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Before They Were Famous
by Michael McCrudden
Based on the popular YouTube Channel 'Before They Were Famous' with over 3 Million YouTube Subscribers & nearly 1 Billion views. This is the audio version of those recordings documenting the rise to fame of both traditional stars but mainly internet stars. Artists in rap, comedy, instagram models & YouTubers. This channel profiles who they are, where they came from and how they reached the top of the entertainment industry. Thanks for tuning in.
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Tems | Before They Were Famous | Rising Star of Afrobeats
Before becoming a part of the next wave of Afrobeat hitmakers, the artist known as Tems was born Temilade Openiyi on June 11th, 1995 in Lagos, Nigeria. With her father being British Nigerian, Tems and her family moved to London when she was still just a baby. Still, they’d return to Nigeria some...
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Skillibeng | Before They Were Famous | Hottest Jamaican Dancehall Artist
Despite most of us having to spend 2020 under lock-and-key, Jamaican dancehall artist Skillibeng spent the majority of last year spreading his name all around the world thanks to some great tracks. Without a doubt, the last year has provided Skillibeng with a string of breakthrough moments,...
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Cris Cawley | Before They Were Famous | Game Changing Publisher
BEFORE CRIS CAWLEY would forge an impressive career for herself as the mastermind behind Game Changer Publishing. BEFORE CRIS CAWLEY would extend her brand by offering her clients a suite of professional programs designed to help them become their very best. BEFORE CRIS CAWLEY would have nearly…
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Kylian Mbappe | Before They Were Famous | Biography of French Football GOAT
Before almost single-handedly winning France the World Cup with a rare hat-trick in the Final match of the tournament, Kylian Mbappe was born on December 20th, 1998 in the city of Paris -- and as the athlete himself once suggested in a children’s book made about his life, from the very beginning,...
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2022 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Takeoff, Aaron Carter, Coolio, Queen Elizabeth & More
Another year, another list of celebs who passed away, 2022 saw its fair share of celebrity deaths with many of those we grew up with passing away of natural causes but also some young stars like Takeoff and PnB Rock who lost their lives at young age needlessly. As we have become accustomed to…
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Drake's 5 Crazy Moments of 2022
Aubrey Drake Graham, the everyman of hip-hop, is a man who can dominate an entire year musically without even releasing his own album, it's happened before. However, this was not one of those years, at least with being prolific because Drake did still dominate but he did so by releasing a ton of...
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Kanye West 5 Crazy Moments of 2022
Genius, tyrannical, revolutionary, and dangerously egotistical, those are four descriptions that contrast in their own unique way, however, they are also 4 ways that one could describe the artist Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and even then that's a very surface level way to put it. In the…
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Top 5 Craziest Events of 2022
There were plenty of crazy moments in Hollywood and the world of Social Media. MrBeast passes PewDiePie, The return of Brenda Fraiser, Heidi Klum dressed as a worm for Halloween, Rihanna had a baby, Julia Fox & Kanye West, Ben Affleck back with J Lo & off the Jamesons, Pete Davidson dating...
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Macaulay Culkin | Where Are They Now? | The Comeback of Home Alone Legend
After turning himself into the biggest childhood actor of all time with the holiday classic “Home Alone”, Macaulay Culkin would see his acting career dry-up by the time he turned 14. And yet -- he still somehow managed to wind up a perfectly happy 42-year-old with a fiancée and baby, living the...
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas | Where Are They Now? | Home Improvement Star That Disappeared
The actor, former child star and teen heartthrob that captivated a generation, Jonathan Taylor Thomas also known as JTT has had quite the career. Once a pop culture mainstay that you'd find a photo of on the inside of a teenage girl’s locker in the late 90s, now the man is something of an…
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Lofe | Before They Were Famous | From Depression to YouTube Success
American YouTube star, TikToker and Instagram personality Lofe has been steadily building a reputation for himself as one of the internet’s most promising new voices in comedy over a period of almost four years now. After a particularly tumultuous youth which would see him battling with…
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Sam Bankman-Fried | Before They Were Criminal | How He Stole $16 Billion With FTX Ponzi Scheme
BEFORE a just barely thirty-year-old man with a mop of brown hair would earn himself enough crypto-currency clout to be known simply by his initials -- SBF -- Sam Bankman-Fried was born on March 6th, 1992 on the campus of Stanford University. As the son of two Jewish Stanford Law professors,...
