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It ain’t easy being Peezy

How a son of Detroit’s east side navigated beefs and federal charges to become one of the greatest rappers in the city

By Kahn Santori Davison

Jun 29, 2022

Jun 29 - Jul 5, 2022

Vol. 42, No. 36

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Metro Detroit

Mobile billboard makes baseless, homophobic ‘groomer’ claims about Oakland County Executive David Coulter

George Brikho, a Trump supporter who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2014, claimed responsibility for the billboard

By Steve Neavling
Jun 29, 2022
Metro Detroit

Oakland County Executive mulls legal action over libelous, homophobic billboard

The most recent billboard labeled David Coulter as a ‘groomer’ who forced children to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Steve Neavling
Jun 30, 2022
Metro Detroit

Detroit council president lays out conditions for Dan Gilbert’s proposed $60M tax break

Taxpayers are questioning why the cash-strapped city should provide tax incentives for one of the wealthiest people on the planet

By Steve Neavling
Jul 1, 2022
Metro Detroit

Metro Detroit police dept. that used images Black men as shooting targets was sued last year for racial discrimination

This isn’t the first time the Farmington Hills Police Dept. was accused of racism

By Lee DeVito
Jul 1, 2022
Metro Detroit

Activists cover anti-abortion billboard with pro-choice message in Detroit

The anonymous group vows to ‘aid and abet abortion’

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 1, 2022
Michigan

Supreme Court wipes out ‘invalid’ Flint water crisis charges against Snyder, 8 others

It remains unclear why Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy recommended using the extremely rare, century-old practice of the one-judge grand jury in the case

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Jun 29, 2022
Michigan

Michigan’s first case of suspected monkeypox in Oakland County

The infected person is quarantined and not a threat to others, officials say

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 30, 2022
Michigan

FBI arrests Traverse City man accused of 'violent assault' on police at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

Luke Michael Lints is among more than a dozen Michigan residents to be charged for their role in the insurrection

By Steve Neavling
Jul 1, 2022
Michigan

Flint water prosecution of Snyder, 8 others moving forward despite recent setback

Prosecutors say they are still committed ‘to keep fighting for the people of Flint’

By Steve Neavling
Jul 5, 2022
Michigan

We interviewed the guy behind the viral ‘woke’ HVAC ad from Lansing

Owner Larry Kirchoff explains how Colin Kaepernick inspired All-Star Mechanical to become a ‘company with a conscience’

By Konstantina Buhalis
Jul 5, 2022
Michigan

Be careful using period-tracking apps after abortion ruling, AG Nessel warns

Some cell phone apps may provide a digital trail of incriminating data about a person’s decision to end a pregnancy

By Steve Neavling
Jul 5, 2022
Politics & Elections

The Supreme Court just took a sledgehammer to the separation of church and state

A 6-3 ruling in ‘Carson v. Makin’ will force taxpayers to pay alms to religious institutions

By Abdul El-Sayed
Jun 29, 2022
Politics & Elections

On the front lines of the fight for reproductive rights

An interview with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

By Abdul El-Sayed
Jul 5, 2022
Politics & Elections

Duggan throws support behind Hollier in crowded primary for Congress seat in Michigan’s 13th District

Hollier is among nine big names running for the seat in a newly drawn district

By Steve Neavling
Jun 30, 2022
Savage Love

How does the ‘bonding hormone’ create emotional attachment to a sex partner?

Licensed and bonded

By Dan Savage
Jun 29, 2022
Comics

The end of ‘Roe’

By Tom Tomorrow
Jun 29, 2022
Comics

Our dystopian future

By Clay Jones
Jun 29, 2022

Arts

2022 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Emerging Artists announced

Thirty-one metro Detroit performance, film, and music artists will share a combined $550,000

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 30, 2022
Culture

Lake Superior is trending on Twitter for defending women’s rights with savage clap-backs

You know it’s a shame when the social account for a lake has more sense than the U.S. Supreme Court

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 29, 2022
Movies

In ’70s thriller ‘The Black Phone,’ suspenseful moments outstrip all else

Scott Derrickson’s supernatural kidnapping thriller feels better undergirded by its nostalgic setting than it ever does in its narrative

