For me it was Danny Brown

Thought he was weird based off his haircut and the XXX artwork wasn’t a draw for me. I thought he was a meme/joke rapper.

When I finally took a listen to XXX I felt like a clown for not hearing it earlier.

Share yours.

Brownsville Ka

I thought rapping over no drums was weird

Now hes one of my favorite rappers oat

Mmm playboi carti tbh. I thought his s*** was so regular until I heard die lit and realized wtf he was doing.

Young thug. There's literally a whole thread on ktt1 where I'm trashing him and I get put on and u see the metamorphosis happen through pages. Its actually super dope. I feel like every young thug fan went through that except my moment was documented.

And the last one. Prolly lil Wayne. When he was at his height I was like 13. And lolipop was everywhere. I thought that s*** was sooooo lame. I thought amilly was waaaack. I thought dude was the corniest rapper alive and then one day it all f***ing clicked. Mf genuinely prolly one of the greatest rappers alive.

Pooh Shiesty

Russ

Kanye

thought he was great when i first got into his music, but then i realized he has no good albums outside of 808s, Dark Fantasy, and Yeezus

Man shut the f*** up

He corny, but niggas should be having dinner with him over Hov

Russ. I used to think people just hated him to hate on him, but then I listened to his music and felt like it was just decent at best...then I started watching interviews of him and it became clear why he gets the hate lol

Bait

Babysantana

Thought he was a girl for a while

Nobody im always right

Me too

Lupe Fiasco lol

Poope

nope

i thought i was a Kanye fan for the longest time

then i realized his music is mostly trash except for a few years where he accidentally made 3 amazing albums as a fluke

gunna

Ok guys look I know you guys hate me but you guys put me onto YB and I liked some songs.

prob 21 savage, def thought he was gonna be meme'd out during the Issa era. Def solidified himself afterwards.

Carti back in 2017, thought he was trash, but gave ST a chance and now he's my favorite artist from his generation

Chance, around when coloring book was hot, used find his voice annoying asf, but he grew on me.

Slums/griselda. Used to think that was s*** was just dusty and boring (and some of still is ngl) but for the most part I love that style now

Kpop hahahahahaha
Thought is's some manufactured souless music
Now I can't get enough and there are some legit bops and jams

NBAYB

i became a hov stan once i started getting money and hoes

Im serious btw. In my personal life I didnt understand hov until i grew up a lil.

Man I slept on sauce walka pretty hard

Granted he was a lil corny at first

Uzi
I just used to hate his face so much?

The Weeknd
Thought he was just shallow, d*** addled pretty boy who made weak music, but his music's actually aight lol

Kendrick
Idk I always knew he was good but his rise was soo meteoritic during HS I just couldn't be bothered with how popular he was, didn't come around to actually listening til like 2015

R.E.M.
Thought they were corny parent music cuz my parents loved them so much but those fools are BASED witit

and lastly, Frank
When I discovered him I was instantly obsessed and thought I'd found someone amazing who would regularly drop music for years to come