DEBUT character STUDY:
JOY! 💜👻🔮
HI!: Q'AYYIM ORIGINALLY BRAINSTORMED THE CONCEPT OF JOY! IN 2017. HE REMINISCED ABOUT ALL HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN HIS LIFE. Q'AYYIM HAS THIS UNBREAKABLE LOVE FOR WOMEN SO HE COMBINED A FEW STORIES FROM SOME OF HIS SHE-HERO'S AND CREATED THE BACKSTORY FOR JOY PATERSON. SO, ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 23RD, 2018; HE CO-DIRECTED A PHOTOSHOOT FOR HIS CONCEPT. Q'AYYIM HAD A BLAST CO-CREATING WITH THE ART WIZARD, PIERA MOORE AND THE SWEET/JOLLY, RAQUEL CLARK. SHOUTOUTS TO MAMMA SUE FOR THE SEASONED TO PERFECTION JERK CHICKEN, THE MEATBALLS DRIPPING WITH SAUCE (*GUCCI MANE voice), AND THOUSAND CHEESED MAC N' CHEESE FOR LUNCH/DINNER.
MY INSPIRATIONS: MOM, BIG SIS Q', MAMA ROBINSON, MS.NA'JAE, MAMA KIM, MAMA ANDRA, MAMA INGRAM, MRS.SEMONE, MS.ASHLEY, MS.PIERA, MS.RAQUEL, MRS.KIM, MS.BROWNIE, BIG SIS TIARA, MAMA MOORE, MAMA JOHNSON, MRS.T, MS.JOY, MS.TATIANA, MS.KHAMERII, AND MUCH MORE & LOVE YOU ALWAYS! .... - Q' ♡♡♡♡♡
H3R $TORY:
JOY!: IS ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED JOY PATERSON WHO IS VERY MUCH ECCENTRIC AND INDEPENDENT. SHE SPENT MOST OF HER CHILDHOOD IN FOSTER CARE DUE TO THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER FROM A HEROIN OVERDOSE. JOY NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW HER FATHER BECAUSE HE PASSED AWAY WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT (2) YEARS OLD FROM A RARE CANCER. BUT OTHERS WOULD SHARE WITH HER HOW KIND AND JOYFUL HE WAS. THE ONLY MEMORIES SHE HAS OF HER FATHER ARE IN FORMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM; SHE CHERISHES THEM.
AFTER HER FATHER'S PASSING, HER MOTHER (SANDRA) STRUGGLED TO PAY RENT SO THEY GOT EVICTED FROM THEIR APARTMENT. SANDRA AND JOY WOULD MOVE IN WITH HER GRANDMOTHER (MAMA KIM); WHO LIVED IN ATLANTA. FROM NEW YORK TO ATLANTA, THEY WENT. AT THE AGE OF (4) JOY'S MOTHER STARTED TO DATE A MAN WHO SEEMED VERY ODD. SANDRA UNEXPECTEDLY BEGAN TO SMOKE AND DRINK HEAVILY. SHE WOULD BRING HIM TO MAMA KIM'S HOUSE AND MAMA KIM DIDN'T APPROVE. LATER, FINDING OUT THAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS USING SANDRA AND DEALING DRUGS. ONE DAY JOY WITNESSED HER MOTHER USING HEROIN IN THE BATHROOM TUB, PUZZLED JOY RAN OUT THE BATHROOM CRYING. SANDRA WASN'T PHASED AT ALL, SHE CONTINUED ON. JOY WENT AND TOLD MAMA KIM; MAMA KIM (JOY FOLLOWS BEHIND HER) SLOWLY WALKED INTO THE BATHROOM AND SAW HER DAUGHTER SLOUCHED OVER THE TUB'S RAILING AS SHE BLED FROM HER NOSE AND EYES. MAMA KIM IMMEDIATELY PUSHED JOY OUT THE BATHROOM. MAMA KIM RAN TO THE AID OF HER ONLY CHILD AND CRIES AS JOY WATCHES. THE AMBULANCE WERE CALLED SHORTLY AFTER BUT IN THE PROCESS D.F.c.s WERE TOO. MAMA KIM TRIED HER BEST TO FIGHT TO KEEP HER GRANDDAUGHTER BUT SHE LOST. JOY WAS NOW IN THE SYSTEM (PLACED IN FOSTER CARE) AND ON THE DAY OF HER MOTHER'S FUNERAL, SHE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
DURING GRADE SCHOOL, JOY ATTENDED (4) DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AS SHE MOVED FROM FAMILY TO FAMILY. SHE FACED MANY CHALLENGES BUT SHE WAS A SCHOLAR AND EXCELLED IN WRITING, READING, AND SOCIAL STUDIES. IN HER SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, JOY WAS ADOPTED BY THE NESBY FAMILY. THE NESBY FAMILY ARE VERY RESPECTABLE AND HUMBLE PEOPLE. MR.NESBY (ROBERT) AND MRS.NESBY (NA'JAE) WERE ALREADY GRANDPARENTS WHEN THEY ADOPTED JOY. THEY HAD (3) ADULT CHILDREN BUT THEY WERE ALL ADOPTED DUE TO MRS.NESBY NOT BEING ABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN OF HER OWN. AFTER BEING ADOPTED BY THE NESBY'S, JOY GREW TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY AND FEELING VICTORIOUS.
WHILE, ATTENDING HER JUNIOR YEAR SHE WAS OFFERED (9) SCHOLARSHIPS FROM WELL KNOWN COLLEGES SUCH AS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, USC, AND SPELMAN. SHE WOULD ATTEND THE LATTER, MAJORING IN JOURNALISM. SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL EARLY WITH A (3.8) GPA AND WITH A HOPE SCHOLARSHIP. AT SPELMAN, SHE WOULD WRITE FOR THE COLLEGE'S NEWSPAPER AND EVENTUALLY BRANCH OFF CREATING HER OWN ONLINE NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE THAT FEATURED PEOPLE'S LIFE STORIES AND CATERED TO ARTISTS OF ALL RACES, SEXUAL IDENTITIES, ETC. SHE WOULD BE AWARDED FOR HER PLATFORM. SHE WOULD GRADUATE FROM SPELMAN AT THE AGE OF (22) AND AT THE TOP OF HER CLASS.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION, SHE STARTED HER OWN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE TOGETHER (WE.S.E.T). THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING CHILDREN FROM THE INNER CITIES. THE PROGRAM'S MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE AND GUIDE THE YOUTH ON A PATH OF self DISCOVERY, SUCCESS, AND VICTORY. IN DOING SO, BUILD AND MAINTAIN A STRONG AND LOVING COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
JOY'S COMPASSIONATE AND WARRIOR SPIRIT HAS DRIVEN HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE ONLY THANKS GOD FOR THE CHALLENGES SHE HAS OVERCOME AS THOSE EXPERIENCES MOLDED HER INTO THE BEAUTIFUL AND FEARLESS WOMAN SHE IS TODAY ... - Q'♡♡♡♡♡♡