How a 13 year old changed ‘Impossible’ to ‘I’m Possible’ | Sparsh Shah | TEDxGateway
Sparsh Shah is an Indian American rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US.[1] He was born in 2003 in Iselin, New Jersey, to a family of Indian descent.
Background : Sparsh shah was born having 35 fractures due to a rare, incurable genetic disorder- Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Where his bones were extremely fragile. Doctor gave him a very weak prognosis that he would live for a day or two. But he managed to survive due to support of his parents and their “never-say-die” attitude and most importantly the gods grace. Till now he has, suffered from 130 fractures with multiple screws and rods added in his body.
Four simple steps he followed in his life to make Impossible to I’m Possible:
1.Find your Passion
Despite the fact he lived a very tough life for first few years. A new door opened to him was a MUSIC which became his passion and changed his life forever. Music had a tremendous impact on him, physically and emotionally. He wrote his first song “This love will never fade”. Since then he has written 11 more songs till now.
2. Never hold yourself back
He decided to do a rapper on the famous song by Eminem which is “Not Afraid” which had inspired him a lot and he didn’t want to hold himself back. He created a rapper named purhythm(pure + rhythm) with his own touch of Indian classical music to the song which create a new genre RAGARAP( RAGA (Indian) + RAP (American Hip-Hop)) At the end result was beautiful, the cover blew up all over the internet and it became a worldwide phenomenon. He got multiple awards and appreciation from famous celebrities and today cover has got over 55 million views, and counting, on all social media site so far. Because he decided he would not hold himself back, he could achieve all these.
3. Help Others
He has been singing for non profit organisations and raised half a million dollars till now for them. He believes that biggest satisfaction in life comes when we get to change someone else’s life for the better and that gives him immense amount of gratitude.
He has also helped and coached many other kids who has been suffering with similar disease and inspired them to live a happy life.
4. Dream BIG
None of the above achievements would have been possible if he didn’t “DREAM BIG”. He still have a dream to have billions of followers one day, win Grammy award, create more original albums, get a degree in music and last but not the least “sparsh” everyones hearts all over the world.
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