American comedian and actor, Kevin Hart has reached out to a young Nigerian artist who posted a drawing of him on Twitter.
According to reports, the Kaduna-based artist, Eli Waduba Yusuf, had posted the drawing two days ago, February 25, 2019, and asked users to retweet till it gets to Hart and it did.
Yusuf wrote that he is a hyperrealism pencil artist and will like to be like Arinze Egbengwu who is best known for creating hyperrealistic pencil drawings.
https://twitter.com/EWaduba/status/1100052129920757767
He wrote:
“My name is Eli Waduba Yusuf Am a Nigerian, based in Kaduna. Am a hyperrealism PENCIL Artist, I hope to become like @Harinzeyart. Please Retweet, let @KevinHart4real see it, thank you.”
Thanks to the power of social media, people started retweeting the photos and it finally got to Kelvin Hart.
https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1100773905512517632
When he finally saw it he replied saying he has seen it and will like to support Yusuf by paying him to do a pencil of three of his celebrity friends.
https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1100792875573567489
He wrote:
“I see it and I want to purchase it…I also want to support you and your amazing talent by giving you a fee to do a pencil drawing of 3 of my celebrity friends that I can gift it to. DM your info and let’s get to work!”
https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1100782645175291904