“Yes, that’s the real guy from “Black Panther” a mother told her young son outside Dave & Buster’s, announcing the entrance of Michael B. Jordan who had just stepped onto the orange carpe…
film, he is quickly becoming known as a hero off-screen. In recent years, the actor has used his celebrity to advocate for voter registration — and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — in addition to adopting an inclusion rider for all entertainment projects he produces. But lupus is a cause especially dear to the actor’s heart since his mother was diagnosed with the disease when he was young.
“If you find just causes to get behind, that really speak to your heart and your soul and to be able to use a platform to support that is a great tool to have,” he continued. “Once you get that platform [of celebrity], it’s an assumed responsibility that you have to pick and choose causes and different ways you’re going to speak about the things you feel need to be heard,” she told. “And Michael’s used that to talk about lupus and about his mom, and I think that’s really such a sweet thing. It’s inspiring.”Inside the event, emcee Nick Cannon shared stories about his own battle with the disease.
Cannon also shared that lupus brought him and Jordan together, praising the philanthropic star for his work, saying “the fact that someone of his statue, someone of his prominence…that he takes that light and shines it on something that doesn’t often get a lot of attention” deserves recognition.
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