>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

ON THE THOUGH STHOE NIGHT GOVERNOR SIGNS THE SAFETY ACT AMENDMENT INTO LAW.

WE BREAK DOWN CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE LEGISLATION.

>>> PLUS, MORE FAMILIES BECOME FOOD INSECURE.

WHY SOME IN THE MEDICAL COME TRY CALLING THIS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

>>> AND WE HEAD BACK TO RENT TO OWN.

WE TALK TO THE CREATORS OF THE HIT COMEDY SERIES SOUTH SIDE OF A WHAT IS TO COME SEASON 3.

>>> AND CHICAGO SINGER SONG WRITER SINGS THE GOSPEL OF PSYCHEDELIC SOULS.

>>> ALL THAT COMING UP BUT OUR FIRST STORY TONIGHT, CHANGES TO THE SAFETY ACT.

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANG.

AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>>> IN A MONTH, ILLINOIS WILL BECOME THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION WHERE THOSE ARRESTED FOR CRIME WILL NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF PAYING BAIL.

INSTEAD, WHETHER SOMEONE STAYS IN JAIL AS THEY AWAIT TRIAL WILL BE BASED ON A SERIES OF METRICS.

JOINING US NOW TO UNPACK SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE, STATE SENATOR ROBERT PETERS, GARY, AND EMANUEL, DEPUTY OF POLICY IN THE OFFICE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

UM, SENATOR PETERS, WE HEARD THIS WEEK SADLY ABOUT THE DEATH OF YOUR COLLEAGUE.

TELL US ABOUT HIS ROLE IN THE SAFETY ACT.

>> SCOTT WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF ENDING CASH BAIL.

I THINK HE DID A TOWN HALL BACK IN 2018.

HE WAS A KEY PERSON THAT LED TO THE TRAILER BILL.

THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE HIM IS HE HAS AN AMAZING SENSE OF HUMOR.

HE WAS INCREDIBLY SMART.

HE TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HIS POSITIONS AND WHERE HE WAS AT AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED IN THE SENATE.

I KNOW HIS FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH A LOT BUT HE REALLY PLAYED A KEY PART.

>> OF COURSE OUR DOLL CONDOLENCES ON HIS DEATH.

TELL US ABOUT WHAT T ACT.

>> THE FIRST PART IS IT ENDS CASH BAIL.

MONEY IS NOT THE DETERMINING FACTOR.

IT WILL BE BASE OFF METRICS THAT IS BUILT AROUND A SAFETY STANDARD.

SO WHETHER SOMEONE IS A THREAT TO SOMEONE OR A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY FOR EXAMPLE.

THE OTHER ONE IS IF SOMEONE IS A FLIGHT RISKING.

OTHER THAN, EVERYBODY ELSE, IF THEY DON'T POSE A THREAT AND ARE NOT A SERIOUS RISK THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR LIFE.

THEY CAN KEEP THAT MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR FOOD FOR THEIR KIDS OR RENT, KEEP THEIR JOBS AND THERE IS SOME OTHER PARTS THERE AS WELL THAT WE MAKE SURE WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTRONIC MONITORING THAT PEOPLE GET SOME TIME.

THEY ARE ABLE TO GET SOME TIME.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY VOTE FOR GPS AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT.

>> A LOT OF DETAIL IN THIS LAW.

HOW DID BECOME SUBJECT OF MISINFORMATION THOUGH IN.

>> IT BECAME SUBJECT OF MISINFORMATION BECAUSE IT WAS ELECTION SEASON.

THERE WAS A HUGE FOCUS ON REMOVING FOLKS WHO WERE THIS OFFICE NOW AND THE MAIN FOCUS WAS WE WILL SPREAD MISINFORMATION TO SEVERAL DISTRICT COMMUNITIES AND WITH THE GOALS OF CURATING CHAOS.

I WOULD SAY WHAT THE MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MISCALCULATED IS HOW MUCH PEOPLE WOULD PUSH BACK ON THAT MISINFORMATION.

AND HOW ORGANIZED PEOPLE WOULD BE FROM GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZERS TO POLICY FOLKS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ALSO TO FOLKS IN THE JOURNALISM FIELD.

YOU SEND OUT FAKE NEWS PAPERS, YOU WILL SEND UP THE SIGNALS OF FOLKS WHO DO THIS FOR A LIVING.

YOU WILL GET A LOT OF PUSH BACK ON THAT.

I DON'T THINK THEY WERE PREPARED FOR THE LEVEL OF PUSH BACK.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WE SAW A LOT OF THAT MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN, WE PUT ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AROUND THE ENTIRE STATE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION FROM STORIES, FROM LOCAL AFFILIATES TO STATE PAPERS, YOU NAME IT.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE GOOD WORD OUT ABOUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE SAFETY ACT.

