Not us old as hell?
Remember Jaycob Linsey? The kid who danced on the chair at the prospect of him and his classmates going to see Marvel’s Black Panther in theaters is now a High School Graduate!
The original video is from February 2018, coinciding with the release of the first “Black Panther” film starring Chadwick Boseman.
In this clip, shared by educator Ron Clark, Linsey is seen standing on a chair at school, wearing his school uniform and Timberland boots, dancing along with his classmates.
The Ron Clark Academy posted the same clip in 2018, writing, “That moment when the whole school finds out they’re going to see @Marvel’s new movie, @BlackPanther!”
According to COMPLEX Linsey was in sixth grade when the video went viral. Two years later, Boseman died at the age of 43 from colon cancer, an event that proved to be heartbreaking for Linsey.
“To be honest, I still can’t get over him passing away,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2020. “By looking at him, I would have never thought that he was suffering from colon cancer. It’s hard to believe because he always seemed to have joy and happiness on his face.”
A teacher from Clark Academy, Kirk Brown, shared Linsey’s graduation pictures and videos in a post, writing,
“Wanna feel old? Swipe.” He continued, “Proud of my guy, Jaycob, for graduating high school last night! Definitely feels like yesterday when he was dancing with his classmates on the RCA tables. Ha.”
Congratulations Jaycob!
