From Issue #23
THE SCENE
Ginuwine
By: Shelene Chambers, 18
R&B
artist Ginuwine is more than a goodlooking, successful entertainer.
He’s an inspiration—he had to face and overcome tough
times before attaining his goals. “The toughest thing was
probably the passing of my father,” he says, “and
then a year after that, the passing of my mother. That was the
toughest thing I had to overcome.” But Ginuwine made it
through. He knows in this competitive world, without drive you
will definitely stall. “[Lots of people are] willing to
take your place. So you’ve got to push yourself, period.
In life, it’s so easy to give up. You have to push yourself
if you want to establish something in the business or just in
life.” He encourages, “Never let somebody tell you
what you can’t do, because youcan. I’m living proof
of that. There’s so many people that told me I can’t
do it. But I just always felt like I got to take this chance and
go out to New York and try to do it. I didn’t want to get
older and then always feel like ‘Dang man, I coulda did
it. I coulda did it.’” It’s not enough to have
a dream—you have to pursue it. Just as Ginuwine did. “Do
all you can,” he says. “Even when you fail, pick yourself
back up. The worst thing you can do is not try.”