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Murda B | Before They Were Famous | The New Queen of Bronx Drill
BEFORE becoming one of the most promising female Emcee’s to emerge out of New York City in a hot minute, Murda B was actually born in late October in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, which means there’s a pretty good chance that that “B” in her name – well, it might stand for Boston. So, how…
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Brittney Griner | Before They Were Famous | WNBA Star That Was Traded For Merchant of Death
BEFORE being detained in Russia and eventually being exchanged in a prisoner swap for the notorious criminal known as “The Merchant of Death”, women’s basketball star Brittney Yevette Griner was born on October 18th, 1990 in the city of Houston, Texas. For the most part, Britney’s upbringing was...
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Viktor Bout | Before They Were Criminal | Who Is Merchant of Dеаth
BEFORE being used as a bargaining chip in a one-for-one prisoner swap that freed women’s basketball star Brittney Griner, convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout otherwise known as the “Merchant of Dеаth” -- was born on what’s believed to have been January 13th, 1967. Douglas Farah, a senior agent at…
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Lucki | Before They Were Famous | King of Underground Rap
BEFORE becoming one of the most successful and prolific underground rappers of recent memory, Lucki was born Lucki Camel Jr. on May 30th, 1996 in Chicago, Illinois at Masonic Medical Center on the city’s North Side. While he might have entered this world on the city’s North-side, Lucki was...
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Tila Tequila | Where Are They Now? | How She Ruined Her Own Life
After becoming one of the hottest reality television stars of an entire generation, Tila Tequila has gone on to live one of the strangest and most troubling lives of recent celebrity memory. Make a fortune off her love life? She’s done that too. But those moments of glory feel like a million…
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Kelsey Nicole | Before They Were Famous | Main Witness In Tory Lanez vs. Megan Thee Stallion Case
BEFORE becoming the latest twist in the ongoing Megan thee Stallion and Tory Lanez courtroom drama, Kelsey Nicole was born on August 28th, 1995 in Victoria, Texas. That’s where she grew up in what she’s described as a relatively lower-class family, which inspired her to work as hard as possible…
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Mia Khalifa | Where Are They Now | How Her Past Still Haunts Her
AFTER making waves in the adult entertainment industry that are still reverberating to this day, Mia Khalifa is now earning nearly as much money in 24-hours as she once made throughout the entirety of her adult entertainment career while continuing to hold the medium accountable. Long before all…
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Kim Petras | Before They Were Famous | How Unholy Made Her LGBTQ+ Icon
Before becoming the first openly transgender solo artist to earn the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, singer Kim Petras was born on August 27th, 1992 in the small German town known as Hennef. Located about 40 minutes from Cologne, Petras’ hometown was very heavy on what she likes to call...
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Celina Smith | Before They Were Famous | Who Is SteveWillDoIt's Girlfriend?
BEFORE becoming “SteveWillDoIt’s” on and off again girlfriend, Celina Smith was born on February 22nd, 1999 and grew up an only child in a single-parent household in Orlando, Florida. Now, I’m not going to lie to you – a whole bunch of the “finer” details about Celina’s life have yet to be...
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The Fall of Balenciaga | Timeline
Ever since Georgian fashion designer Demna became the artistic director of the European fashion-house Balenciaga in 2015, the once lauded brand has become far more infamous for its controversy than its clothing. But the surprising thing to discover is how often that’s been by design – like that...
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Saweetie | Where Are They Now? | Why Her Album Flopped?
AFTER kick-starting her wildly successful career with a viral video that asserted her as hip-hop’s “icy girl”, rapper Saweetie has been hard at work on her debut studio album. Unfortunately, a high-profile lover’s quarrel and some questionable sales-numbers have recently thrown a wrench into all…
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Blueface & Chrisean Rock's Toxic Relationship Timeline
These days everybody is looking for love, some people never find it while some people find it in the wrong places, but sometimes you find it in the wrong person. Social media has a paramount effect on the way we view and navigate relationships whether we like it or not. Gone are the days when we...
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Latto | Before They Were Famous | Jermaine Dupri's Favorite Female Rapper
Before earning her first cross-over hit with “Big Energy” and seeing over a hundred of her unreleased tracks leak onto the internet, the rapper Latto was born Alyssa Michelle Stephens on December 22nd, 1998, in Columbus, Ohio to bi-racial couple, Misti Pitts and Shayne Stephens. At the age of…
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How Kanye West Went Crazy | Timeline
In today's society, the world that makes up celebrities and pop culture, in general, can best be described as a circus and that's still sugarcoating it. From athletes to actors and actresses to musicians, sometimes we tend to forget how much influence these people can have over everything, and...
