Actually Stan, I was.
Let's do the math.
I'm 26 years old. I joined NT in 2001; when I was 14. I chose 'Animal Thug' as my screen name, because I was into Capone-N-Noreaga at the time (to be fair, my OG head Fatback gave me that nickname because he would catch me quoting CNN lines at the park I used to be at, and I was a gun on the court when I played ball, and the older heads would scream "put the AK away Animal Thug" every time I shot the ball). But damn, at 14 I was into CNN?! But I wasn't into Jay-Z 4 years prior??
it required a sharper mind to listen to CNN's hostile and raw raps back in 2000 than it did listening to The Dynasty, which was very simple and required little to no intricate listening.....so what else you going to try to fire at me bruh.
I'm from the Hood fam. Zip code 44102. Look that up. I'm not some kid that stumbled upon rap on accident, it was put upon me by default because the people I looked up to during my youth forced me to listen rappers like Big Pun, Big L, Nas, Jay, Mobb Deep, CNN, etc....hence my NT chosen when I was 14.
A 14-year old like me chose a name like Animal Thug as my NT to represent who I was....that there alone shows you how embedded I was into Hip-Hop at a very young age.
But enough about me, back to the topic at hand.
No more BB-shots though Stan, those BB bullets can't reach me from where you're at