>> I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

EMANUEL, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND HOW WILL THE SAFETY ACT BE IMPLEMENTED?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

>> WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CHANGE.

IT HAS THE POSSIBILITY FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT TO BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU.

AS AN ATTORNEY, NOTHING HURTS MORE THAN WHEN YOU ARE STANDING THERE AND YOU ARE FORCED TO ENTER A PLEA BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS BEEN SITTING IN A JAIL WHO -- WE HAD TO TAKE A BIG STEP BACK.

EVERYONE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT.

THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

EVERY SOMEONE PRESUMED INNOCENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING IN A JAIL TWO, THREE YEARS AND THEN THEY SAY YOU CAN WALK OUT RIGHT NOW OR YOU CAN TAKE THE RISK AND RISK MORE YEARS.

SO, THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY PAINFUL THING TO GO THROUGH.

I THINK THERE IS LEVELS OF PLAYING FIELD A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE -- WEALTH IS NOT THE DETERMINING FACTOR.

WE ONLY REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY FOR THE MOST PART.

SO THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE WAY WE DO OUR JOBS.

>> PART OF THE AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICES.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE IS NOT A PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS PROBABLY NOT OVER LOADED.

HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE WORKLOAD FOR YOUR OFFICE?

>> WE HOPE THAT LONG TERM THIS WILL HELP GET US MORE SUPPORT AND THERE FOR DECREASE THE WORKLOAD FOR OUR OFFICE.

SO THAT IS -- THAT IS THE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE WORKING ON CASES AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING ON MORE SOCIAL WORKERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT IMPACT.

MOST OF THAT CHANGE I THINK WILL IMPACT A LOT OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS STATEWIDE.

SO, DOWN STATE THAT EVEN HAS LESS RESOURCES THAN WE DO.

BUT IT IS CRITICAL.

AGAIN, WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT AND WHO NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT.

>> SENATOR, OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID YOU CAN GET ON ABOUT THE BILL.

WHAT OTHER CHANGES DOES THE SAFETY ACT MAKE?

>> IT IS JUST IMPORTANT.

ANOTHER THING WE WILL HAVE A CHANGE ON IS THE FACT THAT TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT HAVING SOME VIDEO HEARINGS.

WHEN WE SAID IT IS OKAY WE WILL HAVE SOME VIDEO HEARING BUS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST HEARING MUCH QUICKER THAN THEY ARE.

WE SEE A SHIFT THAT HAPPENS THERE.

WE IMPLEMENT TO MAKE SURE KIT GO INTO EFFECT.

IT IS CREATING STAGES SO THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR PEOPLE BEFORE JANUARY 1ST.

WE CALL IT 90, 60 AND 7.

FOR EVERYBODY ELSE LOW LEVEL WILL BE SEVEN DAYS.

ALL OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SNOT ONLY A GOOD RUNNING SYSTEM BUT A PROPER TRANSITION.

AND THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A WAY OUT FROM MAKING SURE THAT THIS IMPLEMENTS RIGHT.

WITH I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE TIME AND SPACE TO GET THIS DONE AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED GET THIS DONE.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN IN THIS FIGHT TO END CASH BAIL FOR A WHILE.

WHAT IS NEXT IN THIS MOVEMENT?

>> NEXT IS IMPLEMENTATION.

WE CAN HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCES AND HAVE THE HIGH FIVES FOR BILLS BEING SIGNED AND LAWS BEING PASSED AND THE CHANGES WE SEE.

IMPLEMENTATION SOCIAL SECURITY WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE MOST IMPACT I BELIEVE.

WE HAVE FIVE PILOT SITES ACROSS THE STATE.

TWO OF THEM HAD A COUPLE OF COUNTIES IN THERE.

SOME OF THEM HAD OVERALL FIVE SITES WHERE WE GOT TO START TO SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES AND HOW THEY THE IMPLEMENTATION WORKED.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACT BY THIS IN THE PAST CONTINUE TO BAY PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VOICES ARE HEARD.

>> BOTH PANELISTS NODDING THEIR HEADS.

WE WILL HAVE TO END IT THERE.

THANKS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, TREATING FOOD INSECURITY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

INFLATION ARE WORSENING A CRISIS THAT MANY IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ARE NOW CALLING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

FOOD INSECURITY T GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ESTIMATES WHILE FOOD INSECURITY IS OVERALL 19% HIGHER COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL, IT IS 37% HIGHER FOR BLACK HOUSEHOLDS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE DR. JOHN, FORMER CEO OF COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY, MONICA MOST, ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF THE GREATER FOOD DEPOSITORY.

