Long before he was a controversial and divisive Glastonbury headliner having his limelight stolen by prankster Lee Nelson, Kanye was a lesser known contributor to the work of other artists.
A video on YouTube showing what appears to be the first ever recorded footage of him performing is doing the rounds again- and it’s surprisingly good.
Fresh faced Kanye was only 19 back in 1996 when he is recorded performing with Grav for their album in the same year he performed at Fat Beats.
With no Kardashian in sight, Kanye was all about the music back then and YouTube commenters have gotten all nostalgic for the rap and hip hop of old.
Sean Johnson wrote: ‘Raw. He had such emotion, such passion, such ambition. At 19, success in Hip Hop was all a young, socially-conscious Kanye was chasing. But then came the fashion, the media, attention-whoring, and big-bottomed reality TV stars. He gained the world,… Read the full story