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Back in 1996 Kanye West was a fresh faced hopeful from Chicago. Watch mini Kanye in action below.
In the newly unveiled video, West is aged just 19 and displays some serious fire, sounding a lot like the East Coast rap that influenced him. The footage is taken from the Fat Beats record store opening and was shared with Complex Magazine by DJ Eclipse, former manager of the store.
He even raps about Alanis Morisette, which is cool.
Watching Kanye West on the mic at Fat Beats below
So there we go, the beginnings of a monster. Can you imagine Kanye passing the microphone these days? No neither can we.
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