{"id":4373,"date":"2021-01-09T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2021-02-26T12:59:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T17:59:42","slug":"4-wheel-city-shines-in-new-apple-tv-series-dear-celebrating-influence-of-stevie-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/4-wheel-city-shines-in-new-apple-tv-series-dear-celebrating-influence-of-stevie-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Wheel City Shines in new Apple TV Series &#8220;Dear&#8230;&#8221; Celebrating Influence of Stevie Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 Wheel City Pays Homage to Stevie Wonder in NEW AppleTv Docuseries\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BkBV51VDOXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>DEAR STEVIE WONDER EPISODE FEATURE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stevie Wonder means the world to many disabled and black entertainers, 4 Wheel City shares this influence in a new Apple TV docuseries about his life.<\/em>NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, June 9, 2020 \/<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ &#8212; Ultra-talented and inspirational hip-hop entertainers who give a voice to people with disabilities of all lifestyles have recently stepped into the spotlight in a very exciting way. In exciting news,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.4wheelcity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Wheel City<\/a>\u2019s story was recently featured in a docuseries about the life of music icon&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nhnHN2lv2ho\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Wonder<\/a>, titled \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nhnHN2lv2ho\" target=\"_blank\">Dear<\/a>..\u201d. \u201cDear&#8230;\u201d presents people whom Wonder\u2019s work has impacted reaching out to the star with a letter sharing their experience. Namel from 4 Wheel City was one of the letter writers reading a letter to Wonder sharing his story directly. Namel lets Wonder and the audience know in a very moving way what Wonder\u2019s work as a blind artist means to him and how it helped him realize that anything was truly possible after his injury left him in a wheelchair. This set the foundation of what would become 4 Wheel City, an acclaimed group that advocates for people with disabilities while also educating about important community issues like gun violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dear... \u2014 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nhnHN2lv2ho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDear..\u201d is a 10-episode Apple docuseries that can now be watched from start to finish. In addition to Stevie Wonder, other episode stars include Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Yara Shahidi, Aly Raisman, Misty Copeland, and even Big Bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStevie Wonder is my hero,\u201d commented Namel Tapwaterz Norris from 4 Wheel City. \u201cHe showed me I could still be accepted as an artist after my injury. It&#8217;s truly an honor to be part of this project especially during these times when voices like Stevie&#8217;s are so vital to the struggle of people with disabilities and blacks in America.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 Wheel City Stars in Stevie Wonder AppleTV Docuseries\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PDGtfidzJSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cDear&#8230;\u201d episode highlights what happened to Namel leading to his injury and how 4 Wheel City now uses music to advocate for people with disabilities whenever and wherever possible. It also showcases Stevie&#8217;s work as a equal rights advocate. The timing couldn&#8217;t have been more perfect in the light of the recent black lives matter movement protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namel is joined in 4 Wheel City by Ricardo \u201cRickfire\u201d Velasquez. Both of the talented hip-hop artists and motivational speakers are in wheelchairs due to gun violence. Their mission is to use their remarkable skills as hip-hop entertainers to create more opportunities for the disabled and inspire people not to give up in life. 4 Wheel City performs original music as well as give motivational talks that have changed lives at hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centers, fundraisers, and events across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stevie Wonder means the world to many disabled and black entertainers, 4 Wheel City shares this influence in a new Apple TV docuseries about his life.NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, June 9, 2020 \/EINPresswire.com\/ &#8212; Ultra-talented and inspirational hip-hop entertainers who give a voice to people with disabilities of all lifestyles have recently stepped&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4517,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4373\/revisions\/4517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4wheelcity.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}