Morehouse student who created viral extra credit video lands ‘Sesame Street’ deal

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    The Morehouse College sophomore, whose extra credit assignment went viral, will soon get to share his talents with younger kids, because he and his younger brother have just landed a deal with “Sesame Street”.

    Julien Turner, a marketing major at the Atlanta HBCU, shared the news on his social media accounts this week.

    “Thankful to announce that my brother and I have become two of the youngest filmmakers to ever be commissioned to produce a Sesame Street film. It will be featured in the 2018-2019 season,” he wrote.

    No word yet on the details of the project, but the 19-year-old, who began a production company called Dreadhead Films with his brother Justen six years ago, is well equipped to get the job done.

    When his biology professor asked students to submit an extra credit project, Turner produced a video that unexpectedly sent the internet into a frenzy.

    Inspired by Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3,” the Ohioan created a music video about cell mitosis called “XY Cell Life” for the Biological Science for Non-Majors course.

    While the original lyrics are “Push me to the edge/ All my friends are dead,” he remixed them to “If my genes go left unread/ All my cells are dead.”

    He posted his creation to his Twitter page, quickly going viral and garnering national attention. Since its upload nearly a month ago, it’s been retweeted more than 180,000 times and liked more than 357,000 times.

    Now, he and his brother have the opportunity to make learning more fun for kiddies, too.

    Want to learn more? Follow their journey here.

    Morehouse student who created viral extra credit video lands ‘Sesame Street’ deal
     
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    Congrats to them young brothas! but sheesh he's only 19 years old and look like a grown handsome man.
     
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    I'm not believing this dude is 19 years old. Maybe they are fudging the truth because it makes a better story if they are both still teenagers.
     
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    Holup, I just saw his viral video...yeah, he's def no more than 19 years old:

     
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    lol No some kids just look older. I remember working in a black HS and a 9th grader wore size 13 shoe, over 6ft tall, with a full receding hairline I kid u not. He looked older than me lol. :weak::tears:

    Its mostly his beard and husky build that makes him look older. I remember letting my goatee grow out and ppl thought I was in college when I was in high school. I should of took more advantage of that looking back.:(
     
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    RIGHT LOL
     
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    @OckyDub keep your eyes on @Nick Delmacy

    you already know he losing his whole mind over this 19 year old dude LMAO
     
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    Im happy for the young brother. Im just kinda confused at how this video equates to a job with Sesame Street? I guess this is Sesame Trap Street. :what:
     
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    oh wow this is awesome! i am so proud of them for getting this opportunity
     
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    This is very great but I'm still confused about the Seasme Street deal? I've never been to an HBCU. Well, I lie, we have one here and I've seen it a few times, but don't laugh when I say this. My first time coming here was interesting and it was doing a homecoming or maybe Bayou Classic? The road was crowded and I mean crowded!

    The first word that came out of my mouth was, "I've never seen so many black people together before."

    At the time, I knew next to nothing about HBCUs. I've always wondered what it was like to go to one besides getting into UNO or LSU & Ive looked up some posts dealing with such topics on here in the past and I've heard Morehouse thrown around a lot (for other reasons.)
     
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    Dammit Papi, here you go
     
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    Omg, you sound like somebody great auntie hahaha
     
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    lmao you know what, you right it...i can hear it and everything
     
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