John: Finally tonight, a visit to "Jahri's world" -- a place where quirky costumes and silly songs are designed to create a sensory oasis for neurodivergent children.

His videos on tiktok have gone viral -- racking up millions of views.

Earlier, I spoke to the man behind the music, Jerry turner.

I asked him how jahri's world got started.

Jerry: So it was by accident, I got asked, do you want to work at a school?

I'm thinking it is a public school.

Come to find out, it's working with children on the spectrum.

So I had to learn quickly and adjust to a new world.

John: So, explain your costume .

Jerry: I have a song called the hot jalapeno, and it was the first performing video I did that went viral on tiktok.

I needed something cool to look in, like even though it's not a jalapeno, it's close enough to me.

So it was initially just for the video, but when I started performing at the schools, the children in the schools started getting excited about it.

I go by "Jahri's world," but the children understood, oh, it's the pepper guy, the jalapeno guy, the chili pepper guy.

The children kind of picked the costume out.

They made it into the entity that it is today.

John: I know that on your website, you say that the primary goal is to help children learn and retain basic academic and social skills.

How do you do that?

Jerry: As a child, I really struggled academically, but I've always had an interest in music and entertaining while educating.

For me, it's pretty basic.

It comes pretty easy, just finding a nice beat, a nice cool melody and something that the children can get in touch with.

Because a lot of children, they grow up and they're just taught ABCs and counting, shapes.

So when you make a song with those concepts, now they feel part of the performance, because we are making songs that are relevant to where they are.

John: How does it feel when you see a child who may have been quiet before, maybe seem withdrawn, sort of get in touch with the music and your singing?

Jerry: That's what I live for.

When those moments happen, especially in the neurodivergent community, when they may not be able to necessarily be on one accord, somewhere in the music, spiritually, there's an alignment I believe that's what music was created for, to bring everybody together.

And so to see that is something that wows me every day.

It keeps it fun, spontaneous, and it keeps me humble and grateful.

John: What sort of reaction do you get from parents?

Jerry: After the shows and the interactions, you know, there's parents that I see smiles before they were coming in kind of upset, mean mugging, sad, but then at the end, a lot of comments is I've never seen my child be able to interact this way with other children.

I didn't know that they could sing.

I didn't know that they could dance.

I didn't know that they had these social skills.

John: Jerry turner, also known as "Jahri's world."

Thank you very much.

Jerry: Thank you, thank you for having me.

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