Hip Hop Stars As Young’ns

It’s fun to see how normal or different today’s stars looked before they could afford trainers, chefs, lavish wardrobes, stylists, or sunglasses to hide the ugly. Below are pictures of some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars from when they were younger.

Lil Jon

Now it makes even more sense why he stays scruffy and never takes off his sun glasses.

Beyonce

Cute, but still wouldn’t predict the future hotness.



Notorious BIG

Looks like a NFL left tackle in the making.


Diddy

Exactly what you’d expect him to look like.


Jermaine Dupri

Not sure what’s better - his hair or that he hasn’t grown since then


Eminem

How come in 8 Mile he kept his cool haircut and didn’t go back to his roots?




Flavor Flav

Incredible what a good looking kid ended up looking like.



Jay-Z

Before he set the standard, he was following the hip hop standard in the 80’s


Kanye West

Not surprisingly, at school with the white kids



Lil Flip

Not so gangsta


Lil Wayne

Even with the tattoos, his lil face hasn’t changed at all




Nelly

Cornell looks like the kid that was the best at all recess sports


Pharell

Flat top aside, he looks more like a quiet kid than a swagger-filled producer/performer



Snoop Dogg

Who knew Snoop had some Michael Jordan in him?


The Game

Now that’s a cute kid!


Usher

Usher and his baby fro look ready for a Smucker’s commercial