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French Montana began his career as a teenage battle rapper under the name Young French.
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French made the cut on XXL's coveted Freshman Class of 2012 list.
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Back in 2014, the rapper became the owner of a pet monkey named Julius Ceasor.
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Jonas Brothers reunited this year and released their new album Happiness Begins, but they actually had enough material to release two albums. In their Billboard cover story, Nick said, “There were conversations where I was saying, 'It could be whatever you want it to be — just shows with the old music. Maybe we do a song.' Eventually it warmed up to, we’re making an album, we’re making two albums."
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True stans will know that before they were officially Jonas Brothers, the guys performed as J3. Joe once explained to Vulture, “I’ll never forget our first concert: We were named J3 — and we hated the name. It felt like something a boy band would be called. I remember turning to my brothers before that show and saying, ‘Do you want our name to be J3 for the rest of our lives?’ When we got onstage, I was the one to announce to the crowd, ‘Hey, we’re the Jonas Brothers.’ Nice and simple.”
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The guys had to keep their very first record deal a secret. In their Chasing Happiness documentary, Kevin explained, “I was in high school at this point, and I was so excited. But I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that we were signed because my dad was a pastor of a church. We didn’t want my dad to lose his job potentially. We were signed to a secular label, and we weren’t making a Christian album.”
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His second cousin once removed is Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi but they didn't know each other until Lewis got famous
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Lewis actually found recording an album to be boring. "Everyone always tells you about how amazing recording their first album was and how they'll always look back on the 'process' with fond memories," he told iHeartRadio. "I will look back on it as an extremely stressful time that somehow also managed to be extremely boring."
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He has a gold card to a local Dublin club called Coppers that allows him to skip the line
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NF’s stage name comes from the initials of his real name, Nathan Feuerstein.
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Before his music career, he began writing and recording songs using a karaoke machine.
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He released his latest album, The Search, this past summer, and it includes a whopping 19 songs (20 if you include the bonus track)!
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Niall is colorblind
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He's signed to a modeling contract with Wilhelmina
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One of his go-to golf buddies is Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamie Dornan
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Why Don't We was formed on September 27, 2016.
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Logan Paul has directed three of their music videos, including their collaboration for "Help Me Help You."
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Earlier this year, the band won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music Group.
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Zara has an incredible voice, but she’s also a dancer and studied at the Royal Swedish Ballet School until she was 15.
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She won the Swedish adaptation of Got Talent, called Talang, in 2008 at just 10 years old.
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She is a HUGE Beyonce fan and even met her backstage once. She told The Guardian of her Queen Bey experience, “I can’t really remember what I was thinking or saying because I had this adrenaline. It was weird – to look at the person you love the most in their eyes and she’s looking at me and talking to me and that’s INSANE!”
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