Lil Durk is supporting Chicago Bulls’ player Joakim Noah’s “Rock Your Drop” campaign.
“It’s your boy Lil Durk live from Chicago,” he said. “When you ‘Rock Your Drop,’ just know your neighborhood safe. Stop the violence movement. Salute my fans, salute my followers.”
Noah helped form his “Rock Your Drop: The Drop of Consciousness” to address gun violence. It’s a necklace in the design of a teardrop to bring awareness to the issue of violence not only in Chicago’s streets but elsewhere, according to NBA.com.
“It’s our movement and we’re very proud of it, and we just hope that it can spread,” said Noah. “The more money we raise, the more programs we can put in for these kids. It’s a harsh reality here in Chicago. Violence is out of control.
“We’ve got to find solutions,” he continued. “One way we can all help is by putting in more programs, getting these kids more jobs, getting these kids more activities, things to do. Some of these kids don’t have the opportunities that we have in the suburbs. I just think it’s important to help. No matter what shape of life, no matter where you come from, it’s important we can all get involved.”
Noah’s foundation produced and released an anti-violence video “You’re Not Alone,” which featured Derrick Rose.
Drop of Consciousness short film from Ola Kudu on Vimeo.
African American males are more likely to be shot in the City of Chicago, stats reveal. Andrew Papachristos, one of the Yale University researchers behind the study “Tragic, but not random: The Social Contagion of Nonfatal of Gunshot Injuries,” explores how much of a factor race is in becoming a victim of gun violence in the Windy City.
Statistics show a huge racial disparity in the rates of nonfatal gunshot injury: Overall, it was 46.6 per 100,000 people from 2006 to 2012. For every 100,000 people, 1.62 Whites, 28.72 Hispanics and 112.83 Blacks became victims of nonfatal shootings every year in Chicago over the six-year study period.
But the statistics involving African American males are much more grim.
For all males, it’s 44.68 per 100,000. For every 100,000 people, 239.77 black males become victims of nonfatal shootings. The number is much more startling in the 18-36 age range: 599.65 per 100,000 people. This means one in 200 people in the 18-36 age demographic are more likely to become victims of nonfatal gunshot injury.
Chicago, nicknamed Chiraq for its high rate of violence, led the nation in homicides in 2014. DNAinfo reports the Windy City closed the year with 425 homicide victims. The city recorded 421 homicide victims in 2013. There was also an increase in shooting victims. Chicago Tribune reports there were 2,599 shooting victims recorded in 2014 compared to 2,272 in 2013, a 14 percent increase.
Chicago has been under the national spotlight after ranking number one in the number of homicides recorded in 2012, according to a report released by the FBI.
There were 506 murder victims in the Windy City in 2012.
Chicago has long recorded devastating numbers over the past two decades.
Chicago recorded its highest peak of homicides in 1992 with 943 murders, according to statistics compiled by the Chicago Police Department.
Since 1991, there have been over 15,000 murders in Chicago to date.
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