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Tyrese Discusses Childhood, ‘I went to school just so I could eat’

by Keithan Samuels
Apr 11, 2012
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Singer/actor Tyrese Gibson is the latest star to be featured in Defy Magazine.  An excerpt from his interview was released on Defy Magazine’s website. During his interview, Gibson talked about his humble beginnings growing up in they city:

I was one of them kids … I was the brokest—the brokest there is. The hungriest. Never had new clothes, ever. Every day I went to school just so I could eat, and I was hoping that I didn’t lose my lunch ticket. [Here, the crowd of underprivileged youth laughs knowingly, and Tyrese smiles back at them before continuing.] Hungry, that was me. The difference in me, and a lot of people around me—I actually had a problem with that. I had a problem with being hungry.

Read more here.

 

(via TheJasmineBrand)

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