and the light of day is justice for tyre. tyre. justice for our lost loved ones . to support it. i appreciate it. thank you very much. [ applause ] first of all, i want to thank each and everyone of you.
[ applause ]. good evening, my name is james. my god brother is tyre. it s not too much i can say that hasn t already been said about him from everybody. but i wanted to share you all s story of how he got his name, though. my sister toya said my mom named him, which was came from a movie called silverado, one of the characters in it, and she liked that movie, but she wanted to name me that, but she kept that name in her back pocket for some reason, i don t know. then 93 came, and our boy came, and she was like there you are, tyre. and i used to always joke with him, like, man, you keep messing with him, i m going to take my name back. he s like no, you ain t, it s my name. it was how he said it.
and i can t say enough about how this community, how this nation, and how this world has came together to support my family, to support my wife, and to support me. i appreciate it. thank you very much. good afternoon. first of all, i want to thank each and every one of you for coming out to pay tribute to my son. tyre was a beautiful person. and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable.
wait a minute. before you speak, i didn t give kareem, nobody worked harder than kareem. we call kareem like he was on my payroll. we love kareem. we ll have these are two of the sisters of tyre. [ applause ] i m going to take this time to some things you may not know. it s very hard to stand here so bear with me. tyre was my baby brother. him and i are 11 years apart. he was so special to me and he loved me and i loved him dearly. you know, being the oldest of three boys, i had to watch my
kareem. we call kareem like he was on my payroll. we love kareem. we re going to have kiana and latoya speak on behalf of their brother. these are two of the sisters of tyre. [ applause ]. i m going to take time to share things you may not know about my baby brother. it s very hard to stand with me, so bear with me. tyre was my baby brother. him and i were 11 years apart. he was so special to me. he loved me, and i loved him dearly. being the oldest of three boys, i had to watch my brothers, take them places that i probably didn t want to take them, watch them at times when i didn t want to watch them. but with ty, i didn t mind.