Can be from any genre.

For me:

Kendrick Lamar
Mach-Hommy
Nipsey Hussle
Iman Omari
Roc Maricano
Westside Gunn
BADBADNOTGOOD
Future

Vince Staples literally since he had 500 followers on twitter. I remember the day he dropped his first tape the download link was down and he dmd me a working one

How old are u to be a day one roc marciano fan

Turning 28 in October

Drake (Best I Ever Had days)
50 (8 Mile soudntrack)

PARTYNEXTDOOR
the weeknd
isaiah rashad

day 1 meaning their first release ever.

Uzi

Carti n Thug since Broke Boi and 1017 Thug
Flacko (Purple swag video)
Tyler and Earl (Bastard, Radical, EARL)
Future (Astronaut Status and Pluto rollout)

Drake
Kanye
Lil Wayne
Clipse/Pusha T
DMX

yung lean

interestingly Carti almost... if before broke boi counts and just some of his Awful records collabs were out

Weeknd (I remember listening to the mixtapes on datpiff)
Party (I remember the summer pnd 1 dropped)
Gambino (was a fan of community)
Majid jordan (good people ep)
Uzi (I remember the real uzi tape)
Kendrick (overly dedicated on datpiff)
Tyler (yonkers but not really a fan anymore post wolf)
Thug (knew as soon as i heard danny glover this mf was crazy)

Bruce Springsteen

Yea I’m old

It’s crazy how his style has changed so much since his 1st release

Drake
Travis
Tinashe

Weeknd
Drake
Tinashe
Mariah The Scientist
Travis
Zay

sadboy since day 1

Earl (Earl tape days)
Kendrick (before S80 came out)
Isaiah (before Cilvia came out)
Future (Astronaut Status days)
Thug (1017 Thug days)
Gibbs (Cold Day in Hell days)
Snoh Aalegra (Don't Explain EP days)

Tyler
Weeknd
Cudi
Rina Sawayama
Frank Ocean
Lana

Ye (heard Freshman Adjustment tapes and TCD from cousins but didn't really become a fan til LR) was also a kid at that time 8 years old

The Weeknd

Robb Bank$
A$AP Rocky
Lil Uzi Vert

F***, forgot about Hendrix smh

Travis
Mac
Earl

Frank Ocean(remember Nostalgia Ultra and "She" on Goblin like it was yesterday in high school and the CO era when he "came out.")

Lupe(Started with Touch The Sky then got into F&L when it came out.)

Other than that, I've became fans of most artists I've liked a bit later than they started out.

I got into Ye when Diamonds Are Forever came out, Wayne when C2 came out, Beyonce when Irreplaceable came out, Kendrick when Cartoons and Cereal and Westside Right On Time leaked online, Gibbs when Pinata came out, etc.

Nigga u old as a mf