Tom MacDonald | Before They Were Famous | From Pro Wrestling to Rap Star Biography
Before They Were Famous - A podcast by Michael McCrudden

Before Tom MacDonald would begin his professional career as a wrestler for organizations like Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling and Real Canadian Wrestling. Before Tom MacDonald would go on to drop “Best Rapper Ever” which would beat out songs from Eminem’s deluxe edition of “Music to Be Murdered By” to land at the top of the iTunes chart. Before Tom MacDonald would have over 60K followers on Twitter, 350K followers on Instagram, and over 1.5 Million subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. Beating your idol on the Itunes charts even if it's just for an hour or even a minute must be one of a surreal moment. For Tom Eminem was obviously a massive influence but it was actually a 2pac album that first had him fall in love with him hop. The road to success has been long and hard and he nearly drinks his life away over the span of five years while dealing with crippling depression. Tom is finally on the other side of things. But he knows all too well how horrifying it is to hit rock bottom. This Canadian rapper grew up in a small town in British Columbia and after a foray into the world of professional wrestling, he began working as a rapper, dropping his first album, Lee Ann’s Son back in 2014. Since then, he’s developed and refined his talent further, leading to his most successful track yet, “Best Rapper Ever”. You guys might have seen this one trending on YouTube but it's just one of 4 videos that in the past 50 days has clocked in millions of views.