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[MUSIC] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

BRANDIS FREEMAN HAS EVENING OFF.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

TONIGHT VACCINE MANDATES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE IN SOME CITIES.

THOSE POLICIES DISPROPORTIONATELY DISENFRANCHISE LACK COMMUNITIES WHO LAG BEHIND IN VACCINATION RATES?

OGLE RELIEF EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE AFTERMATH OF A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI.

PLUS, A LOOK AND LIFE OF THE LEGACY OF A CHICAGO MUSICIAN LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE THIS WEEK.

COFFEE, HIP-HOP AND MENTAL HEALTH.

A MUSICIAN GIVES US THE LAST WORD ON NORMALIZING THERAPY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

[MUSIC] AND OLDER ARTISTS ARE GETTING A SECOND CHANCE AT STARDOM THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF A LOCAL RECORD LABEL.

MAC FIRST OFF TONIGHT THIS MONTH CHICAGO OFFICIALS REPORT MORE THAN HALF THE CITY'S POPULATION, 52.3 PERCENT IS FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

DESPITE EFFORTS TO GET VACCINATED TO BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITY'S BOTH GROUPS SEEM TO LAG BEHIND IN VACCINATION RATE.

ACCORDING TO CITY STATISTICS, 52 PERCENT OF WHITE CHICAGOANS ARE FULLY VACCINATED COMPARED TO 38 PERCENT OF BLACK CHICAGOANS.

NOW WITH THE DELTA VARIANT REACHING SOME CITY GOVERNMENTS AND EMPLOYERS ARE IMPOSING VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS.

THE HOPE IS THESE POLICIES WILL MOTIVATE THOSE WHO ARE HESITANT TO GET THEIR SHOT.

SOME WORRY IT WILL HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF SHUTTING RESIDENTS OUT OF SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT.

JOINING US WITH MORE NOW ARE BLACK CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE AND DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN COOK COUNTY HEALTH CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.

DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU.

DO YOU SUPPORT VACCINE MANDATES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS?

>> IDEAL.

I THINK THAT WE TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS AND EVERYONE WHETHER THEY ARE SICK OR IN A VULNERABLE POSITION AND THEY DON'T EXPECT US TAKE A A RISK FROM SOMEONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE INFECTED WITH COVID.

NOW IT IS FOR US AND THE PEOPLE WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT LONG AND HARD AND DECIDED ON A VACCINE MANDATE TO PROTECT OUR WORKFORCE AS WELL AS PROTECT PATIENTS WE HAVE ON A DAILY BASIS.

>> KAREN FREEMAN-WILSON I WANT TO ASK WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND THE CONTINUED LAG IN VACCINATION RATES WITH CHICAGOANS?

>> FOR SOME IT IS ACCESSIBILITY.

WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME IN RETAIL OUTLETS BUT EVEN WITH THAT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE AS CLOSE OR AS APPROXIMATE AS THEY COULD SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET THERE.

I ALSO THINK THERE WAS SO MUCH MISINFORMATION THROWN AT THE PUBLIC INITIALLY IT IS HARD TO CUT THROUGH WITH THE ACCURATE INFORMATION.

IN FACT IT IS A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK THAT ALSO ATTRIBUTES TO THE HESITANCY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION, DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN HOW DO YOU ADDRESS VACCINE RELATED CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY WITH THE VIRUS BEING MAN-MADE?

>> YOU HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WITH TRUSTED VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN I HAVE A PATIENT WHO I HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH AND WE FORGE THAT RELATIONSHIP OVER TIME IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT IS FACT AND FICTION.

THE OTHER NECESSITY IS FOR PATIENTS, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A PHYSICIAN WHERE CAN THEY GET THAT INFORMATION?

WE TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING THEM IN THE PLACES THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH SO WE CAN HAVE FRANK AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THE ONE-ON-ONE INFORMATION AND NOT TO SEE IT ON PRINT OR ON THE INTERNET OR ON TELEVISION.

IT IS A CONTINUOUS BATTLE AND IT IS REACHING PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

KAREN, ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THE VACCINE MANDATES ARE GOING TO SHUT BLACK PEOPLE OUT OF SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY?

>> WHENEVER YOU HAVE MANDATES YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHY THEY ARE BEING PLACED.

