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Enfield, North Carolina isn’t a large spot on the map, but for a young Larry Perkins, it was his whole world. Born to a sharecropper father and a mother who dreamed of bigger things, Larry’s childhood was tumultuous. Early child hood, his mother abandoned him and left for New York City to chase her dreams. Larry spent the first 9 years of his life bouncing from family member to family member before landing in his father and stepmother’s home. His father soon enslaved him, forcing him to work his life away on his father’s farm. The rules and demands of sharecropping life left little time for play and work quickly overshadowed school. Through hard work in the fields and his refusal to quit, Larry found a path out of the poverty of Enfield. Armed with just a few dollars, Larry ran away at the age of 16. He purchased a one-way ticket to NYC with the goal of finding his mom. When he arrived in The City all he had was $1.72, his courage, and his persistence. Though all the hardships Larry was able to use his refusal to quite to bring him from farm to fame.
