Chicago rapper, actor and activist Vic Mensa recently unveiled his new brand 93 Boyz, an equity-focused cannabis company - and the first Black-owned and led weed business in the state of Illinois.
One of his first community initiatives involved heading back to his hometown, the Southside of Chicago, where rolled up to the BP Gas Station on 47th & Woodlawn around the corner from his mother's house and surprised 200 cars with $10,000 in free gas. The story was first picked up by TMZ which shared a heartfelt video of an elderly woman explaining how she originally only had $5 to put in her tank and was taken aback by the generosity.
