henry Fasheun January 22 in 2003 to a pair of African parents in the neighborhood of Brownsville, New York. And while Kyle has always gotten along with his folks, they haven’t exactly been the biggest supporters of his career – in point of fact, they hardly know anything about rap music a...

Before rapper Why-G would become one of Toronto’s most promising young artists, he was born on November 12th 1994 and would spend the better part of his youth growing-up around the city’s most notorious neighborhood – Jane & Finch. It was in this part of the city that Why-G would bounce between his mom’s place on Orpington crescent, his Auntie’s home in Driftwood, and his grandma’s house at the in...

Hey guys welcome back, it's Kara The Vampire Slayer and today I'm doing my "BEFORE I WAS FAMOUS". I might not be famous (yet) but as the soon-to-be Michael McCrudden's wife, and the host of Famous Entertainment, I thought it would be fun to react to some of my best throwbacks. I'm gonna check out everything from my baby photos, to my wild party girl memories, even some embarrassing videos. I appre...

Before Victor Wembanyama would be hailed as everything from an Alien to the single greatest NBA prospect since LeBron James, he was born in the Paris suburb of Le Chesney on January 4th, 2004 to a family of very, well, tall stalk. Let’s start with his pops, Felix -- a former longjumper who measures in at 6-foot-6. Then there’s his mother, Elodie, a former basketball player and coach who clocks in...

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been a recognizable name to most folks in the hip-hop industry for a handful of years now -- ever since working his way up from the Toronto underground with the release of his hit single “Say It” and the Grammy-nominated track “Luv”, both of which were cuts off his debut studio album, “I Told You” that dropped in 2016. That project would be the very first that Tory e...

Before getting wrapped up in a rivalry with his own father, Marquise Jackson was born on October 13th, 1997 to parents 50 Cent and Shaniqua Tompkins. Upon his kid’s birth, the world-famous rapper would credit his son for totally changing his outlook on life. A noble intent to be sure, but one that wouldn’t exactly come to fruition. During Marquise’s early years, however, everything seemed to be go...

Before New York-based drill-rapper TDott Woo would be tragically gunned down on the Brooklyn streets in early 2022, he was born Tahjay Dobson sometime in the year 2000 and grew up near the intersection of East 98th Street and Avenue L. For those of you who don’t know that area all that well, that’s mostly a residential area in South East Brooklyn known as Canarsie. Outside of where he grew up, a l...

Before Yus Gz would become the next big up-and-coming Bronx drill rapper to keep your eye on, he was born Youssef Doumbouya in Brooklyn, New York on September 19th, 2003. A first-generation immigrant from the Ivory Coast of Africa, Yus grew up a practitioner of the church of Islam and would visit his home continent often as a kid. But faith wouldn’t keep him off the streets and after moving from h...

Before becoming the latest in a long line of promising drill-rappers to emerge from New York City, NAS EBK was born on July 2nd, 2003 in the Bronx where he grew up around 158th and 3rd Avenue. Nas began his life as an aspiring basketball player and in his teenage years, he played for the Eagle Academy school in New York, winning a championship in his Freshman year. After that first season, he was...

On November 6th, 2020, up-and-coming rapper Кing Vоn, would die at the age of 26 from multiple gunshot wounds incurred during an altercation outside of a a club in Atlanta, Georgia. Von’s tragic passing ended a two day-period that would see him celebrating the release of his debut album, “Welcome to O Block” by throwing a massive party in Atlanta, only to then, hours later, be gunned down in the s...

Before Spazz Drilly would become one of the deadliest drill rappers of all time, he was born Tabu Harris sometime in the year 2001. He grew up on the G-Side neighborhood of the Bronx which might be a small place, relatively speaking, but it sure does have a ton of violent gangs occupying its streets. After all, everyone from the Bloods, to the Crips, to the YGz claim a piece of turf somewhere in t...

Аdrіаnа was born on November 4, 1991, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania but she moved around a lot because she grew up in foster care. She was told that she is of Russian, Serbian, and a little bit of English ancestry, but she says that there is no way to verify this so she can't be absolutely sure. We did what we could to try and find some childhood photos of Adriana but those appear to have been scru...

Noticuz is a YouTube personality and content creator whose best known for creating a ton of inventive comedy videos on his self-titled YouTube channel. This young man only just started trying his hand at YouTube a little over three years ago and by the end of his first year, he had already reach around 5K subs. Flash forward two years and Noticuz has blown that impressive accomplishment right out...

Before he’d become a YouTube comedian and prankster, D’Aydrian Harding was born on August 3rd, 2001 in Wichita, Kansas where he grew up in what was generally a pretty idyllic set-up – and by that, I mean one where he didn’t have to worry about much as kid. Located smack-dab in the middle of America, there wasn’t a whole lotta trouble or even excitement for D’Aydrian to get up to – which means more...

Before 16-year-old drill rapper Rah Gz would die as a result of a shooting in the back of an Uber, he was born Ramon Gil-Medrano on September 7th, 2004 in the Bronx to a family of Puerto Rican descent. But growing up in one of the most dangerous boroughs of New York City led to Rah forming links with the local street gang known as the 800 YGz and this association would get him into a lot of hot wa...

Moving to a new country, especially one in which you’re totally unfamiliar with the language, can be hard on anyone. But for model Karen Bassily it opened up the door to opportunity. Originally hailing from the country of Egypt, Karen discovered a love for fashion modeling upon her arrival in North America and her introduction to “America’s Next Top Model”. Determined to make herself as famous as...

Before rapper Luciano would become one of Germany’s hottest hip-hop exports and the face of what’s now known as Deutschrap -- he was born Patrick Jamal Grobmann on January 28th, 1994 in the Eastern German city of Bautzen. Raised by a father from the African country of Mozambique and a German mother -- at the age of three, Luciano and his family including his younger sister, moved from their hometo...

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...

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 portio...

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 sen...

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...

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-seco...

“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...