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Before the accolades, awards and the infamous Taylor Swift-gate, Kanye West was just your average 19-year-old who loved to rap.

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Some never before seen footage circa 1996 cropped up on YouTube featuring a youthful Yeezy and then partner/hype man Phenom as they rocked the house at Chicago's legendary Double Door venue. His rhymes resembled something you would hear A Tribe Called Quest spit back in their heyday but one thing's for sure: Kanye was, and still is, pretty savvy on the mic.

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Check out Ye's vintage performance in the video!

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