Kanye West Before He Was Famous Rapping In Studio

Kanye West is by all rights one of the best rappers
ever at the ripe age of 37 ... but turns out he was just as good when he
was half that age.

A skinny 19-year-old Kanye showed up to the opening of Fat Beats records back in '96.

Kanye just grabbed the mic and shocked everyone in the room ... kind of like what he did with Taylor Swift at the Grammys, only this was awesome.

You gotta hear it.  It's pretty amazing