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Hey Guys, welcome to my passion blog! Ultimately, it was the word passion that really stood out to me when deliberating what potentially I might want to talk about for a 10 week period in a way that could still be interesting and entertaining to the people reading it. I mean, I’m a pretty simple guy, I like playing and watching sports, hanging out with friends, and having fun, so most of my time brainstorming was spent trying to figure out how I could work in the few things I am passionate about with a 10 week blog that would feel new and refreshing for even the most dedicated sports fans in the room. Fortunately for me, I definitely think I found a way to do just that.

Every year, there are a number of athletes that go ‘viral’ in that the film of them dismantling and often humiliating their competition reach the waves of the internet and garner millions of views before they can even make a commitment to college basketball. They become a sort of underground celebrity, despite the fact that they’re still in high school, receive millions of followers on social media despite the fact that many of them aren’t older than 16 yet, and the resulting expectations that follow can be enough to crush the young stud before he even reaches the level so many hope he does.

So, for the purposes of this blog, each and every week I will choose one of my favorite high school mixtapes from throughout the years, and talk about what made these athletes so captivating for their audiences, why so many people supported them, where they came from, and whether or not they were able to succeed in the years following their internet stardom in pursuing their professional careers. In fact, many of the stars of the most popular mixtapes failed in that regard, so it will be a talking point to figure out why that might be. Of course, this will mostly be limited to basketball players, since oftentimes their videos are the most cinematic; however, there are a few exceptions in baseball and football out there as well. In the words of Forrest Gump ‘That’s all I have to say about that.’ See you soon!