I sat on the phone over an hour with Byron Harris and just talked about how Stay Down was originally started and I was so taken back from the story. His humbleness and optimistic persona just shine through his voice and choice of words. In pursuit of a higher elevation for his rap career Byron felt he had reached his peak in Dallas. After literally selling as his furniture in his apartment he realized now was the time and Atlanta, Georgia was the place. The move would come with much more than he probably imagined at the time. Byron moved to Atlanta and put his foot into the ground gaining a heavy support and grinding for what would be his push for more. A song by the name of “Stay Down” would eventually help him win a major open mic battle and again help align the stars for a successful endeavor. Life would have its way and eventually Byron would move back to Dallas to make 100 Stay Down t-shirts and thus a business and a lifestyle was born. The shirts flew from his hands and on to the backs of those heavily supporting the movement. Byron told me in his own words “I went to Atlanta as a rapper but I came back to Dallas an entrepreneur.” And that he is a businessman, an artist, a father, a leader and motivator all in one . He also mention how this saved him from himself and the dark path he was following. I listened to Byron speak about his life and the obstacles he’s overcome and his quiet yet confident demeanor were heavily felt as if I was sitting right next to him.

If you could wake up and be successful….everyone would be. Unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world and the reality is for everything you want…you must sacrifice something in one way or another . Starting a business the right way takes time, energy, resources and dedication. When we see the success of an entrepreneur we rarely see the late nights, the tears or the failure after failures. But those moments are there and the the bad times are just as important as the good times. Stay Down

What do you truly desire and what are you doing to obtain it? You can’t simply believe because you want something that desire will be fulfilled. You have to Stay Down and commit to it. Lose sleep, money, people you thought were friends and a lot of other things you thought you might not ever sacrifice. All to obtain what you deserve because if you desire true success you will Stay Down and do whatever necessary to fulfill your destiny. If you loss everything you owned right now but had the means to get it back what would your first step be? Would you complain about and then do it or would you disappear and come back with more than before? Sometimes our biggest enemy is the mouth God gave us and the voice that came along with it. Business why move smart , friend wise move cautiously because the right team will project you rather its 100 people or 3. Manifest your ideology of success and take EVERY necessary step to make it happen. There will be long days and even longer nights, times where you feel like you spending more money than you making , times where you feel like you should just give up and go back to whatever was working before you changed your path…but Stay Down and elevate. Mediocrity and settling should never be accepted.

“No matter what happens the show goes on…no matter who jumps off the bandwagon it gotta keep rolling…We not stopping or slowing down for nobody…we gone figure it out always.”

• STAY DOWN is more than just fashion its a lifestyle, it’s connecting and collaborating constantly to expand and elevate
• On this blog you will get a mixture of everything from fashion to controversial topics

Why are you blogging publicly? We want everybody to be a part of the Stay Down movement. The more people we reach the better. Even if it’s just a comment and a share we welcome all positive support.

What topics do you think you’ll write about? Any and everything. There are no limits to where this blog will take off to.

Who would you love to connect with via your blog? Anybody trying to support the movement.

If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished? Too reach millions and expose them and entice them into the Stay Down Life