Beyonce

Beyonce was hard at work trying to get a music deal at an early age, but she helped her mom on the front desk of her hair salon as well as sweeping hair from off the floor. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For BET)

Bill Cosby

Comedian Bill Cosby must have loved stocking grocery stores with JELL-O since that was his job along with selling produce at a local grocery store. Plus, he was a shoe shiner. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for BHH)

Brad Pitt

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt actually worked in the streets of Los Angeles dressed up in a chicken suit for a fast food restaurants. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/GettyImages)

Chris Rock

Comedian Chris Rock probably had his fill of cheese biscuits and shrimp while working at Red Lobster growing up. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Chris Tucker

'Rush Hour'' star and comedian Chris Tucker worked for a cleaning service with his Dad cleaning out fast food restaurants. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Cory Monteith of "Glee"

This young actor was actually a Wal*Mart greeter, which is surprising since they typically use older employees for this task. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for VH1)

Diddy

Diddy strived to make it big in the industry, so he became an intern at Uptown Records doing grunt work like washing cars and delivering coffee to employees (LOIC VENANCE/AFP/GettyImages)

Dwayne Wade

In high school, Dwayne Wade worked at Kentucky Fried Chicken. (Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

Eva Mendes

Eva Mendes has starred in a bunch of films and probably glad she doesn't have to sell hot dogs at a mall anymore! (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Gwen Stefani

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Gwen Stefani! This No Doubt lead singer worked the Dairy Queen counter growing up. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Jennifer Hudson

Like Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson use to work for minimum wage at Burger King but in the heart of Chicago. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Jerry Seinfeld

Can you believe this comedian use to be a light bulb retailer? (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)

Johnny Depp

The Pirates of the Caribbean star use to sell pens by phone to consumers around the US. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kanye West

Maybe this is why Kanye started a fashion line, but he use to work at The Gap before he started to make it big! (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET)

Madonna

Madonna was an employee at Dunkin Donuts before she was discovered! (VALERY HACHE/AFP/GettyImages)

Mariah Carey

Mariah had a bunch of jobs before she made it famous including being a waitress, being a coat/hat checker, and sweeping hair at a salon. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET)

Megan Fox

This Transformers Movie star and model had to dress up in a banana suit while she worked outside at a smoothie restaurant. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Queen Latifah

She was an employee at Burger King making burgers & drinks while also cleaning the bathrooms for minimum wage. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Rick Ross

Ricky Rozay was famously outed by 50 Cent for being a corrections officer, but Rick Ross probably has the last laugh as his popularity has soared since then. (Courtesy of Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Whoopie Goldberg

She worked as a bank teller, brick layer, and even put makeup on corpses at a mortuary. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)