Saturday December 28th at the Jay Z concert at the BJCC, a young man, 13-year- old, Cortez Gulley had the best birthday a young man could ask for on stage with his Daddy’s favorite Rapper. Rico Gulley the father of Cortez, said, “It was a night he would always remember and share with everyone he know.”
Cortez caught the rapper’s eye during the encore of the Birmingham Magna Carter World Tour Stop. Jay Z eventually invited Cortez on stage for a touching moment that included a big Daddy hug. Gulley who came to the concert with his cousin and sister, made his way slowly to the front of the stage. Jay Z told the police to stand down. Cortez went to the front and got on top of the chair and up on the stage.
Cortez attends the Mount Moriah Baptist Church of North Pratt, Rev. Walter Solomon, Pastor. He is a student at Bottenfield Middle School, where he is the 7th grader quarterback on the football team, point guard on the basketball team and a member of Distinguished Gentlemen. “I always want to do my best in anything I do in life,” Cortez says.
