With Big Daddy Kane in tow.

These days Jay Z tends to cruise along in the slow lane throwing out a few #cakes here and there, but it wasn’t always this way. As a 20-year-old ingenue he had syllables coming out his ears, as he proves in this clip from a 1990 episode of BET’s Rap City, Jay’s very first TV appearance.

The eager star only gets a few seconds on camera, but makes the most of them when he’s asked to drop a freestyle after Big Daddy Kane plugs his own record. Watch the video below.

For more Jay juvenilia, check out a collection of demos dating from the years before Reasonable Doubt. Meanwhile, Jay’s just bought himself a high-quality streaming service and rumours abound that he and Beyoncé will drop a collaborative album later this year. [via Miss Info]

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