On Saturday, during the first day of the Wealth Power portion of this year’s 2020 Essence Festival of Culture, Don Lemon, Master P, Tamika Mallory and U.S. Census representative Kendall Johnson spoke about the role Black people play in strengthening our communities.

One of the subjects the panel spoke about was the 2020 Census, in which Johnson explained why it matters.

Census data is used to help redraw state congressional and legislative lines.

Johnson went on to explain that filling out the census doesn’t take more than 10 minutes, but the data lasts for 10 years.

In addition to the census, Master P also brought up the fact that it’s integral for the Black community to support Black businesses and to help rebuild those that were destroyed when looters took advantage of the protests that were taking place over the last couple of weeks.