2Rare | Before They Were Famous | Hottest Philadelphia Freshman

Before They Were Famous

Before rapper 2Rare would secure himself a “big-bag” as one of hip-hop’s hottest new rappers, he was born Naseem Young on August 12th, 2000 in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Growing up on the streets of North Philly, Naseem found himself exposed to the rough side of the city up close and personal. While witnessing robberies and shootings, Naseem did what he could to avoid the perils of the streets and wound up earning a reputation for himself through different means. First, Naseem turned heads with his remarkable talent for dancing. And it wasn’t a skill that he kept hidden. He not only uploaded videos online of himself doing the Wu-Tang – an energetic dance that originated in his hometown – he even headed over to his neighborhood skating ring on the weekend to showcase his skills in public. Eventually, however, Naseem would gravitate more and more towards football – dedicating as much of his free-time as he could towards getting better at the sport in the hopes of going professional. In fact, before long he was ranked in the Top-10 in all of Philly as a wide-receiver at Lincoln High School.