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#QuarantineRadio Interview with Clothing Line @RARE_KOTC
Bio
Name
of Creator: Aaron Nicholas Markell Wilkerson
Age:
25
Hometown(s):
Fayetteville, North Carolina/ St. Louis, Missouri
Currently
Living in: Greensboro, North Carolina
Highest
Form of Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer
Technology from North Carolina A&T University (HBCU)
Past
Jobs: Cleaning Service for Food Lion (Janitor), BusBoy at
Texas Road House, Cashier for Carmike Theaters, Inventory Specialist for Best
Buy, Technical Consultant for Sprint.
Bio:
When people see me they automatically think SPORTS. As a 6’2” black male with an
athletic body frame, I can see why this is always assumed of me but I always
seem to surprise people when they get to know me. As a child and young adult I
did play sports such as basketball (I suck at basketball), Baseball (wasn’t a
great hitter), and football (I couldn’t catch a cold), but most of my energy
was placed in music.
Throughout middle school and most of high school I was
band geek. I started off playing the clarinet and I was pretty good considering
that I didn’t really practice that often. I was made fun of a lot by my peers
since the clarinet was known to be the second “gayest” instrument in the world
according to them. I never let them win in the banter but I didn’t really have
the best defense. There were only three other males that played the clarinet, I
became friends with one of them and he turned out to be a homosexual. We
remained good friends but it didn’t do wonders to my popularity with the jocks
or the girls. The main thing high school taught me was to be myself, mainly
because I sucked at doing anything else.
I attended North Carolina A&T in 2004 and enrolled
myself in the school of Mechanical Engineering. One thing I tell young adults
that are planning to attend college is to make sure you research your major
THOUROUGHLY. To be honest, I picked my major primarily because of its title. I
saw the word Mechanical and I thought
“Machines, I like machines”. I then looked at the word Engineering and thought “Engineering=Building, I’m a beast with
legos.” When I found that Mechanical Engineers spent most of their time in
front a computer and had nothing to do with legos I should of got out that
second, but I wasn’t raised to be a quitter. I then spent most of my time in
front of a computer or with my face buried in reports, word problems, and
formulas. I only lasted two semesters. I then switched my major to Electronic
Computer Technology which was something that I really enjoyed because I was
given the chance to build things with my hands but it never fulfilled my
creative hunger.
In between working and school I was also a Disc Jockey.
To this day I still participate in events such as club parties, weddings, house
parties etc. My interest in graphic designed stemmed from my dreams of being a
DJ. I would create my own business cards and flyers in order to promote myself.
I’ve changed my DJ name about four times so I have had plenty of practice. As a
DJ my wardrobe mainly consisted of dope/rare sneakers, jeans, graphic t-shirts,
and hoodies. Fashion wise, my only goal was to make sure nobody else had what I
had so in order to do that I had to shop where others didn’t but being in
Greensboro North Carolina, my options were extremely limited. I had to use the
internet for most of my shopping so I would always be on websites like
PickYourShoes.com, SneakerFreaker.com, and Karmaloop to just name a few. I
strived to be different but at the same time, myself.
My brand name, Rare, came when I bought a pair of Limited
Edition Supra Skytop 14K Premium Gold Perf Shoes off of ebay for $250.00 (I was
broke for three wks after that). I’m the type of person that has to have a
shirt that matches perfectly with the shoes but trying to find a t-shirt with
gold on it was pretty hard in Greensboro North Carolina, especially since I was
(still am) picky. As I was scavenging through the mall, I saw kiosk that
allowed you to design your own t-shirt. So I went to footlocker and bought an
army green t-shirt and coined the phrase “I
LIKE MY SHOES RARE.” The entire text was in metallic gold except the word Rare, which was in red and in a
different type of font that had a dripping effect, which portrayed dripping blood. I wore this shirt with my shoes the very next
day and it was received well. When I walked by, I would catch the eyes of
people reading the shirt and then looking at the shoes. The feeling of creating
something and having strangers like it turned out to be very addicting. I
designed the shirt with the intention to be different but at the same time be
myself, so that is when I decided to create and name my clothing line Rare. The
tag line “Killers of the Common” didn’t come until years later when I was
finally satisfied with a trademark. I loved the trademark but I felt that people
wouldn’t really understand it without some sort of explanation, so I stared at
the trademark and envisioned my clothing line 5 years into the future and the
first thing that came to me was Killers
of the Common.
