The rapper's lyrics about calling a suicide hotline likely saved hundreds of lives, new research shows.
In the spring of 2017, rapper and producer Logic released “1-800-273-8255,” a song featuring the phone number for theThe music video that accompanies the song features a young, queer Black man grappling with discrimination and bullying. He considers suicide, but instead calls the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Logic performed the song at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and at the 2018 Grammys.
. “The latter outcome is worth underscoring — the occurrence of a widely disseminated song and video was associated with more than 200 fewer suicides than expected.”The new study is not the first to examine how celebrities and pop culture can influence suicide.
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