Alex Ducoste 4/29/20
In 2018, Tyler Perry was given the opportunity to speak at the National Association of Black Journalists and what he said really spoke to many people in different ways. Perry proceeded to give a speech about his work ethic and how he got to be where he is today. He spoke on how from a young age he watched his father be a hard-working man. The one thing that puzzled him even at a young age was the fact that he never got credit for the work he did and that bothered him as a young boy seeing his father building all these amazing things. After that he spoke on how he made Tyler Perry Studios into what it is today and it was so inspiring to see him speak on that and how he is so grateful for all he has worked and prayed for. His overall message was to work, work for what you want, work for who you want to be, and work for who you want to be remembered as. My favorite quote from his speech was when he said “Once you get to where you’re going don’t run from where you came from”; I feel like by saying this he means that you should always remember where you started and I like that, growing up my older relatives told me to never forget where I came from so it hit home.
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