“No one man should have all that power, the clocks ticking I just count the hours…”
Before he became a self proclaimed ‘creative genius’ with a penchant for saying ridiculous things, getting mad at fans and visiting the cinema in Portlaoise, Kanye West was once a teenager with big dreams.
Footage has just emerged of Yeezus as a 19-year-old, performing at the now-closed Fat Beats record shop in New York in 1996.
This recording was made five years before the rapper’s big break, producing Jay Z’s 2001 single ‘Izzo (H.O.V.A), and eight before he released his brilliant debut LP, The College Dropout.
Despite all his ‘eccentricities’ JOE are huge fans of Kanye and it’s easy to see why he became one of the biggest acts in music from this footage.
Clip via – itsdjeclipse
As Rolling Stone report, the shop’s general manager, DJ Eclipse, captured the video, but he had completely forgotten about until now.
“Yesterday I started converting old Hi8 video tapes to DVD and came across some interesting footage from that day…” he said. “But what took me by surprise was the appearance of this 19-year-old kid who at that time nobody knew.
“Now I’ve had Kanye as a guest on my radio show years later, but it’s pretty crazy to see this footage in ’96 and think ‘damn, this dude was in my house then?’ and not even know.”
As a 19-year-old, JOE used to belt out a terrible version of Wonderwall at house parties in the wee hours of the morning, maybe that footage will surface in a few years when we are famous rockstars…
*Cue crickets*
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