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Subject: "I saw Kanye open up for Usher...."

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tully_blanchard
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Wed Mar-21-18 10:21 AM

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"I saw Kanye open up for Usher...."

and he brought John Legend out to sing "Ordinary People"

Just thought of that this morning.

Who have ya'll seen open up for someone that went on to be more famous than the person they opened up for?

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I saw Kanye open up for Usher.... [View all] , tully_blanchard, Wed Mar-21-18 10:21 AM

Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
Saw the Black Keys open up for Beck in 2003	seandammit	Mar 21st 2018	1
Not to dismiss your sense of fame, but Beck seems more famous	obsidianchrysalis	Mar 21st 2018	10
Yes and no	Eric B Is Prez	Mar 23rd 2018	14
I think I'm biased against The Black Keys because I don't like their mus...	obsidianchrysalis	Mar 23rd 2018	20
yeah, I considered that a bit before posting	seandammit	Mar 23rd 2018	16
Did you mean 'at the time of the concert' when you made your post?	obsidianchrysalis	Mar 23rd 2018	21
nah I meant in general	seandammit	Mar 25th 2018	29
I didn't realize this	obsidianchrysalis	Mar 25th 2018	30
Beck's got a sort of critical fame that is maybe...	seandammit	Mar 25th 2018	32
I'm biased since Beck is one of my favorite artists but dude was	Adwhizz	Mar 29th 2018	50
I get it-BKs were so off radar their label head had never heard of them	Garhart Poppwell	Mar 26th 2018	38
Do co-headliners count?	seandammit	Mar 21st 2018	2
Nah..straight up "Opening Act"	tully_blanchard	Mar 21st 2018	4
Not opening up, but N.E.R.D. brought Kanye out to perform Through	Teknontheou	Mar 21st 2018	3
Common and Talib brought Kanye out	wrecknoble	Mar 21st 2018	6
CeeLo opening for The Roots in 2004.	handle	Mar 21st 2018	5
highly debatable that ceelo/gnarls barkley is more famous than the roots	The Analyst	Mar 23rd 2018	17
john legend opened for Common	GROOVEPHI	Mar 21st 2018	7
not bigger, but equal...St. Vincent for The National 2008	Nodima	Mar 21st 2018	8
OutKast opening for Lauryn Hill	las raises	Mar 21st 2018	9
I saw the Smoking Grooves tour	handle	Mar 22nd 2018	13
https://www.google.com/amp/s/bc.marfeel.com/amp/allhiphop.com/https:/200...	las raises	Mar 24th 2018	23
RE: OutKast opening for Lauryn Hill	howardlloyd	Mar 23rd 2018	19
I never mentioned record sales	las raises	Mar 24th 2018	24
RE: I never mentioned record sales	howardlloyd	Mar 24th 2018	25
I never mentioned fame either but ok	las raises	Mar 24th 2018	26
RE: I never mentioned fame either but ok	howardlloyd	Mar 26th 2018	36
Saw Jay-Z curtain-jerk for Method Man, OC, and Mic Geronimo	mrhood75	Mar 22nd 2018	11
Not open....but saw Kanye in SOBs before College Dropout	DJ Wade-O	Mar 22nd 2018	12
i don't know if this counts but	The3rdOne	Mar 23rd 2018	15
famous maybe	howardlloyd	Mar 23rd 2018	18
Fugees opening for das efx back in 94	spitfire	Mar 24th 2018	22
WuTang opened for Rage Against the Machine in 97	Johnny	Mar 24th 2018	27
Saw that...that was kind of a co-headline show than a true opening slot	tully_blanchard	Mar 26th 2018	34
Kendrick & Jay Rock opening up for...	The Mac	Mar 25th 2018	28
This is the winner. Close the thread.	spirit	Mar 25th 2018	31
Annnnnnnnnnd done....	tully_blanchard	Mar 26th 2018	33
yall messed up	mista k5	Mar 26th 2018	37
damn. i swear Questlove Supreme needs an LB interview	GROOVEPHI	Mar 28th 2018	42
oh you KNOW that's comin	15	Apr 01st 2018	51
!!!!!!!	seandammit	Apr 01st 2018	53
I saw Ursher open for Janet Jackson	bentagain	Mar 26th 2018	35
RE: I saw Ursher open for Janet Jackson	undeadsinatra	Mar 27th 2018	40
Yessir, you got it	bentagain	Mar 28th 2018	41
i saw Tribe open for 3rd Bass... Fugees open for Cypress...	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Mar 27th 2018	39
RE: i saw Tribe open for 3rd Bass...	normal35762	Mar 28th 2018	44
Side note:	tully_blanchard	Mar 29th 2018	45
/hmmm...no trugoy on award tour chorus?	normal35762	Mar 29th 2018	46
RE: /hmmm...no trugoy on award tour chorus?	tully_blanchard	Apr 02nd 2018	56
Could be a spin-off post	Mack	Mar 29th 2018	49
R.Kelly open up for Pete Rock and CL Smooth.	normal35762	Mar 28th 2018	43
Black Eyed Peas opening for The Roots in spring 2001	Bumaye	Mar 29th 2018	47
the college I went to always had the rap acts go on first	Mack	Mar 29th 2018	48
hahahahaha that's us all day	15	Apr 01st 2018	52
Wait, are you saying these are people who opened for you?	Adwhizz	Apr 01st 2018	54
^^^^^FACTS. Quest DJ'ed and opened up for my Samba Band in Bmore	Castro	Apr 01st 2018	55
how much of this is the roots picking who opened for them?	mista k5	Apr 02nd 2018	58
RE: I saw Kanye open up for Usher....	double 0	Apr 02nd 2018	57
RE: I saw Kanye open up for Usher....	drhodes777	Apr 03rd 2018	59
Early 80's Rick James should have won a whole lot of nights against	c71	Apr 04th 2018	60
RE: Early 80's Rick James should have won a whole lot of nights against	drhodes777	Apr 04th 2018	61

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