40 Rap Facts That Will Make You Feel Old

This list is not going to make the process of growing up any easier, but it does make for some very sweet nostalgia.

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If you haven't noticed, it's 2013—the top of February, at that. See how fast the first month of the year just flew by? Get used to that feeling, and get ready to deal with it for the rest of your life, because, yes: You're getting old.

Every young adult feels hip and modern, but you have to think past the present. Cool, you have an iPad. But your niece that's due in two months won't even know about a world where tablets don't exist. All of those neat relics of your youth—CDs, Borders, Pepsi Blue—are a wrap. Over with. Dead.

At some point, you're going to have to come to terms with the reality that your age is getting a little up there in the digits, but not today. Now is the time for diving headfirst into memories. This list is not going to make the process of growing up any easier, but it does make for some very sweet nostalgia.

Revisit the past. These are 40 Rap Facts That Will Make You Feel Old.

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Will Smith was 21 when the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired its first episode.

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Kendrick Lamar was 21 days old when Rakim started thinking of a master plan.

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People dressed like this 5 years ago.

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People dressed like this 10 years ago.

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This issue came out 10 years ago.

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You haven't been able to get one of these for the past 58 months.

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Lil Wayne's baby daughter from the cover of Blaze looks like this now.

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The little girl who danced in Missy Elliott's videos looks like this now.

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When 2Pac originally recorded, "They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone," mobile phones looked like this.

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Jadakiss once compared his car to Pepsi Blue, which hasn't been available for 9 years.

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Diddy, Biggie, and Nate Dogg all have children in college.

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Diddy made Da Band walk for cheesecake nearly a decade ago.

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This is what the Rock the Bells lineup looked like 7 years ago.

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This is what the Paid Dues lineup looked like 7 years ago.

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When Jay-Z's "trunk was raw" in 1994, there were almost 2 billion less people in the world.

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Chief Keef wasn't born when Illmatic came out.

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When Eminem and Elton John performed at the Grammys, Honey Boo Boo wasn't born.

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The Sega Genesis Lil Cease is playing in the "Get Money" video celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

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Juvenile's 400 Degreez sold more than Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, and Future's last albums, combined.

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RZA's 5-year plan ended 16 years ago.

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36 Chambers is 20 years old this November.

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Wu-Tang Clan looked like this 20 years ago.

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A Tribe Called Quest looked like this 20 years ago.

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Dipset looked like this 10 years ago.

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Dr. Dre's Detox was supposed to come out 10 years ago.

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Get Rich or Die Tryin' is 10 years old.

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Kanye can't meet anyone at the Borders he rapped about on "All of the Lights" because the book store franchise is out of business.

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Drake's producer Noah "40" Shebib was a child actor who used to look like this.

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Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em and To The Extreme were No. 1 albums for a consecutive 34 weeks.

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This guy had a platinum rap album.

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Kriss Kross had a No. 1 song for 8 weeks, 21 years ago, and now they look like this.

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Bow Wow looks like this now.

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LL Cool J stabbed that shark in Deep Blue Sea 14 years ago this summer.

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Master P almost made it to the NBA 15 years ago.

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TRL is approaching half a decade of being off-air.

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Big Tigger last hosted Rap City: The Bassment 8 years ago.

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Mack 10 was married to T-Boz.

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Movie star Mark Wahlberg was rapping on a No. 1 pop hit 22 years ago.

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It's been about a quarter century since KRS-One and Scott La Rock posed for this cover.

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2Pac and Biggie would have been 41 years old and 40 years old, respectively.

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