Transformation naturally comes with time. And if you're a rapper lucky enough to have cameras capture the longevity of your career, chances are you've got some dope throwback moments. These are the awesome, hilarious (and sometimes embarrassing) back in the day pics of when rappers were just starting out in the studio or arriving on their first big red carpet. Fast forward to today, we see them rocking out onstage and dropping platinum-selling albums with ease and it's almost hard to remember their humble, "new artist" beginnings.

These are the hip-hop stars you love then and now. Man, time flies.

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