Daily Inspiration: Meet Philemon Bazelais

Today we’d like to introduce you to Philemon Bazelais.

Hi Philemon, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was born and raised in the small town of Fort Pierce Florida, went to Fairlawn Elementary School, then Lincoln Park Academy from 6-12th grade, my career in entertainment started in Middle School I started dancing with my self taught dance crew named Wise Up Dance Crew which included my older brother Harison, and 2 close friends Josue & Osee which I grew up in church with, we started performing in our hometown church to performing at sweet sixteens, quinceaneras, to opening up for Derrick Minor, Malik Yoba, and even performing at the Miami Heat Halftime show…fast forward to Covid quarantine the shut down for me into creating tiktok videos of me dancing they weren’t doing as good so I turn my content into comedy and videos started to go viral I began to grow a following on tiktok rapidly then I started to learn how to monetize my content landing my first brand collaboration for $300 it opened my eyes realizing I can make a 2 weeks worth of work paycheck from a 30 second video at this time I was working at my 1st Job Tropical smoothie as I grew my following & perfecting my content creation for a few years here comes 2021 I had the opportunity to attend a webinar for the popular app Triller which resulted in me and 299 other black creators around the world to receive a 1 year monthly paying contract to just create content along with my first large brand deal with Popeyes … fast forward I started traveling to Orlando, Miami, Houston & Atlanta collaborating with viral tiktok creators building friendships which led me to falling in love with the Atlanta creator atmosphere that my brother and I decided to drop everything and move to Atlanta where I currently still live this move allowed me to grow in the entertainment industry where I picked up a microphone and started hosting events like the Atlanta Sneaker convention partnering with the Atlanta Hawks & Falcons, also becoming a traveling event host doing grand openings for Skyzone. Throughout all my years in this world of entertainment I currently still create content, host events , manage creators, do creative directing on photo shoots & film sets I also am a part of a content group called ATM (All The Motion) with my friends (JG) _onlyjg & (KJ) Kjackzsupreme where we have over 600k followers on our Snapchat show. I am currently at 1.2 million followers across all platforms.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It definitely wasn’t a smooth it’s been a roller coaster ride to get to where I’m at now from moving to a new state to loosing my Triller contract blindly not knowing how I’d be able to pay my bills to being mentally drained from social media burn outs and feeling lost

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’m a Content creator, Event Host, Creative strategist

Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
I’d say consistency, the willingness to keep learning new things, being charismatic and easy to be approached and my networking skills

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philly2litty_?igsi=MTFuY2J4cjhwN3J5cA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JniGtMS4v/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@philly2littytv?si=RoGjYEFci7sde6tR