Welcoming our new ambassador Scarlxrd

Empire Fighting Chance is pleased to announce that British alternative rap artist Scarlxrd has joined the team as a new ambassador for the boxing charity.

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Empire Fighting Chance is pleased to announce that British alternative rap artist Scarlxrd has joined the team as a new ambassador for the boxing charity.

Scarlxrd embodies the progress that youngpeople can make when they believe in themselves, reinventing their image andwork along the way. As a 25-year old who has already tasted success at a youngage, he represents Empire Fighting Chance’s target demographic of 8-25-year-oldsand will be considered as a role model to our community.

From humble upbringings in Wolverhampton, Marius (Maz) entered the music industry initially in the band Myth City, active between 2014-2016 before rebranding himself and going solo as Scarlxrd.

Since 2016, Scarlxrd has already achieved somehuge milestones, including being nominated in the 2019 Kerrang! Awards for Best BritishBreakthrough, achieving over 1 million Instagram followers, and iscurrently embarking on a World Tour.

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Empire Fighting Chance co-founder JamieSanigar said: “It’s great to welcome Scarlxrd to Empire Fighting Chance as anambassador. His breakthrough on the world music scene has brought with it ahuge fanbase and I hope working together we can continue to raise the awarenessof our charity’s work. We look forward to collaborating on how we can bothsupport and inspire the next generation of young people.”

“The work Empire Fighting Chance are doing with the kids in the gym, is helping to shape and change lives! Anything we can do to elevate that, is doing the right thing! Helping kids live their lives like champions!”

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Overcomingdeprivation

In 2015, Wolverhampton was voted one of the 20most deprived areas in the UK, ranked 13th for education deprivation, eighth for income deprivation andsixth for employment deprivation. Empire Fighting Chance was born on thestreets to fight the impact of deprivation on the lives of young people, makingScarlxrd a natural fit to inspire young people to believe that they canovercome their challenges and achieve success.

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