For Archie Green, rapping was a way of combating the depression , anxiety, and trauma he faced behind closed doors. After recognizing how music can serve as an emotional outlet, Green launched a Cleveland-based nonprofit called Peel Dem Layers Back (PDLB) back in 2016. PDLB exists to help usher in "a world where Black men and Boys can creatively cope with trauma, positively express emotions and foster community with others through healthy relationships with self, partner, family and protective relationships with the world," and there are various different programs within this nonprofit. One of these programs is dubbed Cope Dealers, and it's described as "a 10-week comprehensive mental health awareness workshop designed to address areas of mental health impacting the African American males and offering practical ways to cope with daily stressors." The initiative, funded through outside donors, begins with high school teachers and counselors identifying upper-level...