Biography & Early Wealth Journey

I was trying to do this anonymously but oh well!!! pic.twitter.com/T0dhRHyU66

— Tyler Perry (@tylerperry) December 6, 2018

In the video, he directs anyone with any items on layaway at the two Walmarts in question to head to the store and pick up their items for the price of one cent, presumably since the items could no longer be kept on layaway without a balance of some kind remaining – which makes you wonder if it might be a good idea for Walmart and other stores to make it easier for people in Perry's position to make similar contributions for the holidays.

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Primary Income Streams & Multi-Million Contracts

Perry's been on a hot streak with the goodwill gestures lately, and not just for the holiday season. This wasn't an act of charity per se, but he still earned some good karma when he hired Cosby Show alum Geoffrey Owens for his show The Haves and the Have Nots, and he also got some good headlines earlier this year when he purchased an old house for a struggling friend of his mother's.