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Ex- FBI Fugitive Malik Wade Turned Philanthropy
San Francisco, CA – February, 2018- Malik Wade is a mentor, author, entrepreneur and leader whose story of personal transformation has motivated and inspired many. Wade has lived three lives starting as a teenager he was an enterprising drug dealer, as a young adult he became a fugitive from the FBI and eventually became a prison inmate.
Wade was born and raised in low-income housing in San Francisco, CA during the 80’s at the peak of the crack cocaine epidemic that swept through America’s inner cities. Wade was a good student and superior athlete, but his life would change forever when he sold his first rock of crack cocaine at the age of 15. Over two decades Wade experienced a turbulent, yet amazing, personal transformation. In 1993, he was put on the FBI’s most wanted list which lead to him being a fugitive for seven years. He was subsequently arrested and served a fourteen-year federal prison term for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
Today he is the founder and Executive Director of Scholastic Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit organization in his hometown of San Francisco. As an Executive Director of SIG, Mr. Wade mentor’s at-risk youth, speaks at universities such as Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, and Cal State University San Francisco. He focuses his efforts on at-risk youth facing daily challenges and adversity. He can be seen regularly at the Juvenile Justice courthouse speaking on behalf of these young men or at their schools speaking with teachers and coaches. Mr. Wade’s mentorship also consists of seemingly simple things such as taking young adolescents out for a healthy meal or stopping by their homes to speak with their parents or guardians. He has completely dedicated his life to helping the at-risk youth improve their lives and possibilities for success.
Wade is a leading voice for the youth and is currently spearheading a national youth mentoring movement to help save the lives of young people in inner cities and underprivileged communities.
Wade will be releasing his memoir PRESSURE: FROM FBI FUGITIVE TO FREEDOM this year about his past live and his journey.
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William Keck Guests On “If These Walls Could Talk” With Hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.
William Keck will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 at 2 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant.
Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, filmmaker and along with If These Walls Could Talk she hosts TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community.
Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.
With the recent release of William Keck’s best-selling “When You Step Upon A Star: Cringeworthy Confessions of a Tabloid Bad Boy” (https://whenyoustepuponastar.com/), William Keck writes about the hundreds of public personalities he reported and spied on. Keck openly discusses both the famous and infamous who feared or hated him, and those who transitioned to admiration or friendship.
Drawing from his three decades working as an entertainment reporter for such publications as the National Enquirer, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, and as an Emmy-nominated producer for Hallmark Channel, Discovery Channel and NBC, Keck confesses ALL about his most memorable celebrity encounters that (for one reason or another) went horribly wrong. Far more than a shocking admission of past sins, When You Step Upon A Star chronicles the repentant author’s own evolution from a lonely only child obsessed with Hollywood stars, to an eager tabloid snoop keeping personal secrets of his own, to a well-respected journalist who ultimately learns from his mistakes, changes his wicked ways and befriends the celebrities he’d once wronged.
Watch William Keck on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on YouTube here:
Subscribe and listen to “If These Walls Could Talk” on Apple Podcasts/iTunes here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-these-walls-could-talk/id1561221158
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