Today we’d like to introduce you to Alton Jenkins. Him and his team share his story with us below.
Please kick things off for us – how does Alton’s story begin?
Alton “MrMotivateYourGrowth” Jenkins, is from a small town called Hardeeville SC, as a child, he struggled with insecurities of himself, obesity, anger issues, and many other things. At the age of 12, He would begin to ask his mother for fat burner supplements, and tried dieting, lifting weights, but to him, it did not seem as it was working. Alton looked into playing backyard football to help with exercising, to increase in daily activities. He later discovered, Football was his way out of poverty, and a heartbreaking life. Alton grew up with three brothers, a hardworking father, and a mother who’s on Kidney Dialysis. Seeing what his environment created, he wanted more and better for the younger children in his community, so started coaching younger kids, who lived in the same government housing building as he. At the age of 14, he knew how to love, teach, and help people succeed. It’s a very special trait of his, he believes its only given through God. Alton prayed so much as a child, he felt as if he had a straight connection to the most high. During his Highschool football season, he dominated the game, becoming state player of the week a couple of times, setting In-school weightlifting records, and winning the region in 2 Track & Field events. Alton later took on injuries that affected his Scholarship to attend Georgia Southern University, That didn’t stop him, so he went to Edward Waters College on a Football Scholarship, where he was given ample amount of playing time as a freshman. Alton then noticed college and having parents who needed financial support did not mix well. He later drops out of college, forgetting his reasons and goals to become an NFL superstar.
June of 2008, Alton decided to join the U.S Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, 82nd Airborne DIv, where he met and married his wife, Alexsis. While in the army deployed to Afghanistan for two terms and received many awards for outstanding service, Alton noticed that the Army was a lifesaver to him, because Football was all he ever knew. Alton soon found he had other gifts, that’s becoming a Rap artist, that went by the name “T.U.C.K” He worked closely on his craft and later worked with Bigga Rankin, Warren G, and many others. Alton then lost his father to cancer April of 2014 and had his daughter “Madison” July of 2014 who was nine weeks premature. Alton was in a very bad state of mine, he would then start drinking heavily, and abusing his opportunities in life. Being that Alton had so much to deal with in his life, Mother on Dialysis, father passed away from cancer, and a 9-week premature daughter, Alton just could not continue his military career after seven years of duty. Alton’s life started to spiral down, he could not mentally keep himself above the pain he was feeling, so he locked himself away from the world because nothing seemed to be going right. Alton then started pay attention to his own life, learning new things while being to himself, he picked up new gifts, he purchased Adobe Photoshop and tried making graphic designs to take the frustration of life off of his mind. As the days go on, he will start to become better at making art designs. He became so well in the trade, he started to receive request for projects, Alton knew he good he became at this trade, so he began to learn how to market music because Most of his customers were artists. Eventually Alton, then moved to small business marketing, creating. Ads for social media, and designs for Apps.
As the time went on, Alton knew his purpose in the world was to help things grow, so acquired the name “MR MOTIVATE YOUR GROWTH” where he proves on a daily, he has the gift to give spiritual healing, the gift to restore the mind, body, and soul. It’s not that Alton is a special type of human-alien, he just has passion for spreading love. Alton later asked God to send him a platform, to reach younger children who grew up as he did. That prayer landed Alton at a Highschool in South Carolina, Ridgeland-Hardeeville High School, where he started Coaching football, May of 2018. Alton now markets for each student/athlete keep statistics, and in charge of personal development. Many of those athletes see Alton as big brother figure, someone they can relate to, and have support from. Alton truly believes God started working on him at 13 years of age, it took deep thought for Alton to realize what God had in store for him. Those long hours learning Adobe Photoshop, and working with small businesses and artists would help him get the understanding of why he was chosen. Those days were in the making of his
reality today. Alton Quote: “PAST IS THE PAST, AND YOUR FUTURE IS YOUR BLESSING” #MrMotivateyourgrowth
Please tell us about your art.
My Art is healing the spirit. Giving people a wider mind, showing them the light in the darkest hour. I believe we as people should Love (L.I.F.E – Love – Internally – For – Eternity) it’s the key to living peacefully and achieving greatness.
How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
People can support my work through social media, By using Hash Tag – #Mrmotivateyourgrowth
Instagram – @Mrmotivateyourgrowth
Contact Info:
- Website: Uckingz.com
- Phone: 912.438.1915
- Email: uckingz@icloud.com
- Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/mrmotivateyourgrowth
Image Credit:
Alton Jenkins
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