10 Celebrities Who Came From Nothing

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] drake said it best we started from the bottom now we're here but he definitely wasn't the only one hollywood's depiction of the life of a celebrity seems envious at first glance there's red carpets exclusive premieres award shows magazine covers you get the idea but looks can be deceiving and a lot of our favorite celebs got to where they are now by making it through some pretty tough circumstances sometimes life without that silver spoon means a lot of hustling and grinding to get to the top and there's so much strength and honor in that we see so many stars and their glamorous lives but one can only imagine how much work it took to get there selena gomez whether you love listening to her music wearing makeup from her rare beauty line or were a fan of hers from way back in wizards of waverly place days selena gomez is a beauty and style icon to say the least but before the fame and success she lived a completely different life selena's mother was 16 years old when she had her making ends meet was difficult for her family in fact when selena was young she remembered searching around for quarters to put gas in the car despite her hardships selena's mother continued to work hard to provide for her family and when selena was seven years old she finally had her big break appearing on the show barney and friends it's great and i think we can make some nice presents where she also met and co-starred with fellow pop icon demi lovato seeing how hard her mom worked to raise her it's no surprise that selena's been taking her career by storm and has grown into the talented singer actress and businesswoman that she is today j-lo jenny from the block can be seen nowadays in designer fashion and in multiple multi-million dollar homes but while growing up in the bronx neighborhood of castle hill she and her siblings had to live pretty sparingly eventually her parents saved up enough money to move the family into a two-story house in the same neighborhood but that didn't mean money wasn't tight as her dad worked nights and her mother worked as a tupperware lady while also working at her daughter's school growing up jlo's mom would ask for her and her sisters to put on shows and perform for the rest of the family to keep the girls busy and that must have struck a chord with jennifer she and her mother didn't see eye to eye on her dream to pursue entertainment and this even led to a falling out between the two but eventually she'd later go on to work in europe and la before starring in her iconic role in the biopic selena justin bieber okay we all remember back in 2010 when justin released the song baby and more or less took over the world of pop music for the foreseeable future it played on seemingly every radio station non-stop and we were all here for it but justin came from much humbler beginnings though money is obviously of no issue for him now justin still remembers what it was like growing up poor and being teased by other kids because of it he told britain's okay magazine i remember sitting in restaurants with my mother and she'd make me order water instead of soda i remember so badly wanting to order a soda he went on to state i also remember that when i got my first big paycheck i was so glad to be able to use that money to take care of my mom as someone who made it through both financial hardships growing up and the pressures of fame at such a young age justin bieber is the survivor to say the least cardi b whether you like her music or not there's probably been at least a time or two where the hilarious and outspoken 28 year old rapper has made you laugh on your timeline today we're going to be reading about everyone poops but behind the jokes and the success of her number one hit songs cardi's upbringing did a lot to shape her personality and to make her the star she is today a fellow bronx native to jlo cardi grew up with little money but praised her parents for all they did to provide for her family in an interview she states i have real good parents they poor they have regular poor jobs and whatnot they real good people i was just raised in a bad society but if you're familiar with cardi you know that would never hold her back she made ends meet by working as a dancer at night in different clubs in new york and eventually went viral on vine and instagram before being cast in love and hip hop the rest is history lizzo as one of the most influential artists we see today lizzo has taken the world by storm with her chart-topping songs her upbeat and hilarious personality and her activism and focus on self-love and self-care but we'd definitely be lying if we told you that she didn't have to fight through some pretty tough times to get there she formed a musical group called the cornrow clique when she was in high school and would later go on to excel at playing the flute but she was eventually left with nowhere to go following the loss of her father when she was 21 she slept on friends couches and even in her car for months before eventually becoming co-signed by prince in 2011. she continued to perform and hone in on her craft and in 2017 lizzo released the ever so famous single truth hurts and well we pretty much never stopped singing it through strength perseverance and hard work she rebuilt herself from the ground up and became