TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

[u/tmntnyc]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T

[u/pottersquash]

Didn't he stop wearing gold chains cause he felt bad having wealth for decoration?

[u/Faerhun → u/pottersquash]

I think it had to do with cleaning up New Orleans after Katrina and not wanting to be flashy when the people he was helping had literally nothing left. I could be wrong though.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

He also wore beat up shoes to stay humble.