Black boy joy ain't nothing to play with.
When 16-year-old Ayrton Little found out that he was accepted into Harvard, the young man sent shockwaves through social media with his viral video garnering 5.3 million views and almost 200,000 retweets.
All the hard work was worth it. I got accepted to Harvard at 16!! ???????????? #Harvard
#Harvard2022
pic.twitter.com/KjW3pAF0VG— Tha Little Man (@AyrtonLittle) December 13, 2017
The Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, student is surrounded by family and friends as he pulls up the acceptance letter on his computer. Within a matter of seconds, the young man jumps up and the room erupts with screams of joy and laughter. Ayrton can't contain his joy, jumping up and down like he caught the holy spirit.
His success also brought him instant social media celebrity status. Instead of keeping his newfound glory to himself, he shared it with others.
Just scroll down Ayrton's Twitter feed, you can see friends and other students' tweets and videos documenting their acceptance into major universities.
Born to lose. Built to win. Blessed to be accepted to the HARVARD University ‼️#ivyleaguebound
#Harvard2022
pic.twitter.com/2gKX1GR7XI— d.huell ???? (@dthuell) December 13, 2017
Y'all look my big bro!!! https://t.co/j0EBarumf8
— Tha Little Man (@AyrtonLittle) December 13, 2017
Look my sister (not actually my sister but my sister) ???????????? https://t.co/6q8m3TFdD6
— Tha Little Man (@AyrtonLittle) December 14, 2017
Y’all look my barber!!! ???????????????????????? https://t.co/uqWKjCLTub
— Tha Little Man (@AyrtonLittle) December 14, 2017
He has also retweeted other students' Harvard acceptance letters showing them the same love he received.
Congrats to Ayrton and all of the future college graduates.