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When I was coming up, there was this mural of Julius Erving.
You know, Dr J.
Was everything in Philly.
I remember how inspired it made me to see him on the wall, what that did to ignite that fire and desire for elevation.
The idea that there would be a mural of me on the side of a school in West Philadelphia just wrecked me is from West Philadelphia, born and raised, and now a mural in the neighborhood might hold your gaze.
Artist Richard Wilson painted a mural of Will Smith at the Global Leadership Academy Charter School.
He says he wasn't sure at first how we should when he called and said, That's what you want to do.
It was just awesome because it's like here is my patron saint right up there watching us.
You know, it's just a 65 foot symbol of You can do anything.
You want Tokyo to think that Richard was so inspired that he found the wall on on Google maps.
I just talked in West Philly on my laptop and just plus plus plus, it zoomed in right on the map, where it says West Philadelphia on then I turned it to the virtual street view, and I'm just driving up and down the street looking for the tallest building I could find.
By that point, I knew I wanted to doing sitting in the chair.
If you're interested in you, probably see a every reference Thio The King Day Wiley portrayed back Obama.
You know, growing up, my mother and father and grandmother demanded no less of me than to represent the family every time I stepped out in a way that was helpful.
Two others I would have done any better if you try.
Thank you know I could, um, something.
There's nothing looked like Ryan.
It's book to see my mother's face.
When she looked at the mural, that was that was profoundly moving for me.
Thank you, Thank you.
In addition to being born and raised here, the city gave him his start.
He's worked hard in the city.
Is work part for him knowing that this man is the West really opens eyes for that?
They opened their lands.
When you're in Philadelphia, you see a lot of things in the youth in the neighborhood that's not always positive, and I think seeing that motivates you all in his own because you always gonna want something better for yourself.
Don't have enough role models out here.
You got to make it be a letter straight thinking the wrong thing.
That's what's good.
They grow too fast.
You need people that's putting that out there like you don't have to do this.
You don't have to do that.
It's so much easier being yourself.
When you a young kid and you walk into school, you see images like this and makes you aspire to want to be that person, right?
What he's done in his life vibrate.
Ogle the scenes touch here, touch people in the world.
But this right here will affect people.
The main thing you did take the main detail you got Will's ears, right?
This man was Icon is looking at G l.
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So my kids, every day we'll see this image and know that you can be whatever you want to be.
This is a man who grew up and fill it out.
They went toe Overbrook High School Up the street was a part of this world that he now is looking at us and telling my Children you can be whatever you want to do that it's just so powerful.
If you were a kid here growing up now and you see this every day, you can get your real understanding that this guy is made.
You know, he lived here.
He grew up here.
He had the same chances as me the same possibilities as me.
The same everything on Dhe.
He's being painted on a wall because he's done something incredible with his life.
So after we after we shot this video, we were trying to see if we could come up with a way to give back to the kids in West Philly and to Richard the Artists of the Mural.
So we came up with some merch on 100% of the proceeds go to the Global Leadership Academy and to Richard Wilson so you could check the link below.
See if you like anything.
If you do get it.