The Confess Project (TCP), a movement that has trained more than thirteen hundred barbers in forty-six cities across the country, recently partnered with platinum-selling recording artist, producer, and community leader David Banner and Killer Mike's The Swag Shop during Mental Health Awareness Month to celebrate the grand opening of its new home of Atlanta, GA.

Open to a lively crowd that was eager to join in on the conversation, the event centered around the talks that Black men have at barbershops and started with a prayer by Reverend Chester Williams of Jones Temple in Philadelphia. Right after the prayer, the conversation started between The Confess Project Founder Lorenzo Lewis, David Banner, and social justice warrior and The Real World: Atlanta alum Justin Blu touched on how simply being Black in America can lead to a mental health crisis.

"Anything goes in the barbershop. It's the only place Black men and families can go and talk about anything on their hearts," states The Confess Project Founder Lorenzo Lewis.

Black men are leery about getting mental health treatment for many reasons, one being monetary. "It's not a priority because many Black people struggle to keep their head above water. The economy is different," states Justin Blu.

The Confess Project has reached more than a million people in distress across the country. In addition, TCP is committed to training Black barbers as mental health advocates, doing what they can to help to eliminate financial burdens and stigmas.

David Banner applauds the organization and finds therapy essential, stating, "What you guys are doing is revolutionary. I do both transcendental meditations, and I see a therapist regularly; both have helped me become the person I am."