the icon we see dominating the stage today mila kunis the talented beauty that is mila kunis was a household name for a lot of us who tuned in to see her witty sense of humor on the series that 70s show maybe i just need someone to tell me if i'm crazy jackie you're crazy not you bigfoot where she co-starred alongside her now husband ashton kutcher but before her rise to fame she had her fair share of struggles mila was born in ukraine when it was still a part of the soviet union and though they were well off there things changed drastically when her family moved to america with a budget of only 250 her father went from being a mechanical engineer to driving a taxi and her mother went from teaching physics to running a pharmacy but the family worked hard and made ends meet regardless as a successful actress mila may no longer have to worry about money anymore but she also refuses to raise entitled children according to people magazine she and her husband ashton decided to raise their children humbly because they both came from pretty solid poverty backgrounds and are very aware of what a dollar is worth nicki minaj a rap legend who's been in the game for well over a decade nikki has dominated the rap industry and as she's worth an estimated 85 million checking price tags could be a thing of the past for her but she had to endure some serious hardships to get to where she is now she was born in st james trinidad in tobago and grew up in queens in new york and when she was young her father suffered from addiction and their home went up in flames with the family still inside it but even through all of that nikki hustled to pursue her dreams she tried her hand at acting after graduating from laguardia a music and performing arts high school in new york but eventually found her path when she started rapping back in 2004. she released multiple mixtapes before getting the attention of lil wayne who signed her to his label young money entertainment and we're pleased to say that she's been killing it ever since tiffany haddish we see tiffany getting numerous shout outs from people like kevin hart and beyonce and we see her performing in venues around the world she's upbeat undeniably funny and seems like the kindest person you'll ever meet but a lot of this may be because she's kept her head up after having to endure so much in her life she grew up in south central los angeles in a single-parent home as a child her mother suffered from brain damage due to a car accident she was in which left tiffany to take on a lot more responsibility than most kids should have to her family was even split into foster homes until her grandmother reunited them when she was 15. after all of that tiffany understandably started acting out and was told by her social worker that she should either see a psychiatrist or go to the laugh factory comedy club and well i think we know which path she chose as now she's one of the most well-known stand-up comedians in hollywood scarlett johansson let's be real scarlett johansson has quite the extensive actor's resume and her filmography speaks for itself as the avengers star was reportedly the highest paid actress back in 2016 and has done pretty well for herself since then but during an interview she opened up about her difficult childhood she mentioned in an interview with james lipton we were living on welfare we were on food stamps my parents were raising four kids in a low income household in manhattan my mom tried to be as much as a buffer as possible with that experience it was a lot she eventually landed her big break in the 1998 film the horse whisperer and since then she's gone on to make an impressive name for herself in hollywood all of her hard work dedication and love for the work she was doing eventually led her all the way to marvel studios and come on you can't say she's not an amazing black widow kelly clarkson it seems like kelly clarkson has been performing for as long as some of us have been alive maybe because her musical accomplishments and accolades speak for themselves she's had more hit singles than most of us can keep up with and her voice could easily move millions but growing up kelly's family lived pre-paycheck to pre-paycheck and they struggled for years after high school she moved to los angeles with the hopes of making it as a musician but things got much worse before they got better she lost a lot of the little she had when her apartment went up in flames leaving her to sleep in her car until she eventually made it back home to texas but as someone who came from humble beginnings she knew better than to let her current circumstances define her kelly clarkson is the definition of turning lemons into the proverbial lemonade because in 2002 she heard of auditions for a little show called american idol and well we all know what happened after that okay the next song [Music] as superficial as hollywood may seem sometimes there are quite a few celebs who are continuously showing us that no matter where you come from if you work hard and believe in yourself there's literally nothing you can't do which celebs background were you inspired by the most let us know in the comments and be sure to subscribe to the taco for more videos just like this one

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Length: 10min 30sec (630 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 23 2021