Celebrities mourn the loss of tWitch

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"It don't matter how much fame you have."   This is how people reacted to the heartbreaking passing of dancer, DJ, and producer Stephen "tWitch" Boss.

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00:00Today we lost one of the greatest

00:04Dancers of all time. I want to encourage anybody out there right now. You are thinking about giving up

00:11It will get better

00:30If you have ever danced before if you love dancing if you dance in the past you've heard of twitch

00:41But you want to know my favorite thing that we've added everything it's you

00:44Oh

00:59Which is passing

01:01Illuminates once more just the reality that this life thing is hard

01:06And it don't matter how much money you have it no matter how much fame you have and even sometimes matter how much support you have

01:12There are things that are happening within that sometimes nothing anything outside of you can handle but check on your friends and

01:21check on yourself and

01:23Understand that this ride is rocky for so many of us today. We lost one of the greatest

01:30Dancers of all time and I just want to

01:34remind everyone that

01:37Reach out to

01:39the ones that you love

01:41Don't take anyone for granted

01:43the death of twitch is heartbreaking people saying on the internet that there was a

01:48Conspiracy and that he was killed by the Hollywood elite. Give me a break. I've been on antidepressants since

01:541999 right after Columbine and

01:58I will never go off them

02:00Because I know how dark it gets and I know how bad it could be and it can make you forget

02:05That you have children who need you that you have

02:08Friends who would mourn you forever that you have siblings

02:12Who wouldn't survive, you know, you forget those things

02:15So while you're here love the best you can and the most you can and for those who can't do it like twitch

02:21Forgive them in peace

02:23No way out, you know that black male suicide rates are rising faster than any other racial demographic

02:30I'm shook because it's like damn a lot of us black men really normalize carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders

02:35So much that we know how to smile and laugh and really on the inside would be dealing and battling with demons you for

02:43Anybody out there who may be struggling?

02:46Right now because you feel that life is too hard for you and I've been there where I thought

02:53That it wasn't gonna get better

02:56But it did

02:58So I want to encourage anybody out there right now. You are thinking about giving up

03:04It will get better everybody

03:07I like the rest of the world. I'm shocked by the death of Steven boss

03:12Twitch I've only met him a couple times. He was always full of life and seemed like such a light

03:18But with that said I just want to take you back to a time in my life where I tried to commit suicide a couple

03:24of times

03:25Because it was so dark. I didn't think it would get any better

03:29I had endured so much pain so much abuse his sexual abuse

03:34It was all so hard to just move through that. I thought the only way to

03:39Make this better this pain go away stay in my life

03:43Had any of those attempts happened? I would have missed the best part of my life

03:48I know you may be going through some things. I know you may seem like there is no hope but please

03:55Reach out to someone

03:59You

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