Vic Mensa Gifted A Black Woman-Owned Bookstore In Chicago A Check That Will Cover The Rest Of Its 2024 Lease
(CHICAGO, IL) News: On March 13, the Chicago rapper visited a local Black woman-owned bookstore, Da Book Joint, to personally hand them a check for $7,200 to ensure the doors of their brick-and-mortar remain open.
The money came from the “Blue Eyes” artist’s cannabis brand 93 Boyz, aka Chicago’s first Black-owned marijuana brand available for public consumption. The $7,200 donation will cover the remainder of the storefront’s 2024 monthly rent, AfroTech reported.
Co-owners of the bookshop, Verlean Singletary and Courtney Woods, founded the store in 2007 to assist the youth living in the Southside of Chicago to grow their muscles in the area of literacy as well as give them a safe place to enjoy themselves. They offer a wide variety of books and host events like their annual book fair with free books and school supplies, book club meetings for the Chicago chapter of No Name Book Club, and Book and Brunch that includes a catered breakfast, a discussion about books, and a free publication to take home for kids, youth and adults.
