We recently connected with Maurice Walker and have shared our conversation below.
Maurice, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you tell us the backstory behind how you came up with the idea?
To Be Honest I Get My Ideas from everywhere weather it’s a meme I saw that I wanted to make a video of or a fan comment that I thought was so good I had to turn it into reality. My brain always has something crazy going on up there constantly thinking of the next best thing so many skits pop up in my head throughout the day I had to start writing them down.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m Literally just a dad with a dream I started chasing music really thought that was my goal. But all my life people have told me I was funny I just never really leaned into it. After dating my daughters mom for awhile she kept encouraging me to start TikTok so one day I did and decided to give it a shot and kinda got addicted at first it was all fun and games but one day I looked at my life I was working a job I hated I was depressed had a family but was barely getting by seemed like I was always in the hole so I sat and made a plan I always knew no matter what I can get a good job but what if I take all that hard work and focus that on building something for me something generational so I quit cashed out my pension and paid up the bills for about 6 months and went to work after 3 months I had my first viral video on TikTok which boosted my confidence to know I could do something maybe even something big so I kept at it. I was so focused on TikTok at the time I missed valuable time building my other platforms TikTok was so inconsistent one month I could make 1,000 plus the next less than $100 this was not sustainable so I branched out started placing my content on Facebook Instagram YouTube that was one of the best decision I ever made as my audience on Facebook started to grow I was able to make a sustainable consistent income while still building my other platforms I had just got my foot in the door when boom someone tries to get access to my Facebook page due to this Facebook asked me to verify myself with my ID I had my wallet stolen prior to the incident so I had no way to confirm myself this became one of my biggest challenges due to me having my ID out of Texas and having all my info stolen ID Birth certificate and social I basically didn’t exist it got to the point where Facebook didn’t even pay me out at that time I updated my Facebook fans and I was behind on everything I was blessed as they helped me make it through that month and gave me alot of inspiration to keep going and with that being my main source of income at the time I took a big hit after some prayer I stared reaching out to an old apartment complex which just so happen to still have a copy of my old ID this proved to be a turning point in my content luck as with that I was able to confirm my page my payout and get my first verification badge withing 2 days I was once again going viral on Facebook Able to catch myself right before I feel and gave up I was thankful to all fans who supported me through this process when your really going through it it’s really hard to ask for help but I had to put pride aside and met some amazing people because of it… Now as we climb back to the top I’ll humble myself my whole goal is to make the world laugh then write a very scary horror movie and scare the mess out of the world with it 🤣🤣 I just really love both genres but the benefits of choosing this life for me is more time with my kids I wanna give them a life I never had let them see and go places I never could I just want my family happy and that’s what really keeps me going is knowing one day I’m gonna change their lives and I’m gonna do it by spreading joy to the world one video at a time! I just want people to remember I’m human I make mistakes like everyone anybody can do what I do with a little confidence and a bit of consistency things can change for you and your family I’m thankful to have built up a community of followers who actually care about me and my family and I won’t take them for granted just as I can’t let my family down I can’t let them down either! And I will do my best!! I have my ups downs flaws but if taking that chance can change my life and helps some people along the way why not? Maybe that’s Gods plan
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
Yes I want to give my kids a life I never even dreamed of while accomplishing my goal of making the world laugh I post my videos early so people can wake up and see my video and that be their first laugh of the day! Starting it off right! With a smile
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
When you have a dream not everyone will see what you’re trying to accomplish I spent alot of time trying to convince people of my Dream instead of taking that time to show them that left a lot of people telling me I couldn’t do it or I was crazy being judged just trying to do something different that caused me a lot of doubt and depression when you have a dream that fire for it is burning in your heart you can’t stop thinking about it just go all in our time on this earth is so short spend at least a moment taking a chance on yourself it could change your life
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strawhatlyric?igsh=MXdhZWxqczIxaWdhag==
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/Mg7gRU1RTtJuDdTq/?mibextid=qi2Omg
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@strawhatmultiverse?si=ze1BAH24MgNDJV-P
- Other: Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@strawhatmultiverse?_t=8ouOaTJq50d&_r=1
Image Credits
My Daughter Astrid Sky- Walker… That’s her real name!