A few months back, we had a huge surprise for Timothy and Malik,
two young drummers from Baltimore.
We partnered with Chevy to create a digital series
about their life and community.
It's called The Build Up, and who
better than design experts John and Anthony to help
us pull the whole thing off.
Take a look.
We want to do an entire digital series about your life.
We're going to follow you around the city of Baltimore, what
you've gone through to get to where you are.
Our friends John and Anthony are going
to help so John, Anthony, come on out.
[CHEERING]
Anthony and I have now moved down to Baltimore.
Our crew is already there, so we flew all the way here
to meet you guys.
And now we are doing a show about you guys.
It's going to be a ton of surprises,
it's going to be a ton of fun and it's
about paying it forward.
John and Anthony are here to tell us how it went.
Come on out guys.
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
All right, this is very exciting because I love those guys.
Amazing.
And this was a perfect way to kick this off, so tell everyone
about The Build Up.
I mean, your show inspires so many people,
and we wanted this to be an extension of it.
And these two boys, they captivate you,
they bring you in, it is something
that makes you feel so good.
There was a lot of tears, but good tears,
and it makes you want to pay it forward.
And we told them--
the entire time, we kept saying, that one act of kindness
can inspire thousands.
Yep.
And we hope after this, it inspires millions
of people in Baltimore.
When I think-- one of the things,
we've been doing this a long time.
And anybody can just do a design show,
but to be able to have this is the premise to--
you have this mantra of pay it forward,
and we're helping somebody who's paid it forward to help
the rest of their community.
Yeah.
It's just so much more fulfilling
at the end of the day.
So it was an absolute blast to make, and thank you
for having us be a part of this.
Thank you.
Of course.
It was in Baltimore.
Yes.
So how did that go, being in Baltimore?
It's cold.
Yeah.
You're welcome.
It was cold.
It was a little cold, it was, it was cold.
No, but it was a great community,
and they really welcomed us in.
Seeing the boys here, their excitement, their energy
was fantastic.
But then seeing them on their home turf,
and them introducing us to family,
introducing us to friends, to other people they've
touched in the community, watching them teach classes
at high school, it was incredible.
Just incredible.
And we became part of that community.
That was the part of this, we were welcomed everywhere
we went.
And they really wanted us to get immersed in Baltimore
and to see the good, and to keep on spreading it forward there.
Well probably because those people wanted
you to do their house, too.
We had a few of those, yeah.
I love it when he says, can you come on over and do my kitchen,
can you do my bathroom?
I know.
So, and you--
We just handed your phone number out.
That's great, because I love doing it.
So did you think you could do this in two months?
It was a huge, look--
Before getting there, no.
I mean, you've asked some big things of us in the past,
we're always excited to show up.
You know cities, urban environments,
tend to compound construction exponentially.
So when we have multiple locations--
and you guys will see in the series--
we hit a lot of different places.
Everywhere, we were everywhere.
You know, when you wrap certain things like the NFL
and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra-- again,
you guys will see all this coming up--
it really complicates things.
But once we got boots on the ground,
we realized who this community was, who these people were.
We sat down with the mayor, she gave us a liaison
for the whole-- like the whole community was so proud to be
a part of it that once we met everybody--
I mean the time and the effort for us is a no-brainer,
these people deserved it so much.
It's very exciting, so we're going to take a look.
This is the trailer of The Build Up.
Yeah, yeah.
This is so sweet that you do this,
you go back to high school and you
help with an after-school program to help kids.
So here's the thing, we've gotten you an apartment.
What?
Welcome home.
My god.
Because you guys give back so much,
and that's what this show is really about.
That is--
Right.
I'm John.
And I'm Anthony.
We're design and construction experts.
Ellen sent us on a mission to help extraordinary people
doing amazing things in their communities.
I love the community, I just want
to do anything I can to give back.
Inspiration wants create a safe space for kids to come.
They give it back, so we're paying it forward
with some incredible renovations.
This place is going to blow them away.
And life changing surprises.
So you're probably wondering, why are we here.
Oh my god.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) We can be heroes.
We're giving you guys a brand new music room.
Oh, my god.
That was the Baltimore Ravens.
[YELLING]
Oh, my goodness.
The best gift you could ever have
given Baltimore's children.
They have no clue what he saw.
This sent chills to my [INAUDIBLE],,
I just cannot wait.
This is just the beginning.
This is The Build Up.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) We're unstoppable.
We're unstoppable.
Wow.
That's so fantastic.
Wow.
It's so good.
Every time I watch it, I get chills.
Yeah.
I really get chills.
We were there, and it's still, we still can't wait to see it.
It's a great idea, and I'm so glad that we
were able to make this happen.
I want to thank my friends at Chevy for partnering
with us on this show.
You can see the all-new Silverado in The Build Up,
it's the strongest, most advanced Silverado ever.
And you can watch the premier of The Build
Up right now on Ellentube app.