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Hello my name is…
Anthony Azeal Jackson. Tony is a real common name in my family. Coming up I had an older cousin with the same name, so I got stuck with the nickname “Baby Tony.” Needless to…

superfinale Play the Super Finale Video Game

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 From the good folks at Interdependent Media!

Check out this hilarious version of Super Mario Brothers w/ Detroit bred MC, Finale. You maybe familiar with some of his previous works within the Detroit…

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Black Milk-Tronic
Fatbeats Records
Rating: 4 out of 4
By:Preach Jacobs

Ever since the emergence of Motown records, Detroit has been one of the Mecca’s of black music. The genre of hip-hop is no different providing some…

illajhmni Illa J

Hello my name is…
John Yancey, aka Illa J.

I was raised in…

Detroit, Michigan. East Side.

Right now I’m working on…
Putting my show together and getting ready to go on tour for…

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Words by: Laura Weber

Danny Brown is a ferocious Detroit MC whose myriad metaphors are packed in a clip for his lyrical disposal. His eight bars on eLZhi’s recent The Preface stood out as he blasted with, “Hit the

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Whoa… That is a very impressive list of artists. Not to mention my boy Rick Rodney will be there in person.

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Words by: Brandelyn Castine

Light candles, burn incense, throw on a Dwele CD and instantly, life is better. On the cusp of releasing his fourth album, Sketches of a Man, Detroit native, singer/songwriter Dwele has come a long way…

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Words by: Andres Reyes

After immigrating to Michigan from Israel at the tender age of 7, Ilana Weaver, aka Invincible, used her natural gravitation towards hip-hop as a way to learn English. By the time she was in high…

 

fatrayblackmilk Fat Ray and Black Milk

 

Fat Ray & Black Milk

The Set Up  

Music House

Rating: 2/4

The thing about all the dudes coming outta Detroit over the last couple of years is that a lot of them flaunt bangin’ Dilla-influenced…

 mg 9484 final by anna keenan Platinum Pied Pipers Dedication to Abundance

a-bun-dance n. – 1. a more than plentiful quantity of something     2. a lifestyle with more than adequate provisions     3. a fullness of spirit that overflows

The founders of PPP want to thank you for