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For me it was the opposite of the title of this thread.In HS I became friends with a brotha who was from money. His dad is a millionaire. Changed me. It was the first rich black person I met in person. They were also cool as hell. Dude had 3 homes in 3 cities in the rich part of town. A jag and I think a benzo. Low key guy, not flashy. He dressed quiet money. High quality clothes but understated. I ate up anything he said, and did.The fact that you can see and know someone like that is inspirational. Completely transformational.I'm still friends with his son and I told him I looked up to his pops and he was the reason I thought I could be successful. His pops was very surprised to hear that as he was just bring his son and his son's friend around to places. It's important to tell people who molded you. They often have no idea they were inspiring. I am no where as successful as I would like but from what I grew up with socio-economically, the homies think I am.
For me it was the opposite of the title of this thread.
In HS I became friends with a brotha who was from money. His dad is a millionaire. Changed me. It was the first rich black person I met in person. They were also cool as hell. Dude had 3 homes in 3 cities in the rich part of town. A jag and I think a benzo. Low key guy, not flashy. He dressed quiet money. High quality clothes but understated. I ate up anything he said, and did.
The fact that you can see and know someone like that is inspirational. Completely transformational.
I'm still friends with his son and I told him I looked up to his pops and he was the reason I thought I could be successful. His pops was very surprised to hear that as he was just bring his son and his son's friend around to places. It's important to tell people who molded you. They often have no idea they were inspiring.
I am no where as successful as I would like but from what I grew up with socio-economically, the homies think I am.