HEALTH AND SAFETY FACTOR HERE FAR OUTWEIGHS THE CONCERN ABOUT SHUTTING PEOPLE OUT OR CREATING A BARRIER.

I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD READ THE DATA.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS WE HAVE, WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IN SPITE OF THEIR HESITANCY OR REFUSAL TO GET VACCINATED.

THAT COULD COUNTER ANY BARRIER THAT IS CREATED BY MANDATES.

WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT BARRIERS BECAUSE OUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.LOOKING AT THE SOLUTION, DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN DO YOU THINK THAT CHICAGO COULD BENEFIT TO THESE LIKE THE ONES THAT WERE INTRODUCED IN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO THAT REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION BEFORE ENTERING PUBLIX PLACES?

>> I THINK THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

THE HARDEST GROUP TO GET VACCINATED RIGHT NOW OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE HARD FAST BELIEFS BUT MANY OF THEM IT'S JUST AN INCONVENIENCE.

RIGHT NOW IN CHICAGO WE SAW VARIOUS VENUES, MUSIC NEWS AND BARS AND RESTAURANTS START TO REQUIRE VACCINES THAT A LOT OF THE 20 TO 30'S SAID IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN INCONVENIENCE NOW TO BE UNVACCINATED.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VACCINE AND INCONVENIENCING FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS WILL HELP BECAUSE THESE ARE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE HARD REASONS WHY THEY WON'T GET VACCINATED.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T FELT A NEED PRIOR TO THIS.

>> BASED ON THAT ANSWER DO YOU THINK THE CITY AND STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING A VACCINE UPTICK IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY?

IF SO WHAT STEPS DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE TAKING?

>> I THINK I WILL SAY I SAW BOTH CITY AND STATE ENCOURAGED VACCINES THROUGH ADVERTISING, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS.

I THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR IS SOMETHING THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AND SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY SUPPORT.

EVEN SUPPORTED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE.

I ALSO THINK THAT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, TAKING MOBILE VACCINE TRUCKS TO CHURCH, TO LIQUOR STORES, TO OTHER SOCIAL SETTINGS, TO CLUBS.

WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXCUSE THAT IT IS TOO HARD OR IT IS NOT BEING IT.

>> AND, DOCTOR FEAGIN TO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE COULD DO TO INCREASE THE VACCINATION RATES FOR CHICAGOANS?

>> I THINK KAREN IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

EXAMPLE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN NAIL SALONS AND BARBERSHOPS ABOUT CANCER SCREENINGS.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE COULD HAVE A COMFORTABLE CONVERSATION, HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND BE BE REASSURED.

THEY SEE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM, TALK LIKE THEM AND CAN ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS PATIENTLY, EVIL RESPOND TO THAT.

IT SHOWING GENERAL INTEREST AND CARE AND I THINK FOR TOO LONG WE TRIED TO DO A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL AND THAT'S NOT WORKING FOR THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED.

BLACKS REPRESENT 15 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION BUT ONLY 11 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED RIGHT NOW.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK YOU ALL SUMMARIZED THE NEXT STEPS PERFECTLY AND ABOUT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

MY MANY THANKS TO YOU, KAREN FREEMAN-WILSON AND DR. CLAUDIA FEGAN.

>> INCORPORATED YOU, THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, RANDY FREEMAN ON THE LOCAL EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI.

[MUSIC] >> A TROPICAL STORM HAS BROUGHT DRENCHING RAINS TO HAITI JUST DAYS AFTER A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE COUNTRY.

THE EARTHQUAKES EPICENTER ON THE WEST SIDE OF HAITI REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS AND HAS CAUSED MORE THAN 1,900 DEATHS AND LEFT ALMOST 10,000 INJURED.

IN CHICAGO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING TO SEND OVER RESOURCES LIKE FOOD AND FUNDS FOR REBUILDING.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS ELSIE HERNANDEZ FROM THE HAITIAN MUSEUM IN CHICAGO AND MARK EASLEY THE CONSULATE IN CHICAGO.

INCORPORATED YOU FOR JOINING US.

MARK, I KNOW YOU BOTH HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN HAITI WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW?

>> YES.

THEY SAY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING FROM HAITI ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO QUICK.

IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY.

