Tyler Rich Using His Social Media Platform To Spread Positivity
By kncitom on August 3, 2018
Props to Yuba City’s Tyler Rich: if this guy’s career takes off like it appears it will, he could end of being one of the active, engaged high profile artists our format has ever seen. Via social media he’s already done some great things for local animal shelters, he’s shown support for fire fighters battling wildfires here in California and for the communities being affected, and yesterday he tweeted about the sensitive subject of depression after the suicide of 32 year old model/performance artist Rick Genest, otherwise known as Zombie Boy.
Tyler used Genest’s death as a springboard to address his fans in a couple of different tweets.
The first simply says:
Friend. Fans. Followers. Depression is the devil. If you’re ever feeling down. Sad. Depressed. Alone. Know that we ALL feel this way. Every day. Including myself. Never be afraid to reach out to talk to someone. My DM is always open. Suicide is never worth it. https://t.co/gpUxJsUiLk
— Tyler Rich (@TylerRichMusic) August 3, 2018
And in a follow-up Tweet, Tyler indicated that his first Tweet got a lot of response:
The amount of DMs I’ve gotten from you that are sad, depressed, feeling alone, is overwhelming. You guys. We are all in this together. Life is so damn hard, and so damn beautiful in so many ways all at the same time. We are in this together ❤️
— Tyler Rich (@TylerRichMusic) August 3, 2018
Just the fact that he’s not afraid to publicly address this sensitive topic is pretty unusual, especially for a new artist, and we salute Tyler for realizing his ascending music career can also be used as a way to make the world a little better place.
