We had the good fortune of connecting with Anthony Shannell Jr and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Anthony, can you share the most important lesson you’ve learned over the course of your career?
That you have to create the life you want. You pray then go get it trusting that everything will just fall into place and in usually does.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My main goal in my work is to entertain and inspire. That’s my main purpose in my creative work. Growing up was far from easy and I had to keep a lot in. A lot of the older guys were into drugs and doing things that I just didn’t care for. Now most of those s guys are either dead or in jail, with the exception of a few. Now that I’m older I can let everything out without the added stress of having to conform. I love creating things and putting it out and seeing people’s reaction. I love it when they smile or get surprised. I will make my future work so great that the viewer will not want to look away from the screen in fear of missing something wonderful.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Mary macs has some good southern food so we would probably go there one afternoon. As far as fun We would walk around visiting places like the fox theater. I like animals so we would go to the zoo and the aquarium. After that we’d see a local show with some indi artists. Then we’d walk down piedmont park under the stars talking and listen to music.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I wanna shout out my Family and friends for their love and support through my endeavors. They all have been more then supportive. My mother , Grandmother, aunties and uncles, brothers and sisters and my cousins. A special shout out to Eric white who helped me with most of my projects.

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