THE SITUATION OVER THERE IS GETTING WORSE AND AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE THERE WAS A CRITICAL STORM GRACE BRINGING RAINS AND WIND IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HAITI.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

>> WILL SEE HERNANDEZ, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, HOW ARE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE DOING?>> THEY ARE BASICALLY, MY BROTHER HAS CHILDREN THAT ARE LIVING AND WERE RAISED IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE A LOT OF DAMAGES HAVE OCCURRED AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HOME.

SO, I HAVE A PERSONAL TRAGEDY WITHIN MY OWN FAMILY.

NOT ONLY MY FAMILY BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY FAMILIES IN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE REALLY SUFFERING THEIR CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED OR DESTROYED.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STAY, THEY'RE MOSTLY HOMELESS AND WERE HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY THE GOVERNMENT OR THE NGOS WILL COME SOONER THAN LATER TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.

>> I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE TRAGEDY IN YOUR OWN FAMILY MARK AND VICTOR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE MOST NEEDED RESOURCES ARE ON THE GROUND THERE IN HAITI?

>> WE ALMOST NEED EVERYTHING PEERED THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

SCHOOLS, CHURCHES ARE OVERWHELMED.

WE NEED MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MASKS, AS YOU KNOW IT IS RISING AGAIN.

EVERYTHING COUNTS.

WE NEED A LOT OF HELP TO PROVIDE HOPE TO THESE PEOPLE.

>> OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THIS QUAKE COMES AT A TIME THAT THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT LAST MONTH.

HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE BEEN THERE?

>> ACTUALLY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO BRING HELP TO THE POPULATION.

WE HAVE THE MINISTRY AND THE PUBLIC WATCHING THAT ARE GOING OVER THERE WITH TRUCKS AND OTHER ENGINES TO TRY TO REMOVE THE WE HAVE THE HELP FROM HAITI THAT ARE BRINGING 65 PEOPLE, 65 HELPERS THERE AS WELL.

>> WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FROM THE US GOVERNMENT?

>> I REALIZE THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY AND SOMEHOW THEY HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND NOT GIVING MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT BUT TO FIND A WAY TO MANAGE AND PROVIDE DIRECT AID TO PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

WE LEARNED FROM 2,010 AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY THAT CAME TO HAITI.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED THE HELP.

>> ON THAT NOTE AS YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE ISSUES FROM PEOPLE DONATING MONEY AFTER THE 2,010 EARTHQUAKE.

HOW DO PEOPLE ENSURE THAT THE MONEY THEY ARE DONATING AND ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE ON THE GROUND IN HAITI?

>> YES OF COURSE.

WE HAVE CREATED AN EMERGENCY BOARD WITH ACTION INTERNATIONAL.

WE URGE EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH THAT.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE TO HELP AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES AND THEY CAN REDIRECT THE HELP TO BRING TO THESE PEOPLE.

>> BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH.

WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

BACK WITH MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >> TUCKED AWAY IN CHICAGO'S LITTLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS A RECORD LABEL BRINGING NEW LIFE INTO FORGOTTEN MUSIC OF THE PAST.

CHICAGO TONIGHT EVAN GARCIA EXPLORES THE MUSICAL WORLD OF THIS GROUP.

>> MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE FOR ANDRE GIBSON.

MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO IN COLLEGE HE FORMED THE UNIVERSAL TOGETHERNESS BANDS.

>> DURING THE PROCESS OF OUR PERFORMING WE WERE RECORDING.

WE WERE GETTING FREE RECORDING TIME FROM COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

>> IN 1,982 THE GROUP PERFORMED ON THE LOCAL VARIETY TV SHOW CHICAGO PARTY.

>> WE HEARD THE CAR PULL UP AND THE REST WAS HISTORY.

WE HAD THESE BIG OUTFITS ON WITH THE FRINGES THAT MY MOM HAD MADE FOR US.

IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

>> AFTER A POTENTIAL DEAL FELL THROUGH THE BAND GROUP UP IN THE MID 80S WITHOUT SEEING ANY MUSIC.

THAT WAS UNTIL THE CHICAGO RECORD LABEL GROUP FOUND THE BAND WHILE COMING THROUGH THE TV SHOWS ARCHIVES FOR A SEPARATE PROJECT.

