WRETCH 32 REVEALS THAT SELF-BELIEF MADE HIM A BETTER FATHER AND ARTIST
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London, 3 June 2013; Chart topper Wretch 32 has today revealed that self-belief made him a better father and was the key to his musical success. The personal message highlights in ‘black and white’ the importance of self-belief for teenagers. Produced exclusively by SB.TV, the powerful message is part of a series of videos to be shown on the leading online youth TV channel. SB.TV present the series in association with NCS, the unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that builds skills for work and life.
The joint venture highlights the importance of self-belief and confidence as the key to unlock potential and kick-start a better future for young people. Rita Ora, Krept and Konan and SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards’ self-believe videos are currently on SBTV and over the coming months, additional specially recorded messages by Ed Sheeran and Adam Deacon will share their video on how self-belief made a difference to their lives and encourages 16-17 year olds to believe in themselves and make the right decisions at this life-defining age.
Wretch 32 said:
“There were moments in my career when I thought, “Is this really going to pan out the way I wanted it to?” Everybody started getting signed and we hadn’t had any meetings. People start to stop you in the street to ask “Are you still doing this music thing?” and you’re like “Of course, I just put a tune up yesterday – how come you don’t know?”
Those things really bug you and then you’re going home and you’ve got home issues, you’ve got kids or whatever. My little boy came and it was like, “I’m a dad now so I need to man up.” He actually instilled a lot of my self-belief because I knew that I had to make this happen for him as well as myself.
It just goes to show that you need to believe in yourself. No one thought this would happen for me. The way I rap, I wasn’t seen to be able to work commercially, but somehow we’ve managed to spin it and we’ve managed to make it work. The only thing I now want to do is make a difference. I think that’s the key, and I’ve got mad self-belief in making a difference.”
Over this Summer every 16-17 year-old in England has the opportunity to build skills for work and life with NCS by participating in a unique three-week experience during school holidays. They will get involved in action-packed residential time away from home where participants are able to bond with teammates over activities such as hiking, canoeing and climbing. They will use the skills they develop to plan, pitch for funding and organise a social action project and will dedicate 30 hours of their time to the same. NCS is a great way to develop personal and social skills in order to make a difference to their life and the lives of others through improving their local community.
· NCS has tripled in size since its first full year of operation in 2011 and over 34,000 young people have already benefitted from the programme.
· Sign-up at NCSyes.co.uk for the 2013 Summer Programme, with entry fees capped at £50 and bursaries available, every young person in England has the opportunity to participate regardless of background, experience or whether their strengths lie in sport, creativity or academics.
· 16 and 17 year olds across the country can fast-track their future and get involved with NCS by visiting www.facebook.com/ncs and signing up for more opportunities in other areas including film, fashion and sport
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