Jason Brown

So that's like the pinnacle of one of the stories. And so I think it's important for listeners to understand the story behind the story. And so growing up, a poor single family home in Detroit, Michigan, my mother raised, you know, two young boys and we had bars on the window. I actually never had a bed growing up until like

So that's like the pinnacle of one of the stories. And so I think it's important for listeners to understand the story behind the story. And so growing up, a poor single family home in Detroit, Michigan, my mother raised, you know, two young boys and we had bars on the window. I actually never had a bed growing up until like

later on in life but when i was little we used to sleep with sleeping bags and so uh i didn't really realize we were poor until we went to my friend's house and he had a bed and i remember telling him i was like wow you have a bed he's kind of looked at me like of course i got a bed and i was like well i thought beds was for grown-ups because you only need a good night's sleep when you got to go to work and make make money um that's when i was like well maybe we just pour you know

later on in life but when i was little we used to sleep with sleeping bags and so uh i didn't really realize we were poor until we went to my friend's house and he had a bed and i remember telling him i was like wow you have a bed he's kind of looked at me like of course i got a bed and i was like well i thought beds was for grown-ups because you only need a good night's sleep when you got to go to work and make make money um that's when i was like well maybe we just pour you know

later on in life but when i was little we used to sleep with sleeping bags and so uh i didn't really realize we were poor until we went to my friend's house and he had a bed and i remember telling him i was like wow you have a bed he's kind of looked at me like of course i got a bed and i was like well i thought beds was for grown-ups because you only need a good night's sleep when you got to go to work and make make money um that's when i was like well maybe we just pour you know

And he had something like, well, maybe that's why he can afford the bed. The reason I'm sharing that was that was my early introduction to starting to realize like there was a difference in money and having it not happen because where we from, everybody had bars on their window. And so I just thought that was normal. I thought everybody, every kid slept in sleeping bags.

And he had something like, well, maybe that's why he can afford the bed. The reason I'm sharing that was that was my early introduction to starting to realize like there was a difference in money and having it not happen because where we from, everybody had bars on their window. And so I just thought that was normal. I thought everybody, every kid slept in sleeping bags.

And he had something like, well, maybe that's why he can afford the bed. The reason I'm sharing that was that was my early introduction to starting to realize like there was a difference in money and having it not happen because where we from, everybody had bars on their window. And so I just thought that was normal. I thought everybody, every kid slept in sleeping bags.

So from an early age, then I started becoming even more aware when I would see TVs on, I mean, houses on TV that didn't have bars. I'm like, well, where are those neighborhoods at? And it was typically California. We watching Beverly Hills 90210 and those high school shows. And so basically I started to ask myself, like, how do we get out of this situation? How can we have bars on our window?

So from an early age, then I started becoming even more aware when I would see TVs on, I mean, houses on TV that didn't have bars. I'm like, well, where are those neighborhoods at? And it was typically California. We watching Beverly Hills 90210 and those high school shows. And so basically I started to ask myself, like, how do we get out of this situation? How can we have bars on our window?

So from an early age, then I started becoming even more aware when I would see TVs on, I mean, houses on TV that didn't have bars. I'm like, well, where are those neighborhoods at? And it was typically California. We watching Beverly Hills 90210 and those high school shows. And so basically I started to ask myself, like, how do we get out of this situation? How can we have bars on our window?

How come we don't have a bed? So I got real interested in money. And where I'm from, if you graduate from high school and you didn't sell dope, you didn't get locked up, you didn't get a girl pregnant, like you didn't get killed, by the way, that was a big thing. So we at 18 in our neighborhood, we have these big parties when you graduate high school as if you got a college degree.

How come we don't have a bed? So I got real interested in money. And where I'm from, if you graduate from high school and you didn't sell dope, you didn't get locked up, you didn't get a girl pregnant, like you didn't get killed, by the way, that was a big thing. So we at 18 in our neighborhood, we have these big parties when you graduate high school as if you got a college degree.

How come we don't have a bed? So I got real interested in money. And where I'm from, if you graduate from high school and you didn't sell dope, you didn't get locked up, you didn't get a girl pregnant, like you didn't get killed, by the way, that was a big thing. So we at 18 in our neighborhood, we have these big parties when you graduate high school as if you got a college degree.

And at these parties or these like you made it, you didn't get someone pregnant, you didn't kill someone, you didn't, you know, get locked up. People would give you money like that was it. If they got you through to high school, like that was an accomplishment. And so I got two thousand dollars from my high school graduation.

And at these parties or these like you made it, you didn't get someone pregnant, you didn't kill someone, you didn't, you know, get locked up. People would give you money like that was it. If they got you through to high school, like that was an accomplishment. And so I got two thousand dollars from my high school graduation.

And at these parties or these like you made it, you didn't get someone pregnant, you didn't kill someone, you didn't, you know, get locked up. People would give you money like that was it. If they got you through to high school, like that was an accomplishment. And so I got two thousand dollars from my high school graduation.

And so I took that two thousand dollars and I would hear people say, well, you want to be rich, you got to invest in the stock market. I started investing. you know, researching what do people that don't look like me, specifically white people, how they make money, was always talking about the stock market. So nobody in my circle was in the stock market. I took the $2,000.

And so I took that two thousand dollars and I would hear people say, well, you want to be rich, you got to invest in the stock market. I started investing. you know, researching what do people that don't look like me, specifically white people, how they make money, was always talking about the stock market. So nobody in my circle was in the stock market. I took the $2,000.

And so I took that two thousand dollars and I would hear people say, well, you want to be rich, you got to invest in the stock market. I started investing. you know, researching what do people that don't look like me, specifically white people, how they make money, was always talking about the stock market. So nobody in my circle was in the stock market. I took the $2,000.