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🔥 NEW MERCH ALERT! 🔥

WEAR THE MESSAGE. FUND THE WORK. 🎤💛

Our new Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation hoodie is more than just something to wear. It’s a statement. It’s a conversation starter. It’s a way to represent the culture while supporting a mission that matters.

Every purchase helps us continue the work of bringing health awareness, education, and resources into our communities, while supporting families impacted by cancer.

💛 Look good. Represent the culture. Make an impact.

🛍️ Grab yours today: link in bio

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🎤🔥 CHICAGO, ARE YOU READY FOR THE MIC CHECK?!

The countdown is ON! ⏳

The MIC CHECK MYELOMA TOUR is pulling up to the Windy City on Saturday, October 24, and you don’t want to miss this!

🎙️ Sonya Blakey, Chicago radio personality, takes the mic as moderator!

🎧 DJ V-DUB is bringing the music and keeping the energy going!

🩺 Featuring an incredible panel of Dr. Joseph Mikhael, Oya Gilbert, Nicole Duncan-Smith, Bryon Daily, and care partner Michelle Ivy!

Real stories. Expert insight. Music. Culture. Community.

🔥 This isn’t your typical health event. We’re bringing health education to the culture!

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026
⏰ 12 PM – 4 PM
📍 mHUB | 1623 W Fulton Street, Chicago

🎤 CHICAGO, IT’S TIME TO PUT MYELOMA ON THE MIC!

👉 Register through the link in bio!

#MicCheckMyeloma #MultipleMyeloma #MyelomaAwareness #Chicago #HealthEquity ...

DON’T JUST INVITE US. BUILD WITH US. 🎤

That’s the energy we brought to Pfizer!

Our founder Oya Gilbert and fellow myeloma patient advocate Thomas Goode joined Jeff Legos and the Pfizer Oncology team for Health, Hope & Hip-Hop: A Fireside Session at Pfizer’s Collegeville, PA location.

And the conversation didn’t stop there.

Pfizer colleagues joined from across the U.S. and around the world, with teams at participating sites rocking Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation T-shirts! 🙌🏾

But the real impact was in the conversation.

Jeff spoke about bringing together communities across geographic and cultural boundaries.

Thomas shared why he found his voice as a patient advocate after experiencing how difficult it can be for patients to talk openly about cancer.

And Oya reminded everyone why we use hip-hop to advance health literacy:

TRUST.

🎤 Culture creates connection.
🗣️ Patient voices create understanding.
🔬 Science creates possibilities.
🤝 Trust brings us together.

“Don’t just invite us, come and build with us. ’Cause the cure moves faster at the speed of trust.”

A special shoutout to Pfizer’s Advocacy Team, Jeff Legos and the entire Pfizer Oncology team for creating space for authentic patient voices.

This is what happens when science meets culture and patients help shape the conversation.

🎥 Watch the recap!

HEALTH. HOPE. HIP-HOP.

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HIP-HOP. HEALTH. PURPOSE. SUMMER MADNESS 16. 🎤🔥

What a weekend.

On September 26, the energy started building with the face-offs. Then on September 27, some of battle rap’s best stepped on the Summer Madness 16 stage—and the Health, Hope & Hip-Hop Foundation was proud to be a sponsor of it all.

For us, this partnership with URL made perfect sense.

Our mission has always been about meeting people where they are and using the power of hip-hop culture to make conversations about health, wellness and advocacy relevant to our communities. And there aren’t many spaces more authentically hip-hop than battle rap—MCs standing face-to-face, going bar for bar, with the culture watching.

For me personally, it was full circle. Hip-hop saved my life growing up. Then, after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017, I turned that pain into purpose.

Now, through Health, Hope & Hip-Hop, we want to use the culture that gave so much to us to help save lives.

We want our people enjoying the battles, living their lives and celebrating the culture—but we also want them prioritizing their health, knowing their bodies, getting checked, asking questions and advocating for themselves.

Much love to @urltv, @smackwhite, @ujamma_preservation_llc and @beasleynyc for welcoming us and recognizing that health belongs in the culture, too.

