Hip Hop Stars As Young’ns - Hollywood Celebrity News

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