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Danielle Mullen is closing her popular bookstore for the next six months, but she plans to reopen by late summer in East Garfield Park with an added bar and restaurant.

Owner Danielle Mullen has renovated the store to add more seating and space to host reading events, plus other programs for local kids.

Chicago rapper, actor, and activist Vic Mensa has unveiled his new brand 93 Boyz, an equity-focused cannabis company which is the first Black owned and led in the state of Illinois.

The Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa is giving back via his Books Before Bars program.

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Rappers and friends Vic Mensa and Hundred Round Kado reportedly teamed up to send books to Illinois jails through the 93 Boyz Books Before Bars program

Chicago rapper, actor, and activist Vic Mensa, headed back to his hometown to surprise 200 cars with $10,000 in free gas.

That Mensa had to go around the licensing process illustrates the difficulties facing minority companies trying to get started in the almost exclusively white-owned marijuana industry in Illinois.

Vic Mensa has unveiled his new cannabis brand 93 Boyz, which will be the first Black-owned cannabis company in Illinois.

93 Boyz, the first Black-owned cannabis company in Illinois, puts a focus on reinvesting resources in underserved communities.