>> THE OBSTACLE FOR THEM BEING DISCOVERED BEFORE THIS IS THAT THEY NEVER PUT OUT ANY MORE RECORDS.

REALLY THERE WAS A SMALL CHANCE OF THIS BAND EVER BEING DISCOVERED AND GOD LEAD US TO DISCOVER THEM.

>> NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER THEY RELEASE THE MUSIC GROUP SENT IT OUT TO THE WORLD.

ROBERT AND KEN STARTED GROUP IN 2003.

THE ARCHIVAL MUSIC LABEL SPECIALIZES IN RELEASING MUSIC FROM FORGOTTEN ARTISTS OF THE PAST.

>> WE HAVE THE HIT FROM FRANK SINATRA PAT BENATAR, THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF UNDERNEATH THERE THAT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER DID NOT MAKE IT.

SO, AN ALBUM FROM TL BARRETT.

TO ME THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER RECORD THAN ARETHA FRANKLIN'S AMAZING GRACE.

CIRCUMSTANCE AND TIMING HAS KEPT IT DOWN AND NOW BECAUSE OF OUR WORK IT HAS BEEN LIFTED UP TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE.

>> SOUTHSIDE PASTOR AND GOSPEL SINGER TL BARRETT RECORDED MUSIC IN THE 1970S FROM HIS YOUTH CHOIR WHO IS BEING SAMPLED BY KANYE WEST, DJ CALLAN AND IS BEING USED IN TV FILM AND ADVERTISEMENT.

>> IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL.

BUT NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROMISE THAT THERE LABEL WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE AND THAT THEY WOULD HEAR THOSE SONGS ON THE RADIO.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE THIS LONG BUT IT WOULD BE TRENDING AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN THAT'S ME!

I'M IN THE ALTO SECTION AND IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

>> HAS MUSIC FROM SEVERAL GENRES FROM THE 1950S TO THE 2000.

SHIPLEY SAID ONLINE DATA HELPS DIRECT THE LABEL.

>> THE STATS ARE TELLING US WHAT PEOPLE LIKE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SAY THIS HAS TO CHANGE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD PRESS THAT BECAUSE THIS ARTIST HAS 400 FOLLOWERS AND IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SELL A LOT OF RECORDS.

>> GIBSON SAID THIS MUSICAL SET CHANCE OPENS NEW DOORS FOR HIM.

>> I FEEL A RESURGENCE OF OLD-SCHOOL BEING MESSED UP WITH THE NEW BEATS.

THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE CONTENT AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FULL BAG OF CONTENT.

[SINGING] >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, THIS IS EVAN GARCIA.

>> NOW, GROUP SAID THEIR STANDARD AGREEMENT WITH ARTISTS IS A 50-50 EQUAL SPLIT OF THE PROCESS.

ONCE OF TIMBER 24TH THE LABEL WILL RELEASE A CAREER SPAN BOX SET BY PASTOR TL BARRETT TITLED I SHALL WEAR A CROWN.

IS IT OUR WEBSITE TO HEAR MORE MUSIC FROM GROUP ARTISTS.

>> COFFEE, HIP-HOP AND MENTAL HEALTH.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE THREE COMPLETELY UNRELATED CONCEPTS BUT FOR CHICAGOAN CHRISTOPHER LAMARCK THESE TWO THINGS WERE AT A CROSSROAD FOR HIM.

HE GIVES US THE LAST WORD ON MAKING MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY NORMAL AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL WHO NEED IT.

>> I AM CHRISTOPHER LAMARCK AND I AM THE OWNER OF COFFEE, HIP-HOP AND MENTAL HEALTH AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW THIS WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT.

I WAS SITTING INSIDE STARBUCKS, PRE-COVID, I TOOK A BREAK FROM WORK AND I WAS WORKING A PRETTY CRAPPY JOB.

I WASN'T IN THE BEST RELATIONSHIP AND I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT WAS NEXT.

I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN 40 AND I DIDN'T OWN ANYTHING.

MY LIFE WAS IN SHAMBLES AND I HAD A MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN.

I WAS SLEEPING IN DARK BASEMENTS FOR 12 YEARS EATING FROM THE GARBAGE CANNOT FEELING WORTHY AND BEING TOSSED FROM RUPE HOME TO GROUP HOME.ALL THOSE OLD FEELINGS CAME UP MIXED WITH ALL THOSE PRESENT-DAY FEELINGS OF AN ADULT.