THANKS TO ALL THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SHANNON, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

TELL US HOW SO, PLEASE.

>> WELL, THE BIG PROBLEM RELATED TO THIS IS FIRST OF ALL THE STRIKING NUMBER AND THE FREQUENCY OF FOOD INSECURITY THAT WE SEE IN THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AT THE WEALTHIEST POINT IN IT'S HISTORY.

THE PREVALENCE HAS GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE PANDEMIC.

IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

SO, THAT IS THE PART THAT IS DRIVING THE FOOD INSECURITY PART.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH ACCESS TO FOOD AND PARTICULARLY ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY NUTRITIOUS FOOD AT A REASONABLE PRICE THAT THAT FAMILIES CAN AFFORD AND CAN GET TO.

AND THAT IS WHAT I THINK WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

>> HOW DOES FOOD INSECURITY IMPACT SOMEONE'S OVERALL HEALTH AND THEIR WELL BEING?

>> WELL, IT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT -- ASIDE FROM THE FACT HA THAT HUNGER IS A VERY BASIC DRIVE.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA, THE STRIKING DIFFERENCE YOU SEE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY ACROSS DIFFERENT ZIP CODES IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY PREMATURE DEATHS BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS BUT CHRONIC DISEASES OF ADULTHOOD LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, OVER WEIGHT AND HEART DISEASE.

THOSE CONDITIONS ARE HUGELY AFFECTED BY WHAT PEOPLE EAT AND THE LACK OF ABILITY THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO GET TO HIGH QUALITY FOODS LEAVES THEM TO DEFAULT TO LOW QUALITY, POOR NUTRITION FOODS AND THAT HIGHLY PROCESSED FOOD IS FREQUENTLY VERY HIGH IN SODIUM AND GLUCOSE AND PRESERVATIVES.

THEY LEAD TO HIGHER RATES OF CANCER, NOT ONLY TO HIGHER RATES OF CONDITIONS LIKE DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND PROBLEMS CONTROLLING THOSE CONDITIONS.

SO THESE THINGS ARE INTERMINGLED.

>> I SEE YOU BOTH NODDING YOUR HEADS AND UNDERSTANDING IN AGREEMENT.

MONICA, TELL US HOW FOOD INSECURITY DISPROPORTIONAT ELY IMPACTS BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

I THINK DR.

STARTED THIS CONVERSATION OFF RIGHT.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE COMMUNITIES ARE -- DO NOT HAVE EQUAL ACCESS.

THEY ARE HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES ABOUT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT.

MANY TIMES THE ACCESS TO FOOD IS EITHER NOT THERE OR JUST CAN'T BE AFFORDED.

SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT BEING A BLACK OR BROWN PERSON IN MANY COMMUNITIES, THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE LESS OF AN OPTION FOR HEALTHY GOOD CHOICES AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE FOOD DEPOSITORY IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS BY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING QUALITY FOOD AVAILABLE, THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT TO FOOD THROUGH OUR WEBSITE WHICH WAS A WAY THAT WE CAN HELP GET PEOPLE TO FIND FOOD.

BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOOD THAT WILL EVEN -- MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND YOU TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY, WE ARE FINDING THAT PREPARED MEALS WILL HELP MORE FAMILIES.

THAT SOMETHING WE ARE DOING AT THE FOOD DEPOSITORY, TRYING TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND WE ARE TRYING TO ADJUST THOSE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT ARE UNDERLYING LIKE ISSUES OF POVERTY AND RACISM AND THAT KEEP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO BE FULLY INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND -- >> I JUST WANTED TO GET ASIA IN HERE.

WE KNOW THE WHOLE FOODS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF INGLEWOOD CLOSED THEIR DOORS LAST MONTH.

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT THEIR ACCESS TO FOOD SINCE THEN?

>> JUST IN GENERAL, I LIVE HERE, TOO.

I CAN TELL YOU IT HAS BAN STRUGGLE.

I'VE BEEN GOING -- I ALWAYS GO TO ALDIS.

JUST RECENTLY THE QUALITY HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

THE OTHER DAY I HAPPENED TO DO AN INSTACART TO ANOTHER LOCATION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE I CAN RUN AND GRAB SOMETHING FOR A MORNING SMOOTHIE OR TO GET FRUIT FOR THE WEEK OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO, UM, IT TRICKLES DOWN.

WE SEE IT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AT PLACES LIKE INGLEWOOD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A LACK OF ANY OPTIONS HERE.

