Siblings are known to be close but twins have a special bond that goes beyond the closeness of regular siblings. This can be said for Malcolm and Marcus Williams.
The identical twins, who are named after civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey, are from Orangeburg, South Carolina.
These two, who are now 21-years-old, have recently gone viral after they revealed the truth about their high school yearbook photo. Apparently, being in the spotlight is nothing new for these two.
“As crazy as it sounds, it seems we were already born in somewhat of the spotlight. At the time of our birth, we made the local news, as it was discovered that we were the biggest set of twins born in the Upstate of South Carolina during that time period. Marcus weighed in at 9 pounds, 6 ounces, and Malcolm held his own at 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Our weight was the big talk of the town, the same year before Tiger Woods made history as the first African American to win the Masters,” the twins wrote in a piece on Love What Matters.
Malcolm and Marcus were born on April 1st so they heard jokes about Aprils Fools Day and how they were “born a joke” and “born comedians” since they were born.
It actually turned out to be true. They’ve been pulling pranks all their lives.
“Surprisingly, this isn’t the first we have displayed jokes and pranks of these types… We’ve actually switched classes before in middle school, went to work for each other (and yes, we paid each other for our day of work lol) and we’ve also gone to the movies dressed alike, (portraying to be one person only) buy one ticket, and then walk in one at a time,” they explained.
Their identical looks and being prank savvy paid off big time during their senior year.
Marcus had to miss picture day because he was sick.
“I called Malcolm from home and we discussed how we were going to make the picture work without getting caught,” Marcus told BuzzFeed News.
Malcolm actually refused a few times, but eventually, he agreed to it. Marcus is known to be the serious twin.
So, Marcus had to put on a blank face to pull off the photo and really sell it.
“Our main concern was that we can never be serious during times like this. He told me that if the camera would’ve been in front of his face for maybe 3 more seconds, he would’ve completely blown his cover,” Marcus explained.
No one asked for his ID, so Malcolm just showed up five minutes after taking the first picture to take his own picture.
No one knew that they pulled a good switcheroo until Marcus posted the photo on Twitter a few years later.
That post ended up going viral with more than 61,700 retweets and 252,o00 likes.
The twins say they hope their viral fame will encourage other twins to have fun and learn how to not “work hard” but “work smart.”
“Overall, being a twin certainly has its perks, especially if you’re identical twins, or if you happen to be fraternal twins who look very much alike, as it is in our case. From the friendly competition with everything you do day in or day out, as children, racing to the front seat of the car to feel superior, competition to see who can finish their food first, waking each other up in the middle of the night to walk together to the bathroom out of fear of the dark, saying the same thing at once on accident, having conversations without actually being vocal. The perks are endless!” Marcus says.
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