I COULD NOT KEEP IT TOGETHER ANYMORE.

I KNEW IN THIS MOMENT I HAD TO GET HELP SO WHEN I WENT TO THERAPY MY THERAPIST SAID TO ME, CHRISTOPHER, IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT THAT YOU WERE ABUSED.

I HELD THAT AND THAT DID SOMETHING TO ME.

IT UNLOCKS SOME PEACE.

I WENT HOME AND I WROTE DOWN THREE WORDS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.

COFFEE, HIP-HOP AND MENTAL HEALTH.

COFFEE BECAUSE MY MENTAL EMOTIONAL WRITE-DOWN HAPPENED IN A COFFEE SHELF AND IT LED TO MY BREAKDOWN TO GET SOME HELP.

AND HIP-HOP HAS BEEN A THERAPY FOR ME.

WITHOUT HIP-HOP I WOULD HAVE KILLED MYSELF LONG AGO.

AND WITH MENTAL HEALTH, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AFTER HAVING THAT MOMENT IN THERAPY PUT TOGETHER ALL THESE INCREDIBLE BEAUTIFUL SESSIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

SO MANY PEOPLE STARTED TO SAY THEY NEEDED HELP.

I STARTED WORKING ON NORMALIZED THERAPY AND THAT BECAME A CAMPAIGN WHICH IS OUR MISSION TO NORMALIZE SAFE SPACES.

HE OPENED UP A BEAUTIFUL COFFEE SHOP RIGHT IN THE HEART OF LAKE YOU.

WE SELL COFFEE AND MERCHANDISE TO FUND OUR BIGGEST MISSION OF NORMALIZED THERAPY WE TAKE PROFITS FROM THE COFFEE SHOP TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO PAY THERAPIST SO PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHO ARE STRUGGLING CAN FIND SOME HELP.

THEY CAN GO TO OUR PROGRAM, NORMALIZED THERAPY UNIVERSITY, SIGN UP AND GET FIVE FREE SESSIONS ON US.

THANK YOU LAKEVIEW AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO OPEN UP THESE DOORS SO WHEN YOU BUY A CUP OF COFFEE, YOU DON'T JUST BY A CUP OF COFFEE, YOU ARE HELPING TO CHANGE THE CITY OF CHICAGO BY HELPING THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING BOTH MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

>> THIS WEEK CHRISTOPHER LAMARCK ANNOUNCED THAT COFFEE, HIP-HOP AND MENTAL HEALTH MUST RELOCATE BY SEPTEMBER 15 AND IS RAISING FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE MOVE AND REBUILDING.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ON HER WEBSITE.

BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, CHICAGO DJ AND PRODUCER DEVANTE WHEELER BETTER KNOWN AS BLEAK PHYSICS WAS SHOT AND KILLED MONDAY HIS UNCLE WAS ALSO KILLED IN THE SAME SHOOTING.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD WAS A MEMBER OF THE WESTSIDE BASED HIP-HOP COLLECTIVE PIVOT GANG.

WE SPOKE TO NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT WHO SHARED A MEMORY FROM AN INTERVIEW HE DID WITH BLEAK AND THE COLLECTIVE BACK IN 2019.

>> I ASKED EVERY MEMBER OF THE GROUP WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG AND MOST OF THEM TALK ABOUT THE MUSIC AND THE SONG.

WHEN YOU ASK SQUEAK WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG HE SAID I LIKE TO THE DRUMS.

I LIKE THE MUSIC TO MAKE IT PRETTY BUT I JUST WAS HAPPY I MADE MUSIC WITH MY BROTHERS.

EVERY ANSWER CAME BACK TO FAMILY.

IT CAME BACK TO HIS BROTHERS.

A LOT OF ARTIST EGOS BRING THE ATTENTION BACK TO THEMSELVES.

HE WASN'T THAT GUY.

>> SQUEAK AND PIVOT MOST RECENT RELEASE WAS A COLLABORATIVE EP WHICH WAS RELEASED THIS PAST JUNE.

THUS OUR SHOW FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.

JOIN PARIS SCHUTZ AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN THIS WEEK AT 7:00 ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING A PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

GOOD NIGHT.

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