“I remember the sacrifice it took for me to be here today and have the opportunities I do,” said Hakim. Before he begins the day, he always pauses for a moment of remembrance and personal reflection. This year, he plans to follow in his father’s footsteps by speaking to a small group of teenage boys in hopes of mentoring and connecting them to voting resources. “I’ve always viewed it as an obligation to do the same work centered on human rights, in service to those who engaged in the civil rights struggle.”įor past MLK days, Hakim has focused on racial equality and equity, poverty, hunger, social justice, and education. “I’ve been honoring MLK Day for as long as I can remember,” Hakim said. MLK Day is just one of the days throughout the year where he steps away from his day-to-day routine and spends time uplifting others in his community. Hakim practices the same servant leadership in his community that his dad showed him. His parents instilled in him that life is about the collective work and responsibility we all have to ensure that everyone in the community has their basic needs met for the opportunity for a better life. Hakim’s childhood taught him a powerful lesson – life is more significant than meeting one’s individual needs.
“Some of the earliest memories I have with my father are going out into the community to advocate for voter registration, hosting food drives, and establishing rites of passage programs for young men,” said Hakim. While growing up during the 1970’s and 1980’s, Hakim watched his dad bring people together – from the churches to the streets – to fight injustice, educate youth and serve the underserved with food, clothing, and books.
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His dad worked at a shipping yard but spent his free time as an activist in the Black community. Hakim was introduced to civil rights activism at a young age during his childhood in Philadelphia. It’s a day to truly commit to championing human rights around the world. But for Kimberly-Clark’s vice president of global manufacturing, Hakim Richard Savoy, MLK Day is more than a day to do good deeds and kind acts. (MLK) Day is celebrated as a day of service in the United States in honor of civil rights activist Dr. In 2021 he released his third solo effort, Troubadour of Troubled Souls, with another Adam Calhoun collab, Outlaw Shxt, arriving later that year.Hakim Savoy serves as the vice president of global manufacturing at Kimberly-Clark.ĭr. Jennings teamed up with fellow country/hip-hop crooner Adam Calhoun for 2020's Legend EP, followed by the fourth volume of Waylon & Willie. The studio album, The Widow's Son, arrived on Angels & Outlaws in 2019 and included guest spots by Bubba Sparxxx, Jeremy Penick, Yelawolf, and others. He then collaborated with rapper Jelly Roll on three connected albums released in 20: Waylon & Willie, Waylon & Willie 2, and Waylon & Willie 3.
Shortly after being released from prison in early 2016, he released the Return of the Outlaw EP. During the course of a five-year sentence, Struggle saw the release of his 2013 debut album, I Am Struggle, and also had video footage taken in jail that resulted in a video for his single "Black Curtains," as well as a documentary that told his strange and twisting story. While incarcerated, his focus on his music sharpened deeply. While starting his career and forming ties with other hip-hop figures such as Yelawolf, Harness came up on drug-related charges and went to jail in 2011. Jennings' early tracks were often based around samples of his grandfather's songs juxtaposed with eerie hip-hop beats as a backdrop for his intense and street-minded rhymes.
He found mainstream success via collaborations with Jelly Roll and Adam Calhoun and solo efforts like The Widow's Son (2019) and Troubadour of Troubled Souls (2021).īorn Will Harness, the musician adopted the moniker " Struggle Jennings" when he started rapping. A cohort of Yelawolf, Jennings first grabbed the public's attention with his 2013 debut I Am Struggle. Rapper Struggle Jennings is a Nashville-born performer whose music draws inspiration from both his grandfather's (country legend Waylon Jennings) outlaw sound, and modern hip-hop, rock, and country traditions.
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