Summer Madness 16 was bigger than battles for us. It was another opportunity to put health where the culture is. 💯

A special thank you to @nikkiduncansmith for bringing us together ❤️

With support from @jnjinnovativemedicine.

#SummerMadness16 #HealthHopeHipHop #BattleRap #HipHop #HealthAdvocacy ...

🎙️ NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED!

Everybody loves when the beat drops. 🎶

But imagine living your life waiting for a beat you hope NEVER comes.

On the newest Hip Hope Hooray! Men Talkin’ Health, I sit down with Gulf War veteran and patient advocate Eric Blackburn to talk about life with smoldering multiple myeloma.

The uncertainty.
The mental weight.
The waiting.

But here’s the BAR:

🔥 Waiting does not mean standing still.

Eric turned his wait into purpose—from advocating for veterans and patients to cycling through Iceland in support of myeloma research.

And he leaves us with a question all of us can sit with:

What are you going to do with the time you’ve been given?

🎧 Watch & listen NOW — link in bio.

Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podbean and all major podcast platforms.

This episode is supported by Johnson & Johnson/Legend Biotech and Pfizer.

#HipHopeHooray #MenTalkinHealth #MultipleMyeloma #SmolderingMyeloma #HealthHopeHipHop ...

🎤 PHILLY, THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US.

We turned the mic ON in Philadelphia and officially kicked off the Mic Check Myeloma: We Care for the Culture Tour in the City of Brotherly Love. ❤️

We created Mic Check to bring real, tangible information about multiple myeloma directly into our communities — but to do it differently. Good music. Good food. Culture. Medical expertise. Lived experience. And honest conversations in a space that feels like us.

Philly brought that vision to life.

A huge thank you to Roxy Romeo for holding us down as our moderator, DJ RL for keeping the soundtrack right, and iHeartRadio/Power 99 for all the love they showed us in Philly.

A very special thank you to Dr. Anthonise Louis Fields and E3 NexHealth. Anthonise spearheaded our community engagement and helped bring together an incredible network of Philadelphia organizations and leaders. You made sure Mic Check wasn’t simply an event in Philly — it was connected to Philly. 🙏🏾

💚🤍 Natalie Amoa & The Philadelphia Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

🖤🧡 Rev. Leroy Miles & Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church

💗💙 Greg Paone & the American Cancer Society

And thank you to RecruitRx, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. – Omega Omega Chapter, and Phi Beta Omega Chapter for helping us extend our reach even further.

To everyone who attended, volunteered, shared, asked questions or simply came ready to listen and learn — THANK YOU.

Philadelphia wasn’t just our first stop. You helped us show what Mic Check can be.

Philly gave us the first mic. Now we’re taking it city to city. 🎤

Awareness. Education. Access. Equity.

Mic Check Myeloma: We Care for the Culture.

#MicCheckMyeloma #WeCareForTheCulture #MultipleMyeloma #Philadelphia #HealthHopeHipHop ...

🎤 ATLANTA, YOU SHOWED UP.

ATL, thank you for welcoming Mic Check Myeloma: We Care for the Culture with open arms.

We came to Atlanta with a mission: bring real, tangible information about multiple myeloma directly to our community — in an environment that feels like us.

And ATL understood the assignment. 🙌🏾

We talked about the disease. We talked about caregiving. We talked about survivorship. We talked about health disparities. And we showed what can happen when trusted medical expertise and lived experience meet Hip-Hop, community and culture.

Thank you to everyone who walked through those doors, shared their story, asked a question, brought someone with them, or simply came ready to listen and learn.

Thank you to our Atlanta lineup, community partners, sponsors and everyone who helped make Stop 2 something special.

Philly ➡️ Atlanta ➡️ CHICAGO, YOU’RE UP. 🎤

📍 Next Stop: Chicago
📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 12:00–4:00 PM
📍 mHUB

Mic Check Myeloma: We Care for the Culture Tour.

Because health information hits different when it speaks the language of the community.

#MicCheckMyeloma #WeCareForTheCulture #MultipleMyeloma #Atlanta #HealthHopeHipHop ...