The Kansas City Star invited the 26-year-old entrepreneur to the Prospect Avenue studio, to participate in a new project launched in partnership with GIFT, a nonprofit that supports Black business in the city and KKFI Kansas City Community Radio. With his shoulder-length locs tucked beneath a black nylon sleep cap, Young sat down for an interview with Mará Rose Williams, The Star’s assistant managing editor of race and equity issues, to tell his story – about growing up in Iowa and Kansas City, the death of a beloved cousin, and how he came to open his cafe on Kansas City’s East Side in 2018.
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