The moment Christopher LeMark heard about the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, he knew he wanted to do something to honor his life. Boss, the dancer who first enchanted audiences on So You Think You Can Dance back in 2008 and later became a mainstay on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, had died by suicide at the age of 40.
“In that moment, I was instantly sad for him because I know what it’s like to feel as though you don’t have any other choice and you’re really, really hurting,” says LeMark, a three-time suicide attempt survivor and founder of Coffee, Hip-Hop & Mental Health. “But I always had something to hold on to, and I just felt sad for him that he didn’t have something to hold on to.”
