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    17 Rappers Who Had Surprising Past Lives

    From Tin Man to turnt up.

    1. Tupac was a ballet dancer.

    2. Prodigy was also an itty bitty ballerina.

    3. Plies was a nurse.

    4. Mike Jones was a phone assembly line operator.

    5. Lil Wayne played Tin Man in a middle school production of The Wiz.

    6. Rick Ross was a correctional officer.

    7. Kanye West sold clothing at The Gap.

    8. J.Cole was a bill collector.

    9. 50 Cent competed as a Junior Olympian.

    10. KRS-One was a Hare Krishna.

    11. Nicki Minaj served at Red Lobster.

    12. Ice-T was getting yelled at as an army ranger.

    13. Ice Cube was an architect-in-training.

    14. Big Sean was a Christian rapper.

    15. Jadakiss delivered you newspapers.

    16. B.o.B was a certified sandwich artist.

    17. And Cappadonna was a taxi driver. Cabs rule everything around me.

    Major props to Hot Hip Hop Detroit for some of these tidbits.