What's up guys, its me Karim
and this is "Are We Famous " now.
In today's society we don't have time for anyone
Let alone, listen to someone.
so I took it upon myself to go out in Union Square
and post up a board telling people that I will give them one dollar
for their story.
and that I will listen.
Their stories were quite interesting and I hope you enjoy them.
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-Your name is? -My name is keim
I'm Johnny B
I can tell you hundred of stories
-Whats your name? -Paula
Hi how are you nice to meet you -Hi I am susan
Manuel, my name is Karim
Nice to meet you
You can begin whenever you feel comfortable.
(background music)
So what's your story? I'm a very naive person
I'm not confident
Why are you not confident? you're really beautiful
girl: really guy: yeah. girl: my ex boyfriend said I'm fat, I'm ugly
He's your ex boyfriend
Why would you take whatever he says, it doesnt matter
cause he's your ex. (girl) I love him.
I still love him and cry everyday for like 5 hours
like I don't eat or really wanna eat or maybe wanna go out
He never wanted to kiss me
So why did you love him?
I Don't know, maybe because he's my first boyfriend in my life, I'm Thirty. It Doesn't matter, Age is just a number.
Guys like a skinny girls, like I'm fat.
You're not fat
She thinks she is fat. You're not fat at all.
Even if you were fat, it doesn't matter.
I still think you're beautiful and smart and you're very well put together. Yeah!
About 5 or 6 years ago
I was at a mid life crisis period and I had a pretty good job
for a big corporate company and was making big money
I was about this close to a heart attack
It was 70 hours a week and I was miserable and I hated it
I hadn't talked to my kids
And I left it all to go back to music
Which I hadn't done in quite a while
I would like to tell everybody that life can turn on a dime
I'm positive about it
and I also believe firmly,
That your best days are definatly ahead of you
Because I never would have thought that I would be so happy
and obtain so much (pause) at such a later age.
Well my best friend beat me up
What? so how is she your best friend?
(laughing)
how can a best friend do that?
it was in middle school, we were both kind of mean to eachother
Guy: oh dam, so now you're best friends? Girl: yeah
That's cool, That's cool!
Yeah, where is she? you wanna come?
(Jokingly) She's gonna beat you up after this
I know your videos
you know my videos?
YEAH thats how i came over, I said like oh my god I seen you
well it was nice to meet you
My cousin that was on my lap in the picture
when I was 5, I had a picture and she was sitting on my lap, it felt good but idk where she is
YEAH, So she was smaller than me
I'mma meet her today for the first time
Really? yeah :) thats awesome man!
and i'mma show her around the city
I made some mistakes
Mistakes? what were they? if you don't mind saying
I know too many woman
I cannot believe and trust a woman
I once cared for that woman for 10 years
and then she finds someone else
I think that I know whats my goal
what's your goal?
it's to show people that it's possible that
it's possible to make it, out of a horrible, out of a situation that where you kind of like kind of bind it up and are like struggling in the hood.
but... it was crazy because I was like I didn't have no money,
I didn't have no job
I didn't have nobody that was there to let me be there with them like live with them
and I was homeless in the streets and I was begging and I was dirty and I was hurt
and I was crying and praying every night
that god would help me out of it, and now it's like "because with the rap I'm doing good now"
I've got like thousands and thousands of fans
so you lost money here take the dollar you gave me
and I didn't have it before. I got like hundreds of sneakers
and clothes and place to live and the Lord and even if you're not too too much
famous like be on sale
you don't have any famous bro you're still touching a lot of people and
helping people in your own little world you know right yeah right.
[Arabic Greeting] ( Nice to meet you. )
I was travelling alone
and we stopped in Turkey to go back on to the America.
Yeah.
What happened was that...
I lost my passport and I've forgotten in Turkey about to board
That's the worst damn...
When I was... (Pause) ... 19 years old, okay.
I got pregnant.
at a party with somebody I didn't know.
I... my first thought was I needed abortion.
I didn't want the baby. Yeah.
I was too terrified to tell my mother, so I started praying Because..
(inaudible)
and I started asking mom: "No I don't need a baby, please! Get rid of this baby!"
as their put me on a guardian rolling me into the delivery room...
I looked at the doctor and said: "I don't wanna see it."
because at this point I decided I was going to give it up for adoption
Within a couple of hours I was signing paperwork that said: Susan, gives up all the rights to baby girl
That was ... 1990. She would be 26 this year.
and you haven't met her? (Shakes head)
Oh wow! Yes, she's out there somewhere.
but my records are open and so
maybe the story's not like that
I would love to meet her but I also feel like it's I made my choice.
yeah. So now it's up to her. If she wants it I mean then wonderful
and if she doesn't well... (Fade)
Thank you so much! Let's take a picture.
I appreciate your story man! I'm gonna give this to someone who needs it.
Can I take a picture? Of course!
Thank you!
I wish you the best. Thank you! Yes we're giving dollars for your stories. Appreciate it!
Here you go before you go. No, no! Keep the dollar! No, that's all good man. It's for you!
Thank you for your story. I said... (inaudible)
Thank you for your dollar! Your welcome man!
a dollar for your story! Aw, thank you! Here you go.
I know it's tough but... (inaudible) ... yeah.
and here's a dollar before you go bro.
have a good one man. that dollar for the dream
[Outro Song]