Kendrick Lamar
He had no problem shaking up the entire rap game by calling out some of the biggest rappers right now on his verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” There was once a time, however, that the hip-hop star was so shy that he couldn’t even speak up to answer questions in school. In an interview with LA Weekly, Lamar admitted that he was extremely shy in school.
“There was a math question that I knew the answer to, but I was so scared to say it,” he said. “Then this little chick said the answer and it was the right answer, my answer. That bothers me still to this day.”
James Earl Jones
The iconic actor became reserved and quiet after he developed a stuttering problem at the age of 10. Reports indicate that he developed the stuttering problem after he witnessed his brother have an epileptic seizure. While the traumatizing experience made him quite the shy kid, he managed to overcome the stuttering and become one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors.
