This is Spartacus all over again. He wasn’t as known or as successful but RIP to the homie Andy Whitfield too
Anyway.....I know it has to be demoralizing to reach the pinnacle of your success, all your hard work finally pays off and your body gives out on you. I went to HU. His picture was plastered across the school along with other alumni who went on to do big things. It’s inspiring to see that as a student. To see someone that looked like you start off in the same place and go on to do what he did. I was a bit jealous of the kids who got to have him speak at their graduation but it’s all love at the end of the day. Chadwick was a King. Black Panther changed the game. It flipped the notion on its head that black people couldnt be superheroes. Made a billion dollars. It made people proud to be descended from Africa. I honestly teared up seeing Wakanda in the opening scenes and how beautiful it was. They told us Africa was ugly and there it was looking like paradise. It was a celebration of our culture to the point that the same people who said we weren’t shyt were now mad they weren’t included
I will always have love for Chadwick, Coogler and MBJ because of that. He inspired millions of black kids and the inner black child in me. He only had 43 years and I know he had to be hurt in his final moments feeling like he had so much left to do and experience but while he was here he made his mark. You won’t be forgotten. You changed things. Rest In Peace Blood