>> TELL US WHY.

>> BECAUSE I DO THINK AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SYSTEMIC.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE THE -- THE LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY RATE, THESE ARE ALSO THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RED LINED.

THESE ARE ALSO THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE LACK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.

SO IT IS ALL RELATED.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SEPARATE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT BEING A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO VIOLENCE.

THESE ARE SYSTEMIC THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND TO ME A IT IS A SYSTEMIC -- IT IS A SYSTEMIC THING.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NATURAL THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD OR THAT VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING OR THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING.

SO, PEOPLE ARE FED UP AND THEN WE GOT WORD THAT THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE -- THE COMMUNITY IS RIGHT NOW UP IN ARMS ABOUT OUR OPTIONS.

SPECIALLY AT THAT PLACE ARE WHOLE FOODS WAS AT.

>> FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE IN A SO CALLED FOOD DESERT, ALLOW THEY IMPACTED BY HAVING TO TRAVEL AND TO MAKE THAT DISTANCE TO ACCESS FOOD?

>> IT IS EVERYTHING.

I MENTIONED BEFORE, CONVENIENCE AND JUST WHEN YOU HAVE THE THINGS THIS YOUR TOMTY THAT MAKE LIFE EASIER, IT MAKES IT EASE YEAR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS LISTENED TO COMMUNITIES.

WE REALIZE THAT PEOPLE NEED MORE OPTIONS.

THEY NEED MORE OPTIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE I IDENTIFIED THE HIGHEST COMMUNITIES AND SAID LET'S INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, LET'S LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS.

WE ARE NOT COMING IN SAYING WHAT THE SOLUTIONS WILL BE.

WE ARE SAYING WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE SOME OPTIONS AND SOME HEALTH THROUGH DIFFERENT PANTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT -- >> GO AHEAD.

I WAS GOING TO MENTION YOU WROTE ABOUT A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS THAT ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

I DO WANT THE THANK THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OUR PLEASURE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> THE SOUTH SIDE IS BACK ON THE GRIND.

SEASON THREE OF HBO MAX'S HIT COMEDY SET DEBUTED THIS WEEK.

THE JOKES ARE AS FAST AND AS SERIOUS AS EVER.

WE MET WITH SOUTH SIDE CREATORS, WRITER ANDS ACTORS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT THIS SEASON.

>> WE AIN'T GOT NO NUMBERS LIKE THAT.

>> OKAY.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OVER HERE?

OKAY.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

WE GOT K-21.

>> WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON GIVING MORE TIME AND MORE CAMERA TIME TO OUR REGULARS AND TO OUR HEAVILY RECURRING CHARACTERS.

THERE ARE FOLKS WE HAVE COME TO LOVE.

WE THINK THIS SEASON PEOPLE WILL GET TO MEET THEM AND KNOW THEM DEEPER.

>> THAT IS MY NUMBER.

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS IDEA THAT COMMUNITY CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE.

SO WHETHER BIT SOMEONE WALKING DOWN STREET THROWING OUT A JOKE OR A BUS DRIVER THROWING OUT A JOKE, WE KIND OF SPREAD THE WEALTH.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU BADDISH NEWS.

WE GOT TO HEAD ON DOWN TO THE PARK STABLE.

SOMEONE FOUND THEIR TAGGING HORSES AND THE HORSES DO NOT LIKE IT.

>> OH.

IN THAT CASE I MIGHT -- >> THE HORSE KILLED THE GUY.

>> OH GOSH.

>> IT MAKES HE SAD.

>> IT IS NOT FUNNY.

THEY HE HAD KIDS.

>> SOME OF THOSE CHARACTERS YOU SPEAK OF ARE WRITERS AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF THE -- IF YOU WILL THE ORIGINATION OF THE STYLER TO DEPTH OF THAT CHARACTER COMES FROM THAT WRITER AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STUFF WE THROW IN.

>> THE WRITER IS PLAYING A CHARACTER.

IT IS LIKE WE ARE BRINGING AN EXTRA LEVEL OF COMEDY.

>> I'M SO HAPPY YOU GUYS ARE HERE.

THIS IS THE PERFECT TIMING.

WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THE URGENT NEED FOR MORE BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> TECHNICALLY THIS IS THE SOUTH SIDE.

I MEAN YOU CALL THAT IT AND I'M BEHIND THAT.

>> NO, IT IS NO AT THING.

I'M NOT BEHIND IT.

>> HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY VERY LITTLE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.

HIS AMBITION IS -- IT IS NOT REALLY HELPING ANYBODY.

>> 20 SECOND SECONDS.

