Shimmy Walker doesn’t seem like a bad guy, just made some horrible financial decisions and that led him to being broke. Not the MC Hammer broke where he still has millions, but broke where he was making payment arrangements to keep his lights on.
A lot of people wonder how can you lose $100+ Million? Well, Walker is ready to share his story.
Walker says he’s “more confident” about sharing his story … so that other pro athletes don’t make the same mistakes he did.
“I got robbed twice (at gunpoint) and my home was burglarized in 1999 … as a result of having lots of money and some bad people around me,” Walker says.
The 38-year-old says he’s written a book about his financial debacle — and also signed off on a documentary about his life called, “My Road to Redemption” — because he believes that telling his story is something he “needed to do.”
“If I can help bring down the number of athletes and entertainers who go broke … then I feel I’m doing something to help the cause.”
We will always have the Shimmy…..