MTV listed jobs that 13 rappers held prior to making a career out of music.

Kanye West worked at the clothing retailer Gap, the site says. The rapper now has his own clothing line with adidas.

Method Man worked at the Statue of Liberty before becoming a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

“One dude got in and brought everybody from the ’hood in that bitch,” he says. “[We did] concessions and sold food… We talking like five years of my life up there.”

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Eminem worked in the kitchen at Gilbert’s Lodge in Michigan during his pre-fame years. He is now the only artist to be twice-certified Double Diamond. The awards are for 10 million sales and streams of his songs “Love The Way You Lie” and “Not Afraid.”

To read the whole list, visit MTV.

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