Before your favorite rapper was your favorite rapper they were a grade school student. 

That's just how it works unless you're a huge Lil Bow Wow fan.

Twitter has been having a good laugh after a large trove of photos of rappers as grade school, middle school and high school students leaked.

These dudes was ugly as hell lmaoo pic.twitter.com/ChudSMdFba

— Percatron💊 (@Xobiuss) January 11, 2020

As you can see, the collection has photos of Jay-Z, Eminem, Nipsey Hussle, Trippie Redd, Tekashi 6ix9ine and many more.

Which was your favorite?