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Nick Fuentes | Before They Were Famous | Future President Of The U.S.?
Before sitting down to attend one of the most controversial dinners in recent memory alongside Ye and former President Donald Trump, alt-right commentator Nicholas J. Fuentes was born on August 18th, 1998 in La Grange Park, Illinois. A former student of Lyons Township High School, Fuentes was...
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Steve Lacy | Before They Were Famous | Bad Habits Viral Success
BEFORE becoming an American musician known for pumping out some truly psychedelic pop songs, Steve Lacy was born on May 23rd, 1998 in southern Los Angeles County to an African American mother and a Filipino father. Taking part in a largely middle-class upbringing, Steve attended private school...
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Sky Bri | Dating History | Jake Paul, Mike Majlak, Adin Ross & More
When Sky Bri showed-up as a guest on the first episode of the Sidemen’s “Tinder in Real Life” dating series, she set the internet on fire by flashing her ample sized assets while in the midst of meeting Mike Majlak. Sky began her career a couple of years ago. While living in Lancaster,...
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Andy Dісk | The Dark Side Of Fame | From Successful Comedian To Homeless Аddiсt
The trouble with Andy Dісk and his plunge into the Dark Side of Fame began long before headlines revealed that he’d been arrested in Santa Barbara, California on felony burglary charges after allegedly entering a home under construction and stealing multiple power tools. Stealing something might…
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Andy Dісk | Where Are They Now? | How He Sabotaged His Own Career
After American comedian and actor Andy Dісk would make a name for himself on a series of cult-classic 90s television series like “The Ben Stiller Show” and “NewsRadio”, he’d be heralded as “the most talented, gutsy, and truly strange comic of his generation” by Time Magazine. But then came the…
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Birdman | Where Are They Now? | What Happened To Cash Money Founder?
The rapper and record executive known today as Birdman was born Bryan Christopher Brooks on February 15th, 1969 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. Due to his father, Johnnie Williams, not signing his son’s birth certificate, Bryan would adopt his mother Gladys’ surname of Brooks. Far...
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Lola Brooke | Before They Were Famous | New Face of Brooklyn Drill
BEFORE becoming one of the most promising female emcees to ever emerge out of Brooklyn, rapper Lola Brooke was born Shyniece Thomas on February 1st sometime in the mid-to-late 90s and raised around Tompkins Avenue in the neighborhood known as Bed-Stuy. As you can tell from that quote, her…
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Jason David Frank | Gone But Not Forgotten | Tribute To Legendary Power Ranger
Before actor Jason David Frank would pass away at the age of just 49-years-old, he made a name for himself as Tommy Oliver, otherwise known as one of the original “Power Rangers”. Frank was born on September 4th, 1973, in and those acrobatic abilities he regularly displayed on-screen weren’t...
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Fuzzz99 - The Most Наtеd TikToker In The History
An online content creator who goes by the handle of Fuzzz99 might very well have earned themselves the title of “the most hаtеd TikToker” of all time and on this newest episode of the Dark Side of Fame, I’m going to tell you why. Look – when it comes to TikTok, there’s always going to be a bunch…
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BandmanRill | Before They Were Famous | Jersey Club Sensation
BEFORE he would make his case for being the Garden State’s hottest new artist, rapper BandmanRill was born on August 17th, 2002 to a family of more than eleven children! Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Bandman didn’t grow up around every single one of his siblings. Most of the time it was him, his...
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Amari Bailey | Before They Were Famous | Biography of Drake's Stepson
BEFORE he would dream of becoming an NBA superstar and briefly look up to Drake as a father-figure, Amari Bailey was born on February 17th, 2004 in the city of Chicago, Illinois, to his parents Johanna Leia and Aaron Bailey. Not unlike his son, Aaron Bailey is a former professional athlete who…
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Kazumi | Before They Were Famous | Your Favorite OF Model
Before she would become an online content creator, influencer, business owner, and actress, Kazumi was born on February 14th, 1997 in the West Asian country of Kuwait. Over the past couple of years, Kazumi’s online fanbase became the first to recognize that there’s a lot more going on with this...
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Bouba Savage | Before They Were Famous | Youngest Bronx Drill Rapper
BEFORE Bouba Savage would become one of the youngest hip-hop performers ever, he was born Boubacar Diallo on October 17th, 2006 in Conakry, Guinea. That’s where Diallo would spend the first decade of his life growing-up in an Islamic family in West Africa, where he learned to appreciate hot-sauce...