By George Elkind
Jul 1, 2022
Movies

‘Neptune Frost’ is an afrofuturist musical in a league of its own

The film screens at Cinema Detroit this weekend

By George Elkind
Jul 1, 2022
Things to Do

Queer Detroit pop artist Reginald Hawkins is bringing us a multi-sensory experience called SODOM to Playground Detroit

This visual and musical performance features emerging LGBTQ+ artists

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 29, 2022
Things to Do

Allied Media Conference returns to Detroit with panel discussions, performances, healing spaces, and more

Scheduled panels include topics like AfroFeministFutures For the World we Want, Queering the Black Gaze, and Reparations: Repairing Harm in the Age of Mass Surveillance

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 29, 2022
Things to Do

Michigan Rib Fest will feature performances by Mitch Ryder, Mark Reitenga, Ricky Rat Pack, Melvin Davis, and more

Bring on the meat sweats

By Randiah Camille Green
Jun 29, 2022
Things to Do

Royal Oak Taco Fest brings tacos, tequila, live music, and more

The fest is set for from Friday, July 1 through Monday, July 4

By Lee DeVito
Jun 29, 2022
Things to Do

Twerk x Tequila is the women’s empowerment event you didn’t know you needed

The event series will takeover the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater this weekend

By Alex Washington
Jun 30, 2022
Things to Do

Metro Times United We Brunch returns July 16 to Detroit’s Majestic Theatre and Garden Bowl

Brunch is back, baby

By Lee DeVito
Jul 1, 2022
Things to Do

Detroit alternative July 4 event asks, ‘What to the Negro is the Fourth of July?’

African-centric jazz band In the Tradition will perform in tribute to Frederick Douglass

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 1, 2022
Things to Do

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Trick Trick, and more to perform at Muskegon Cannabash

This outdoor weed and music festival will have seven cannabis vendors, plus plenty of consumption tents

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 5, 2022
Things to Do

Niagara to debut new artwork in first Detroit-area solo show in 10 years

It includes a collaboration with Shepard Fairey

By Lee DeVito
Jul 6, 2022
Television

Metro Detroit’s Cristy Lee revives Michigan homes in new HGTV series ‘Steal This House’

In the six-episode premiere season, she suggests homebuyers invest in fixer-uppers priced far below their budget and use the surplus to create the custom home of their dreams

By Jim McFarlin
Jul 5, 2022
Horoscopes

Free Will Astrology (June 29-July 5)

This week's homework: Make amends to a part of yourself you have neglected, insulted, or wounded

By Rob Brezsny
Jun 29, 2022

Food News

The Hungry Howie's pickle bacon ranch pizza launches this weekend

It’s available for pickup and dill-ivery

By Ray Roa
Jun 29, 2022
Food News

Buddy’s Pizza opening Chesterfield location

The Macomb County store will be the Detroit-style pizza chain’s 22nd

By Lee DeVito
Jun 30, 2022
Food News

People are really trying to cancel Detroit's Cold Truth over refusing to serve police in body armor

Who’s the snowflake now?

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 1, 2022
Food News

Ferndale's Pop’s for Italian will reopen Wednesday

The restaurant closed last week for renovations

By Alex Washington
Jul 5, 2022
Restaurant reviews

Southwest Detroit’s El ArteSano serves up healthy smoothies and cold-pressed juices

The sandwiches and salads are top-notch, too

By Jane Slaughter
Jun 29, 2022

Gig alert

Influential band ESG to play Hamtramck Labor Day Fest

Hamtown is about to get funky with the South Bronx group’s oft-sampled brand of no-wave dance-punk

By Randiah Camille Green
Jul 1, 2022
Michigan Music

It ain’t easy being Peezy

How a son of Detroit’s east side navigated beefs and federal charges to become one of the greatest rappers in the city

By Kahn Santori Davison
Jun 29, 2022
Michigan Music

Forever Fresh event honors the late Doughboyz Cashout rapper Doughboy Josh in Detroit

The rapper lost his battle to cancer in 2021

By Kahn Santori Davison
Jul 5, 2022
Music News

Hamtramck’s New Dodge Lounge under new ownership

The bar and music venue is now owned by team behind Detroit Shipping Co. food hall

By Lee DeVito
Jun 30, 2022

One Hitters

One of Detroit’s top cannabis chefs and journalists are throwing a secret THC-infused pizza party

The LuckyPistil Cannabis-infused pop-up pizza party will be held at an undisclosed location

By Kahn Santori Davison
Jul 5, 2022

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