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Lil J to Young Jeezy

Before he took up the business of motivating thugs everywhere, Young Jeezy was just Lil J from Atlanta. The "Lil" prefix is usually a source of regret later on in a rapper's career, so Jeezy was ahead of the game on this one.

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