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Keyshia Cole represents determination and strength. She has over came the odds of someone born in the streets of Oakland. Instead of turning to drugs or following the foot steps of her mom. Her persistence to fight for her dreams brought her to were she is today. Keyshia Cole is looked up to for being real and bringing hope to people who have less opportunities. The lyrics in her songs reach out to a wide variety of people. If she didn't really go through everything she talks about it would take away from her music, this is the real that a lot of people connect with . Keyshia Cole has a powerful voice that gets her message across. She never forgot where she came from and still goes back to speak to the young people in her community. This is something that is really important to her because she understands a lot of there story's and she wants to let them know that they just have to fight and don't let anyone tell you, you cant do something.

her story really inspires me because I was born in Oakland. Even though I moved to San Diego at a young age a lot of my family lives there and a lot of the issues my family dealt with in Oakland still followed me. Even more than this she is someone who came from nothing and worked her way to the top. Her show "the way it is " was the number one viewed show on bet history. Her show is real and inspirational i suggest checking it out.


Oprah represents a powerful intelligent women . She has a powerful presents and when she speaks people listen. whats really important to Oprah is bettering peoples lives. On her talk show the "Oprah show "she brings people from all walks of life to share their story. Some sad some inspirational the one thing those people will walk off the stage with is something that will better there life maybe a quote, money,job etc. When she has one of her shows she not only impacting the person on stages life but the audience as well. This is what truly inspires me that she changes so many peoples lives within a hour segment. I believe it is an inexplicable reward for a person to know that they are changing someones life for the better. Something that you will notice reading this blog is all of these people I will write about have came from nothing meaning they weren't born in to money,and their rich and famous lives were not handed to them. they didn't have a lot of support but they all made it to the top. They all had the determination and self confidants to fight for what they wanted.


actor/producer Tyler perry has a truly inspirational story. He represents a survivor. He went from homeless to the big screen. The truly inspirational part is how he did it. He wanted to write his own scripted and act in it too. He tried to find someone to produce it but everyone would turn him down. They would either want to change a lot in his scripted or they would say no one wants to watch a Christan movie. This is when he decided he was going to do it him self. Long story short his first film was sold out and had high ratings. In his comedy there is always a bigger picture. its not just another comedy it always has meaning. Not only has he made a numerous amount of films, he also has a TV show. Even more then that he wanted to take it to the next level so he bought and made his own studio making him the first black man to own his own filming studio.



What inspired me about him is one he came from nothing but even though he knew what he wanted to do and he wasn't going to let those big time producers stop him. It inspired me that after he was already on a role with his movies and acting career he didn't stop there. He took his talent to the next level and bought his own studio. the studio is in ATL if you ever want to check it out.