>> I BELIEVE THEY CALL THIS THE WILD ONE.

>> WE ARE KIND OF DOWNTOWNISH.

BUT IT IS COOL.

>> IT IS NOT COOL!

>> SEASON THREE WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY YOU GET THE SENSE HE MIGHT BE BORED IN IN THINK PLACE IN LIFE.

>> IT IS REALLY HARD THEME SONG.

I THINK IT GOES FAMILY TIES AND -- >> I THINK A TAXI.

>> TAXI.

>> DON'T FORGET MEL'S DINER.

>> NO.

>> MOONLIGHTING COMES TO MIND.

>> ONE OF THE MING THINGS WE DO IS GO AROUND AND ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEIR FAVORITE SONG.

IS YOU WILL BAY BE AMAZED WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

THAT DAY COVER -- DIRECTLY CORRELATES WITH THE MUSIC ON OUR SHOW.

>> I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THE ACTING.

ESPECIALLY IN SEASON 3.

>> WOW.

HE JUST LIKED YOUR TWEET.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND YOU ARE FOLLOWED BY THE BEST MAN?

>> ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MENTOR FOR THE FOOD.

>> I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HELPING OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS FOR FREE.

SORRY, KIDS!

BUT I SEE SO MUCH REAL CAREFUL AND SPECIFIC WORK THAT I AM SOMEBODY WHO REALLY LIKES ACTING AND LOVED THAT LAYER ON TOP OF ALL THE FUNNY.

IT IS STILL FUNNY AS HELL BUT THE QUALITY OF THE ACTING I THINK HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD BUT I THINK SEASON 3 GETS EVEN BETTER.

>> THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

>> AND OUR THANKS THE OUR PUBLIC BROADCASTING SIBLINGS WHO LET US CRASH THEIR STUDIO FOR THIS INTERVIEW.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE EAGER TO REVISIT THE RENT TO OWN NEW EPISODES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON HBO MAX.

>>> SOUTH CIDERS ARE EVERYWHERE THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE SINGER, SONG WRITER CREDITS THE GOSPEL SOUND TRACK OF HIS CHILDHOOD FOR CREATING A FOUNDATION FOR HIS SPRAWLING SOUNDS.

IN STUDIO WITH HIS BAND THE FAM, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THE THREADS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WEAVE INTO THE TEXTURES AND LAYERS OF HIS PSYCHEDELIC SOUL.

>> IT IS A BLEND OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THAT INSPIRED ME.

GROWING UP IN A HOUSE WHERE BEFORE MY MOTHER PASSED IT WAS PRIMARILY GOSPEL.

NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

GREW UP IN CHURCH.

I'M A CHURCH BOY AT HEART.

IT IS THOSE MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE INTO THE MUSIC.

SINGING WITH MY MOM AND MY LITTLE BROTHER IN THE KITCHEN, AND THEN SNEAK AND LISTENING TO R&B MUSIC AT SCHOOL, I AM A REFLECTION OF ALL OF MY -- AFTER MY MOM PASSED, MOVING IN MY WITH MY FAMILY, THEY PLAYED EVERYTHING FROM SNOOP DOGG TO BONNY RAY AND THAT IS A WIDE RANGE.

VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AND SUPER DOOURP FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF MASTER MINDS.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS LITERALLY GOING TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

THEY DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE I WAS, CREATING THE MUSIC BUT EVERYBODY PRESIDENT REZ NATES WITH IT SO MUCH THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DIVE INTO IT IN SUCH A PERSONAL WAY.

WE BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND TO THE MAKE SOMETHING NEW.

EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THIS SONG IS CALLED FALLEN MUD.

IT IS FROM THE DREAM RELEASE.

IT IS A SONG ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.

SPENDING YOUR MONEY MANY PLACES YOU SHOULDN'T AND JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A BROAD POINT OF VIEW LIKE OKAY, YOU KNOW YOURSELF, WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?

EVERY TIME A CHANT IS PRESENTED TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCE OF THE MUSIC, WHEN THE MIC IS OFF AND WE HAVE DONE OUR LAST RUN, BRANDON HAS HIT THE LAST SYMBOL FOR THE NIGHT, FOR THE SET OR HITS THE LAST KEYS, WE WANT TO FEEL -- WE WANT TO FEEL A LITTLE FREER THAN WE DID WHEN WE STARTED.

I JUST WANT EVERY BODY FEEL LOVED.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL LIKE LIGHTER THAN THEY DID WHEN THEY CAME TO THE SHOW.

BECAUSE I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT WAY.

>> AND FOR DETAILS YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTH I JUST AND -- HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.