VIC MENSA HAS TAKEN ON MANY DIFFERENT ROLES OVER THE YEARS.

RAPPER ORGANIZER, ACTOR AND MORE MOST RECENTLY HE PARTNERED WITH RESTAURANTS.

ELDRIDGE WILLIAMS FOR HIS FEET.

THE BLOCK WARM THE BLOCK INITIATIVE TO BRING FOOD AND CLOTHING TO THE CITY'S UNHOUSED POPULATION.

AND JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT HEAT, ALL THAT HE'S GOT 2 IN CHICAGO IS VIC MENSA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THANK SO LET'S TALK ABOUT FIRST.

OBVIOUSLY THAT FEED THE BLOCK WHERE THE BLOCK INITIATIVE WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO >> FOUND HIM A CANNABIS COMPANY, BOYS.

ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND FROM THE ONSET, I KNEW THAT TO BE DOING IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN USED TO STEAL FREEDOM FROM SO MANY THAT.

IT WAS IN MY HEART SAID THE COMPANY HAD TO BE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM AND TO GIVE BACK.

AND SO AS THE FIRST BLACK CANNABIS BRAND TO BE IN JUST STARTED OFF ON THAT FOOT AND MOST RECENTLY, THE INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING WITH FEET, THE BLOCK ON THE BLOCK DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, THE CHICAGO BECAUSE IT IS BONE CHILLINGLY COLD.

HOW CAN PEOPLE SURVIVE YOU KNOW, AND SO MANY OF THE NIGHT THAT BASIC HUMAN RIGHT SHELTER NO FOOD.

SO TEAMED UP WITH THE DELTA TO PROVIDE HAVE JOINED A PARTNERING WITH THE DELTA.

AND HE'S EVEN AND DELTA'S FIRE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FLY LIKE A DJ.

THERE ARE A LOT A LOT OF MY FRIENDS, 2 PARTIES AND HE'S A GOOD DUDE WHO SHARES OUR VALUES.

AND WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO PROVIDE OVER 1000 MEALS.

SO FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

>> L, OF COURSE, ELDRIDGE WILLIAMS, OWNER OF THE DELTA.

ACTUALLY SHOWED RAGE.

YES, THAT'S THE WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE INITIATIVE?

HOW DO YOU PLAN CONTINUING THE WORK?

>> AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A FEW MORE.

WE'VE BEEN MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE IT WAS TAKEN TO THE WEST SIDE.

I THINK THAT THE FUND 9, 3, BOYS IN GENERAL, THOSE.

COMMITTED TO LIKE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS FACED THE PEOPLE CHICAGO.

SO IT MIGHT NOT BE FEED THE BLOOD ON THE BLOC, PARTICULARLY THAT WE DO IN THE SPRING.

YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT TRANSITION TO WHERE THE NEED POSSESSES.

SO.

>> YOUR LATEST ALBUM, VICTOR, YOU COVER A LOT OF INCLUDING THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP, YOUR HOMETOWN?

>> I LOVE IT.

CARGOS.

GIVEN ME.

SO MUCH AND ME SO MUCH OF WHAT I KNOW.

INFORMS WORLD, YOU SO MANY WAYS.

SO MY HEART IS ALWAYS WAS >> THAT IS THE KIND OF SHOW UP IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

>> I MEAN, I THINK THE THINGS THAT I'M DOING WITH 93 WAS DEFINITELY DIRECTLY SPEAK TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, SO MANY COMMUNITIES OF CHICAGO.

KEEPING THAT FOCUS ON HOME WHEN OFTEN TIMES.

NOTORIETY AND YOU KNOW, BEEN OTHER PLACES, BUT ALWAYS COME BACK HOME.

YOU KNOW?

>> ALSO YOUR RECORD BLUE EYES.

IT IS UP FOR AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP RAP SONG.

PRODUCED BIG YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

ALTHOUGH THE AWARDS ARE NOT UNTIL MARCH, CORRECT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT OF IT NOW BECAUSE YOU PRODUCED A 6 MINUTE SHORT FILM ON THE THAT SONG IS IT'S DEEPLY TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

>> SOME BLUE INSPIRED EXPENSES OF MY WEST AFRICANS FROM AND SKIN BLEACHING IS JUST WISH I TRAVELING AND THE BLACK WORLD AT LARGE, DEFINITELY IN SO THAT INSPIRED ME TO KIND OF SPEAK MY LIFE AND ADDED SOME OF THOSE OF MY FAMILY FOR THE LIVES.

>> IN THE SONG YOU TALK ABOUT AND AND WHO DIE FROM SKIN CANCER FROM USING A THAT SKIN BLEACHING CREAM.

>> COULDN'T HELPED.

YOU YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY HEART.

FAMILY.

SO ULTIMATELY.

I WANTED TO TELL A STORY AT ONCE.

EXPLAINED MY PERSPECTIVE AND SHED LIGHT ON AN ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW IS A YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY COLORS AND RACES.

AND WE WIDELY UNDERSTAND THAT TO A DEGREE.

BUT LIKE I WASN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH SKIN BLEACHING, YOU KNOW, START SPENDING TIME OUT THERE AND THE CARIBBEAN REALIZE LIKE, THE 7 SKIN BLEACHING CREAM IN THE GAS STATION LIKE HOW WE GOT CARMEN ITS WATER.

YOU KNOW ME LIKE EVERY GAS STATION AND HAVE IT IN AMERICA.

SOME PLACES FIND THE SONG FOR YOU.

IF YOU TALK, THOUGH, IT'S ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT >> YOUR OWN BIRACIAL AND YOU KNOW, SELF IDENTITY AND SELF LOVE.

WHEN YOU STRUGGLE WITH WITH YOUR IDENTITY.

>> AND YOU KNOW, MY GIRL BEEN TELLING ME I CAN ONLY CELEBRATE HALF OF BLACK HISTORY HAVE ENDED ON THE 15TH.

SO.

YOU GUYS TO KEEP HAVE THE I HAD TO OUT AFTER THE 15TH.

WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO THE OTHER BIRACIAL AND WHAT WE'RE DOING A BLACK HISTORY MONTH OVER HIT YOU BEFORE WE HAVE TO LET YOU LOOKING AHEAD ALSO JOINING SEASON 3 BEL AIR ON PEACOCK.

>> WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?

>> I ACTUALLY SAW THE FIRST EPISODE.

I THINK.

LAST WEEK, 2 WEEKS AGO.

SO THEY DO YOU KNOW ME, GREAT CAST.

RIGHT IN AND GOOD ENERGY.

I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THAT BRIDGE WHEN IT JOINED PROJECT.

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO IT LOVE THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, A LOOK AT HIS AS SAYS IN A FINE OF.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING UP FRONT STEPS.

WANT TO KEEP READING WITH THAT NARRATIVE BECAUSE SO I'M SURE HE'LL WANT TO BE THROWN OFF, KNOW, NOBODY DOES.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT,