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When Extra Credit Lands You An Opportunity of A Lifetime!

When Extra Credit Lands You An Opportunity of A Lifetime!

I’m Alyse Hope and the uplifting news this week is about the Julien Turner,

a talented Morehouse College student who landed a deal with “Sesame Street

after an extra credit class project went viral.

Julien, who is enrolled in a biology class, got creative when his professor challenged

her students to make a video over any subject they had covered in class.

Inspired by the rapper Lil Uzi Vert’s song “XO Tour Llif3” he created an educational song called “XY Cell Life”.

While the original lyrics are “Push me to the edge/ All my friends are dead,”

he remixed them to “If my genes go left unread/ All my cells are dead.”

He posted his creation to Twitter and YouTube and it quickly went viral! Since its upload nearly a month ago,

it’s been retweeted more than 190,000 times on Twitter and viewed more than 900,000 times on YouTube.

Julien recently announced that he and his brother Justen have become two of the youngest filmmakers to ever be

commissioned to produce a Sesame Street film. It will be featured in the 2018-2019 season.

Well congratulations Julien on your success and keep up the good work!

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