A new study has revealed that rapper Logic's suicide prevention hit, "1-800-273-8255", has been linked to increased calls for help. The analysis released by The BMJ, a weekly medical trade journal in the UK, showed the suicide prevention hotline, which is also the title of Logic's 2017 musical hit, received nearly 10,000 calls, resulting in a 5.5% drop in suicide rates in youth ages 10 through 19 years old. The study dates from Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2018. "Celebrities but also non-celebrities can have an important role in suicide prevention if they communicate about how they have coped with crisis situations and suicidal ideation," the study's author Thomas Niederkrotenthaker, Associate professor at Austria's Medical University of Vienna, wrote . According to the report, these results were achieved throughout three different periods: a month after the track's release, following his MTV award performance, and after his highly promoted Grammy Awards performance in 2018. The Suicide...
