15. Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, Busta Rhymes, & DMX

What do Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, DMX, and Biggie Smalls have in common? Apart from making millions of dollars and recording multi-Platinum albums, they all went to the same high school – George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, New York, during the 1980s. During those formative years, Busta even recalls doing rap battles with Jay-Z in the cafeteria during lunch. It’s fun to know that these greats had a hand in honing each others’ rap skills that would eventually inspire a whole generation of rappers.

As most of us may know, Jay-Z would later become one of the most successful rappers in history, having multiple business ventures to go hand in hand with his lucrative music career. In the same light, Busta would also amass his fortune with a lucrative degree of success with his rap career. On the contrary, the late DMX and Biggie, although not making billions like Jay-Z, would become one of the most influential rappers during the 1990s.