Watch: Motivational Speaker Gets Real With High School Students Who Keep Interrupting Him
Motivational speaker Eric Thomas, who goes by ET and has been called the “hip hop preacher,” is a viral sensation whose YouTube videos all garner around 250,000 views. Thomas’ personal struggles, the absence of his biological father, and having once been homeless, to his triumphs of graduating college after 12 years and a recent Ph.D. in Education Administration from Michigan State University, resonate with young and old alike. Thomas is flown around the world speaking to everyone from Fortune 500 employees to professional athletes.