About Us

Educating, empowering and ultimately enriching disenfranchised communities. 

It all started in 2020 during the height of the pandemic. Cannabis had just become recreationally legal in the state of Illinois and many promises had been made regarding social equity. Promises that were supposed to neutralize the impacts that the “War On Drugs” had on black and brown communities. Back in 2019 husband and wife: Billy and M’Reld decided that they too wanted to take part in the green rush but more importantly they wanted to assist the communities devastated by these archaic laws. They were ecstatic that the state of Illinois had pledged to do the right thing until they realized that this was all empty rhetoric. So Billy, a project manager and M’Reld an entertainer and activist decided to take matters into their own hands. Billy and M’Reld named their company STRANGEFRUIT, a commemoration to the late, great Billie Holiday and her groundbreaking song. The rest is history, well not really because STRANGEFRUIT is an ever evolving brand determined to become a household name.