Right now the clothing line is at its beginning stages but the potential is limitless. When the line is fully up and running, it will have to power to go any direction it chooses. This company chooses to be loyal to no specific demographic, only to ourselves. Love us or hate us. I don’t want Rare: Killers of the Common to fit under just one label because once that is done the creativity of the brand has a cap, and that’s something that I never want. The company that I intend to follow and hopefully conquer is NIKE. They are accepted everywhere and they make products for everybody. That is what I hope for.
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When I was 12, they told me I was stupid — and prescribed ‘smart pills’ (aka, Ritalin) to wrestle my brain into a state of submission. I fed them to my Rottweiler. They worked like a charm.
When I was 21, they told me I’d never amount to anything — so I took my baby daughter, moved to a new state, self-published a book of poetry, and sold 2,500 copies in less than a month...from behind the bar where I mixed drinks & hustled tips.
When I was 25, my college GPA was an abysmal 0.0 — so I dropped out. Wrote my first (of four) novels in two and a half months. And landed on the Essence magazine bestseller list seven separate times — including the #1 spot.
At 26, I snapped open my eyes and saw the life I'd designed, with unflinching clarity. My love life was sick — with an infection that was poisoning my sanity, my creativity, and my ability to earn money — and hold my own power. I had allowed a series of bad relationships to spin me — a confident, self-made woman — into a docile doormat.
And just like magic, a brilliant little voice was whispering (well, more like BELLOWING):
“GET UP & GO HARDER!”
And when I decided to GET UP & GO HARDER, my life transformed with incredible speed.
That’s the power of taking responsibility for moments of ‘temporary insanity’, setting diamond-sharp goals, and holding yourself accountable for positive ACTION.
Today, I'm no longer a doormat. And nobody calls me "stupid" — and I live to tell the tale.
I'm a whip-cracker, a professional Challenger, and a master of manifestation.
I’m synthesizing everything I’ve studied, experienced, and created in the realms of relationships, entrepreneurship & single parenting into my GET UP & GO HARDER empire.
From 1-on-1 coaching & live onstage workshops, to my 30-day Challenge & weekly affirmations, everything I’m serving up on this site is designed to help you BELIEVE in your intuitive genius, TRUST your pro-active decisions, and LIVE your life as if you’ve already arrived, precisely where you want to be.
My coaching is wild. It’s spiritual. And let me tell you — it is ABSOLUTELY about cashflow, power & fearless self-promotion.
If your career is stagnating — or hasn't even begun...If you're locked in a déjà vu cycle of sickly relationships...If you want to be a role model for your kids — and bring out their gifts, by shining a light on your own...GET UP & GO HARDER is your new mantra, your new life-policy, and your new online bootcamp for coaching, accountability, self-respect, and success.
When I was 21, they told me I’d never amount to anything — so I took my baby daughter, moved to a new state, self-published a book of poetry, and sold 2,500 copies in less than a month...from behind the bar where I mixed drinks & hustled tips.
When I was 25, my college GPA was an abysmal 0.0 — so I dropped out. Wrote my first (of four) novels in two and a half months. And landed on the Essence magazine bestseller list seven separate times — including the #1 spot.
At 26, I snapped open my eyes and saw the life I'd designed, with unflinching clarity. My love life was sick — with an infection that was poisoning my sanity, my creativity, and my ability to earn money — and hold my own power. I had allowed a series of bad relationships to spin me — a confident, self-made woman — into a docile doormat.
And just like magic, a brilliant little voice was whispering (well, more like BELLOWING):
“GET UP & GO HARDER!”
And when I decided to GET UP & GO HARDER, my life transformed with incredible speed.
That’s the power of taking responsibility for moments of ‘temporary insanity’, setting diamond-sharp goals, and holding yourself accountable for positive ACTION.
Today, I'm no longer a doormat. And nobody calls me "stupid" — and I live to tell the tale.
I'm a whip-cracker, a professional Challenger, and a master of manifestation.
I’m synthesizing everything I’ve studied, experienced, and created in the realms of relationships, entrepreneurship & single parenting into my GET UP & GO HARDER empire.
From 1-on-1 coaching & live onstage workshops, to my 30-day Challenge & weekly affirmations, everything I’m serving up on this site is designed to help you BELIEVE in your intuitive genius, TRUST your pro-active decisions, and LIVE your life as if you’ve already arrived, precisely where you want to be.
My coaching is wild. It’s spiritual. And let me tell you — it is ABSOLUTELY about cashflow, power & fearless self-promotion.
If your career is stagnating — or hasn't even begun...If you're locked in a déjà vu cycle of sickly relationships...If you want to be a role model for your kids — and bring out their gifts, by shining a light on your own...GET UP & GO HARDER is your new mantra, your new life-policy, and your new online bootcamp for coaching, accountability, self-respect, and success.
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