Run and Tell That Antoine Has Left the Hood - Joy! And helping rape victims.

Just two months ago, Antoine Dodson was just scraping by and trying to support his family. Today he is an international internet celebrity.

It all started when a Huntsville, Alabama, news crew taped an interview of the visibly upset Antoine about the attempted rape of his sister by an assailant in July. Antoine defended his sister, struggling with the assailant who then fled. Within hours, the video of the news was posted on Youtube. Millions have watched the original video while millions more have watched the auto-tuned remix. The song has taken on a life of its own and even cracked the Billboard Top 100 chart.

Profits from the Youtube videos, iTunes sales of the song, merchandise, and donations have been enough for Antoine, who supports his five brothers and sisters, to move himself and his family out of the “projects” and into a new house.

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.....Antoine is already doing some charity work. He is donating a portion of the money made from donations and merchandise sales to a juvenile diabetes foundation. Antoine is also starting a “fan line” which he will use to help comfort rape victims and their families.
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=40106&t=Run+and+Tell+That+Antoine+Has+Left+the+Hood

I've seen this on a few sites when I googled to find out was has transpired since the video.
This young man is going to make the world a better place in spite of what happened to his sister. I can't imagine someone so very young taking care of his siblings....And now helping rape victims.

Please watch the video if you've not already seen it.
This is the original news report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFhJ3WkIyGM


peace~

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