Usher unveils Boys & Girls Club billboard smack dab in the ‘hood
Say what you will, but it beats another malt liquor ad any day.
Traveling north on Northside Dr. on my way to work this morning, I was taken aback by a billboard-sized baby photo of Usher smiling back at me near the MLK Jr. Dr. intersection. Turns out he’s the latest celebrity Boys & Girls Clubs’ alumnus enlisted in its “BE GREAT” campaign.-
The billboard was unveiled yesterday, according to the press release:-
Usher joins the likes of Denzel Washington, Shaquille O’Neal, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Muhammad Ali as part of BGCA’s new advocacy campaign, featuring successful Boys & Girls Club kids and encouraging every American to help young people BE GREAT.-
Pictured: (far left) Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, (second from left) Jonnetta Patton, Usher’s mother, (center) Usher, and kids from Boys & Girls Clubs and Usher’s New Look Foundation.-
Say what you will, but it beats another malt liquor ad any day.