Today we’d like to introduce you to ShaTara Myrie.
Hi ShaTara, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I go by StickyMacVae. I am the creator of “lele the milli” which is a YouTube channel all about my daughter with special needs. I also have my own channel. I have my own business. I’m also a stock investor. I have multiple side hustles and I’m working on writing a book hopefully soon. I’m from Kingston, Jamaica and I’m 22 years old. And it took a lot of struggle to get where I am today.
Well, I was homeless with my two children sleeping in hotels for a little over a year. And when I couldn’t afford a room, I slept in the car with them and door dashed everyday. I have had CPS called on me for being poor with them. By people related to my kids just to tear me down more out of spite, I had nothing yet those around me still found a way to envy me. For what I will never know. I door dashed everyday making sure I at least made 100$ a day. I would pray to God like what can I do to get rich enough to live and spend my time around my kids. But everything I wanted to invest in cost money to start. So I hustled every day and yes, I mean hustle. I’ve done things I’m not proud of to survive. I sold stuff, worked until the pandemic…I even robbed people. I say all this to give you an idea of what I had to do and who I was becoming due to my surroundings. At the time, I had no choice if you asked me. I didn’t see any other way out. I’m not proud at all about those days but I regret nothing because I wouldn’t be here today if I didn’t went through all that I did with my kids. I applied for unemployment and used that money to the best ability. I still couldn’t get a grip. So I invested into stock… and it took months to even see 100 bucks so I asked my broker why I’m not making money. They explained to me like “Tara, you take little risk; you make a smaller amount but with bigger risk come more money that you can lose just like you can gain”. I said, okay well I don’t have nothing to lose… I made 100k then I made that 100k makes me about 700k.
Now I’m in search for a half-million dollar house, my daughter is richer than me. And I’m working on making my youngest as rich as her so when I get old, I know they are financially stable. My goal in life really wasn’t to be rich or a millionaire; it really just happened. All I wanted was to have money to be financially free and content with what I’m doing to comfortably live and be around my kids 24/7 without the stress of “oh, I have to go to work all day, everyday to barely live”. God had plans for me I didn’t even know were possible. And I know I’m destined for greater, I feel it. Now that I know my worth and know how blessed I am, my goal before I leave this earth is to make all my kids multimillionaires. One down now it’s my son’s turn. I just want to get old and watch them live life and of course get on their nerves by asking them for money 😂 but all jokes aside, all odds were stacked against me. I was an 18 years old pregnant CNA then got pregnant again at 19 with my son. Then pregnant again! With my 3rd child at 21. So trust me when I say I had all odds stacked against me. I was the underdog my whole life, the black sheep, the one everybody just knew would be a disappointment. Now I sit back and laugh because now I’m the one the family looks to for help. I’m the one they need to make it. See, now I’m the one they fear… when I talk, they listen now… when I have an idea, they take it more serious now and willing to support because they know not to underestimate me now. I can tell people still talk down on my name even say things like if it was me, I would blah blah blah or “how she get so lucky”. No, I’m blessed. First thing I did was start my own marketing business so whatever I choose to do, I can promote myself and whatever my kids choose to do, I can promote them. Every business needs to be advised in some way so that only made sense to me to make sure I’m my own marketing team.
Even in real life, I was always my own cheerleader. I’ve been a one man band my whole life never had someone believed in me, not once until I made it. And still they all respect me to a certain extent. My kids will never be the underdogs. I don’t want them to ever go through half of what I went through. I had such a rough life. I talk as if I’m 30 going on 60. I know I struggled more than people twice my age. So when somebody tries to discredit my success or try to say I’m just lucky, I correct them every time that I’m not lucky. I’m blessed I was chosen to do better and be better; that’s not my fault. I came from nothing! I came frown being barely worthy to those around me and I made the choices to get me here so nobody can’t take that away from me. This was meant for me and my kids. If I can do it, any girl from the hood can do it too, believe that with everything you have. Once I started to have faith in myself, new confidence washed over me. Doors will open; you just have to have faith… and try! Try everything. Try it all; even if you fall ten times and go broke doing it, TRY AGAIN… I will never go back to the girl I used to be. I really hope and pray that I be a strong leader for my kids and set them up for success. They are my best friends, the only people on this earth that love me; no matter how many mistakes I made, I can’t let them down and I know they won’t let me down in the future. We are in this together. The three musketeers is how I would describe us. Stay tuned because you will hear about this family.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
My road was always hard and bumpy. I still mentally struggle till this day but I try to stay strong for my babies. I was homeless for about two years with a special needs child and an infant.
I had run-ins with the law because I began to do illegal activities just to make it by.
I’ve had family members sabotage me purposely out of spite.
I’ve lost a lot in 2021 but still keep faith and still find things to make me smile. I just thank god I’m here today and able to touch my kids everyday even when they drive me crazy, I’m still so gray full for them. I owe my kids the world.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I run multiple YouTube channels. As well as my own marketing business called TafBaf LLC. It stands for Tell a Friend Bring A Friend because word of mouth is the best way to grow a business. I’m working on a book and music so stay tuned. I also invest in stock and have multiple side hustles. I’m mostly proud of my kids even tho they are young. To me, my kids are my biggest flex in life. I had tho and stuck beside them through evening had my kids right at my side nobody can say I ever left my kids; I dragged them through all my drama, crisis, trials and tribulations. Those two are my ride or dies. We are for lifers nothing will make me more happy than them loving me lie I love them. What set me apart from others is that I always knew that I deserved better. I was born an entrepreneur. I was born creative and not to be like everybody else or what society deems correct. Another thing that sets me apart is my drive and passion in whatever it is I want. I have to stay with seven or more side hustles. I’m a natural hustler since I was a little girl. All I knew what to survive just like my mom. She worked so hard we barely knew her growing up but she was poor but never was on section 8; we never saw her pay a bill or rent late. She taught me that you gotta stay afloat even to I didn’t make it working a 9-5. I always had a means of income no matter what I made it happen.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was always sensitive and had a temper. I hated feeling played because I always felt that I was so caring why would u purposely hurt me for no reason?. I grew up depressed but didn’t let that stop me at all. I’ve been poor my whole life but it wasn’t so bad when you’re used to it. I grew up in SE DC. Those are some of my best memories. Then my mom moved to destroy by the time I was in middle school. There I learned to defend myself and get things done by any means. By the time I started high school, we moved to New York. I developed bad habits and was the most rebellious at this point of my life. I would always get in trouble with the law. New York helped develop the person I am today and that I knew I wanted better in life than I was always shown. Each state and city helped form me as a person today. I graduated from Jop Corp in Ohio. This is where I began to have my own kids and life literally hit me all at once. So see, I never grew up on normal terms; I was forced to by the decisions I made or my surroundings. I never was a “kid “ I always saw too much and knew too much for my own good survival always was a battle in my life. I’m a good-hearted person if only I knew how to tap into it instead of making poor choices and feeding into my anger. I grew up as a resentful child. I never got to show my heart to no one really. I pray my kids get the real me. I pray they only know the best version of me.
Pricing:
- 1000 everyday for a month of advertising
- 2500 for everyday ads for a month advance program
Contact Info:
- Email: StickyMacVae@gmail.com
- Website: www.tafbaf.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/stickymacvae?r=nametag
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foreign.gray
- Twitter: twitter.com/stickyymac?s=21
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCQls391IcqQsqHjuMZyemfA
https://youtu.be/CGMcGCGyFW0 - Other: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1145139780
