Kanye West has come a long way. In a newly-released clip from 2002, the fresh-faced rapper gets the keys to a brand new Mercedes-Benz G550. “I had a lot of memories in this car,” he says about upgrading from his old ML430 to the $100,000-plus SUV. The footage was filmed the same day that ‘Ye collaborated with Jay-Z for the first time on The Blueprint 2. Nearly a decade later, history was made with Watch the Throne.

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