Beats' Serena Williams Ad Will Inspire the Crap Out of You

 By 
Todd Wasserman
 on 
Beats' Serena Williams Ad Will Inspire the Crap Out of You
Credit: Beats By Dre

Fresh off her sixth U.S. Open win, Serena Williams is starring in an ad for Beats by Dre that should inspire you get your lazy butt off the couch and get some exercise.

The ad, set to 2 Chainz's "Black Unicorn," shows Williams working out -- jumping rope, running in place, clutching a medicine ball -- while wearing her wireless Beats headphones, natch. The narrative is interspersed with shots of Williams' hometown of Compton, California, the same place Dr. Dre grew up.

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As legend has it, Williams' father, Richard, began teaching Serena and her sister Venus tennis at a very young age and relentlessly followed a 78-page plan he wrote to turn them both into tennis stars.

The ad comes just before a major product announcement from Beats' parent company, Apple, on Tuesday. Apple bought Beats for $3 billion on Aug. 1.

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