Everybody knows about Tom Hanks eldest son, the one who is the image of his dad just a
little nerdier but now were finding out that there is another
son.
Play it again, you can hear the camera man saying Oh My God!!!
cause he know's whats coming.
Then there is more footage of him going around the Golden Globes speaking Patios
This ain't the first time Chet made news headlines.
Back in 2014 he was a rapper known as Chet Hayes and caught some backlash for using the
N word.
The lyrics in his track Juice had him dropping the N word and he was getting called out by
the likes of Vic Mensa.
This looks like it's gonna be the big news story of today.
We just getting back into the swing of things here so let's just do a short recap on your
boy Chet Hanks.
Figure out who he is and whats with the accents here on Before They Were Famous.
My name is Michael McCrudden, let's get into this video.
Chet Hanks was born on August 4th, 1990 in Los Angeles California.
The son of Tom Hanks and his second wife Rita Wilson and is their first born of two.
Back in 2000 Tom Hanks starred in Cast Away so perhaps that's why his son has that island
twang to with his accent, I dunno just a thought.
It appears that Chet grew up in Los Angeles, the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood to be
precise and the family also split some time in small town Ketchum Idaho.
He got started as an actor on 2007 in the role of Dexter in the show Bratz.
Take a look at this clip, we can't play the audio but Chet was only 17 years old at the
time, being a goofy kid.
Pretty big role.
Not a bad start.
Apparently in the Hanks household there were no hand outs and if the kids seriously wanted
to make it in show business they would have to start at the bottom and work their way
up.
He also had a small role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008
where he played Student in Library.
Other notable credits include Prjoect X, Fantastic Four but more recently he's had some meaty
roles including a recurring role as Victor on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Charlie on Shameless
where he plays a recovering addict and young father.
I love that show and he was great in it.
Also Empire in the role of Blake.
These are pretty big roles on very big shows so the dude has definitely made it as an actor
but role back the clock to the start of the decade and things were going in a much different
direction.
It was in 2011 that Chet decided to switch things up and abandon the family name and
career path.
He rebranded himself as Chet Haze and released music for around 4 years.
He would also do shows and had his own remix to black and Yellow he titled White and Purple.
Here is Colin Hanks talking about his little bro
at the time..
As a rapper Chet got plenty of publicity but none of it was good.
He was also dealing with substance abuse issues which is a deadly combination.
In a since-deleted Instagram post from recent, he wrote
I’ve been struggling with substance abuse since I was 16 years old.
Finally at the age of 24 I decided to get some help.
With 50 days of sobriety under my belt, I can honestly say I’m the happiest I’ve
ever been.
I’m thankful for my family and everybody that cares about me, including my fans.
I’ve been blessed with the programs of AA and NA which allow me to rise above this disease.
I’m learning to accept my faults and be ok with being human.
If anybody that sees this struggles with addiction, feel free to reach out.
Thank you all for the love and support!
GOD IS REAL!!!”
Take that into consideration before we get into the next part of this video and contracts
to Chet on his now sobriety.
Back in 2015 he was apparently on the wanted list in the UK after he was found to have
allegedly smashed his hotel room after a few lady friends decided not to stay the night.
Next up he got into a Twitter feud with Howard Sten and Rude Jude.
Even Joe Rogan chimed in on the whole thing.
The bad press revolved around his use of the N word and for obvious reasons that he grew
up far from the hood and was too entitled to be taken seriously as an actual rapper.
Which is fair.
There was also Instagram beef between Chet Haze and Vic Mensa which played out in the
comments.
Where Vic Mensa called him a clown and Chet replied.
I already knew u was a hater when I saw u at that house party in Beverly Hills.
U ain’t built like me lil boy.
Don’t act like u don’t remember!
Any who, Chet's rap career was short lived.
I wonder if he was just a couple years too early.
If he got started in 2015 when Soundcloud rap exploded it might of been a different
story.
Probably not though.
Chet became a father to a little girl named Michaiah born in 2016 which he cites as his
wake up call.
He told Entertainment Tonight that Michaiah was his main reason for turning his life around,
he stated: It was the prospect of having a kid, and I
knew ‘in 9 months, there’s gonna be a baby here,’
that gave me the motivation to be like ‘Okay, I’ve had my time with all that and I need
to move on.'
He's still doing music and is half part of Somewhere Out West with Drew Arthur.
He also opened up on Van Lathan's The Red Pill Podcast were he spoke about his time
as a rapper.
Where he stated:
Number one, I was on a lot of drugs … I wanted to be, like, down, you know what I
mean?
I just felt like I wasn’t enough…
Low-key, like subconsciously, looking back on it now I realize I was trolling.
I thought, like, crazy antics and just wilding the f—k out and doing some crazy s—t was
going to like spark my career.
He eventually admitted I did the ultimate lame thing.
I did the ultimate cornball thing.
And that s—t wasn’t cool.
Now sober and with his career on stable ground it looks like Chet Haze is getting the final
laugh showing people that he had them hood contacts from way back.
As for the rest of the story, well we are gonna have to wait and see because this is
Before They Were Famous.
I'm your boy Michael McCrudden – keep hitting me up in the DM's for who to do next and I'll
see you guys in another video.