Music Stars Who Went to High School Together
Classmates before the fame.
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Upper Class: Music Stars Who Went to School Together - Behind-the-scenes footage of Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne on the set of the video for their song "High School" recently emerged, showing the two joking around like old classmates just days before Weezy's recent health scare. But some of their colleagues don't need to act like they know each other from home room. Click on to see music stars who went to school together. (Photo: Todd Williamson/WireImage)
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Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes - Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes both attended Brooklyn's Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, where they would sometimes battle in the cafeteria. (Photos from left: Alo Ceballos/FilmMagic, Chris McKay/Getty Images for BET)
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Rihanna and Shontelle - Rihanna and dance-pop singer-songwriter Shontelle began their friendship back in their Barbados high school, where they were both members of youth volunteer military cadet corps. Rih Rih in fatigues? Yes please. (Photos from left: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images, Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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will.i.am and Ahmad - "Back in the days when they were young" will.i.am and veteran underground MC Ahmad roamed the hallways of Palisades Charter High School in L.A. (Photos from left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Interscope Records)
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Q-Tip and The Jungle Brothers - The Native Tongues crew first formed in the hallways of Manhattan's Murray Bergtraum High School, which Q-Tip and the Jungle Brothers attended together. (Photos from left: Scott Eells/Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Lloyd and Ciara - Soul singers Ciara and Lloyd were good friends at Riverdale High School in Riverdale, Georgia. (Photos from left: John Ricard/BET, Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
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Ma$e and Cam'ron - Cam'ron and Ma$e were both part of the Harlem rap crew Children of the Corn — but they were also teammates on Manhattan Center High School's basketball team. (Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz, LK/ WENN)
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Tupac and Jada Pinkett Smith - Tupac Shakur and actor-singer Jada Pinkett Smith started their BFF-ship at Baltimore School for the Arts. (Photo: Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage)
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Adele, Jessie J and Leona Lewis - This trio of hitmaking Brit songstresses honed their powerful voices while attending The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology in London together.
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OutKast - Andre 3000 and Big Boi of OutKast honed their rhyme skills together at Atlanta's Tri-Cities High School. (Photo by Arnold Turner/WireImage)
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