BIA | Before They Were Famous | How She Became Pharrell's Protege?

For most of her young life, Bia has been traveling along in a lane of her own making. Now, this Massachusetts-born and bred rapper is proving to be a force to be reckoned with as she shoots up to the top of the hip-hop charts thanks to collaborations with some big-time stars like Russ and Nicki Minaj. But make no mistake, Bia has been active in the industry for a number of years now, it’s just taken a little bit of time for her cream to rise to the top. After discovering some of her self-released tracks over on YouTube, rapper Fam-Lay would introduce her to Pharrell who would then sign BIA to his label in the mid-2010s -- but it wouldn’t be until she broke free from under the hit-maker’s wing that she began to find some real traction. Think you know which music icon’s co-sign would turn her career around? If so, fill the rest of us in down below. Everyone else, keep watching Before They Were Famous to find out!