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Hit-Boy | Before They Were Famous | Story Of Jay Z & Beyonce's Beat Maker | King's Disease III
Before Hit Boy would earn his name by producing some of the biggest hip-hop tracks of the past decade, he was born Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. on May 21st, 1987. As a child, Chauncey grew-up in Fontana, a city about fifty miles East of downtown Los Angeles. For most of his young life…
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BruceDropEmOff | Before They Were Famous | How Twitch Changed His Life Forever
Before becoming one of the most popular streamers currently gaming on Twitch and all across social media, BruceDropEmOff was born Bruce Ray Jones on September 23rd, 2000 in Riverdale, Georgia. As a kid, Bruce grew up in the nearby Clayton County area where he developed a deep-seeded passion for…
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Suki Baby | Before They Were Famous | Her Loss Girl From Drake & 21 Savage Album Cover
BEFORE her face would be revealed in November of 2022 as the cover image of Drake and 21 Savage’s collaborative mixtape “Her Loss”, model, adult dancer, nail stylist and artist, Suki Baby, was born Qui Yasuka in North Carolina. As you might imagine – when Drake and 21 originally revealed Suki…
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Edot Baby | Gone But Not Forgotten | Tribute To Harlem Drill Pioneer
Before he would tragically pass away at the age of only 17 years old, rapper Edot Baby would be born Elijah Irvin on February 6th, 2005 in New York City’s Harlem Hospital to his mother Tanya Gabriel -- a hairstylist -- and his father, Vincent Irvin. Thanks to the name he’d make for himself...
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Jas Prince | Before They Were Famous | The Man Who Discovered Drake
Before becoming the man who first discovered Drake, Jas Prince was born on October 30th, 1987 in Houston, Texas to his mother, Mary, and his father, James Prince – the CEO of Rap-A-Lot Records. Back when Rap-A-Lot was still looking to find its footing, Jas recalls showing up at his father’s...
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TaTa | Before They Were Famous | The New Face of Brooklyn Drill
Before he would become arguably one of the most popular members of hip-hop’s newest collective known as “41” -- the rapper TaTa was born Zaire Tasean Rivera on February 17th, 2005 in the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Born to his mother, Joniqua Alvarez and his father, Zaire...
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Sky Bri | Before They Were Famous | From Target to Jake Paul's New Girlfriend
Before becoming the newest piece of eye-candy blowing-up “OnlyFans”, adult entertainer and model Sky Bri was born on February 21st, 1999 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Growing up in the small town of Lancaster, Pennsylvania prior to their emergence in the public eye, the only real friendship Sky Bri...
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Takeoff | Gone But Not Forgotten | Tribute To Migos Founder
Before influential rapper Takeoff -- one-third of the hip-hop collective Migos -- would lose his life in a tragic passing on Halloween night, he was born Kirshnik Khari Ball on June 18th, 1994 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. That’s just the beginning as we have lots to cover in this video from their...
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Nicole Moorman | Before They Were Famous | Lil Durk's Hot Lawyer
Before Nicole Moorman would become the hottest celebrity defense attorney this side of Camille Vasquez, she was born on April 17th, sometime in the late 80s, in Chicago, Illinois. Nicole would then spend the next two decades of her childhood and adolescence living in the greater Chicago area…
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Curly Savv | Before They Were Famous | Brooklyn Drill Sensation
Before he would become one of drill’s longest-running Emcees, rapper Curly Savv was born David Simpson on October 18th, 1999, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie -- a place where he generally got along with most people he met. In terms of his childhood, David grew up in a half-Jamaican and...
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Loski | Before They Were Famous | The Legend of Harlem Spartan
Before UK rapper Loski would become one of his country’s most promising new performers, he was born Jyrelle O’Conner on May 6th, 1999 and grew-up out on Kennings Way – a brutal stretch of South London located in Kensington. As a kid, Jyrelle was a huge movie fanatic and he especially loved any…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Based on the popular YouTube Channel 'Before They Were Famous' with over 3 Million YouTube Subscribers & nearly 1 Billion views. This is the audio version of those recordings documenting the rise to fame of both traditional stars but mainly internet stars. Artists in rap, comedy, instagram models & YouTubers. This channel profiles who they are, where they came from and how they reached the top of the entertainment industry. Thanks for tuning in.
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Michael McCrudden
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