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Watch A 19-Year-Old Kanye West Rap At Fat Beats

It’s always fun when footage of pre-fame Kanye West emerges online. The latest example comes from DJ Eclipse, the former manager of legendary NYC record store Fat Beats, which before closing in 2010 was a pivotal New York rap hub and a mecca for hip-hop fans worldwide. Eclipse was poring through video of performances from [...]

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09:13 on July 18 2014

Watch footage of a 19 year old Kanye West rapping in a record shop

NME — The performance took place at the now-closed Fat Beats store in New York in 1996 more info

Kanye West

11:45 on July 18 2014

Watch Footage Of Kanye West Rapping At 19-Years-Old

MTV.co.uk News — The rapper name checks Alanis Morissette in this early footage of the now global star... more info

Kanye West Alanis Morissette

11:42 on July 18 2014

Watch a 19-year-old Kanye West rapping in a record store

The Independent — Footage has emerged of Kanye West rapping as a teenager, showing off a more laidback flow in a now-defunct New York record store eight years before he released his landm... more info

Kanye West

15:12 on July 18 2014

Watch A 19-Year-Old Kanye West Rap At Fat Beats

Stereogum — It’s always fun when footage of pre-fame Kanye West emerges online. The latest example comes from DJ Eclipse, the former manager of legendary NYC record store Fat Beats... more info

Kanye West

16:14 on July 18 2014