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Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Detroit, Michigan, where she will participate in a radio town hall hosted by comedian, advocate, and nationally syndicated radio co-host Charlamagne tha God Tuesday in an event billed as “We the People,” the host announced on “The Breakfast Club” this morning where he solicited questions from listeners in advance of the event.

It comes as Democrats voice acute concern with the incremental gains Republicans are making with Black men and Harris’ struggles to recreate the multiracial coalition that led in part to President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

The popular host, also known as Lenard McKelvey, has millions of followers across digital platforms and “The Breakfast Club” reportedly boasts an estimated 8 million listeners per month, more than half of them Black.

During the hour-long conversation slated for 5 p.m. ET, Harris will take questions from callers from across battleground states. An estimated 139 radio stations in markets across the country will take the program, in addition to multiple digital streams and the iHeartRadio app.

Harris will focus in part on the economy and address and identify obstacles to creating intergenerational wealth for Black Americans, a senior Harris campaign official tells CNN.

The campaign’s decision to engage with “The Breakfast Club” host, who has voiced support for Harris, is part of a larger strategy of reaching voters in non-traditional platforms and through influencers to reach consumers who don’t get their information from mainstream media.

Making a surprise appearance at a Harris campaign office in Pittsburgh Thursday, former President Barack Obama lamented what he described as a lack of energy among Black men that “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers,” he said.

In the lead up to the big event, the Harris-Walz campaign will host a number of virtual and in-person voter activation events targeting Black voters across key battleground states in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

Last week in Flint, Michigan, NBA star Magic Johnson echoed a similar sentiment.

“Our Black men, we gotta get them out to vote, that’s number one. Kamala’s opponent promised a lot of things last time to the Black community that he did not deliver on, and we gotta make sure we help Black men understand that,” Johnson said.

Tomorrow, in Atlanta, entertainers Jermaine Dupri, Armani White and Isaac Hayes III will host “Brothas and Brews” to connect with Black men.

And on Saturday, the campaign’s HBCU Homecoming Tour will host tailgates at Lincoln University in Philadelphia and at Fort Valley State University in Georgia.