New Detroit music: 10 artists to watch in 2023
From a tween TikTok sensation to a battle-hardened rapper, here are 10 acts to know
By Metro Times editorial staff
Brooklyn Queen talks Dr. Phil, new music, and transitioning from child star to teenage diva
This might be the first time a hip-hop artist has had her parents join her on a diss track
By Kahn Santori Davison
Detroit artist Stoop Lee is here to build up his peers with cool hip-hop, indie, and electro-pop
‘I just have a love for so many different genres,’ Ade Olaniran says
By Jeff Milo
Dreamy Detroit Americana duo Rose St. Germaine tease truth from classic Westerns
The pair’s chemistry is as plain as the high noon sun, combining elements of intimate dream pop, lush folk, and trippy, theatrical indie rock
By Hayley Cain
Marv Won’s next battle is personal
In the early 2000s, Marv Won went from battling at lunchroom tables in high school to rapping his way around battles in the city
By Alex Washington
Muslim twins Aint Afraid are challenging and changing the musical landscape
Their music is a form of pop, soul, hip-hop, and R&B that carries messages of inspiration, community, and love
Rock band Checker is playing to win
Their name comes from the game checkers, which are black and white, but the theme of duality also carries through to the band’s influences
By Lee DeVito
Problematic Black Hottie is Detroit nightlife’s empress of girl power
The DJ, visual artist, stylist and model dazzles local clubs with afrobeat and ghetto tech sounds — while sporting envy-inspiring Y2K ‘fits
By Eleanore Catolico
Forged through friendship, Jack Droze & Lilahk will never not ‘Try’
The two Detroit performers bonded like brothers over hip-hop
Ahya Simone breaks boundaries
The harpist and vocalist infuses R&B, ambient, and jazz into classical music
By Randiah Camille Green
How Kaci the Model became Detroit’s biggest and brightest child star since Aaliyah
At only 11 years old, Kaci is a rapper, singer, actor, and yes, model
Vol. 43, No. 22
Wayne County man who stormed U.S. Capitol sentenced to 9 months in prison
Anthony Puma entered the Capitol through a shattered window
By Steve Neavling
Court of Appeals orders Crumbleys to stand trial for mass shooting at Oxford High School
The parents bought their troubled son Ethan Crumbley the gun he used in the shooting
Detroit man charged after video shows him brutally beating dog for chewing his Cartier sunglasses
The 29-year-old faces up to seven years in prison
Lapointe: The Boss springs back — but at these prices, do you still get your money’s worth?
Despite illnesses, deaths, and aging, Bruce Springsteen is no gloomy boomer
By Joe Lapointe
Randall Robinson, an ardent advocate of human rights, dies at 81
It was in Detroit that he began to fulfill his mission to live a principled life
By Herb Boyd
Demolition begins on long-abandoned La Choy factory along Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit
The city plans to raze or redevelop about 100 vacant commercial buildings during Mayor Mike Duggan’s third term
Wayne County workers busted for allegedly falsifying their time sheets
‘There is nothing right about this,’ Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said
Detroit City Council approves hundreds of millions in tax incentives for District Detroit
Critics are skeptical because the Ilitch organization failed to deliver on promises a decade ago
Right to Work repeal will make Michigan a leading state for workers’ rights again, unions say
‘I think it’s a sign of the times,’ said Jennifer Sherer, a senior state policy coordinator for the Economic Policy Institute
By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance
Rick Haglund: Whitmer says ‘bigotry is bad for business.’ Is it true?
Michigan is starting to gain some national publicity as a safe spot for women of child-bearing age and the LGBTQ+ community
By Rick Haglund, Michigan Advance
Gov. Whitmer repeals ‘right-to-work,’ restores prevailing wage law
A major victory for the labor movement
Invisible Hand to the rescue
By Tom Tomorrow
Debt ceiling terror
By Clay Jones
Ann Arbor’s FoolMoon announces out-of-this-world details for 13th annual festival of lights
This year’s theme is UFOs (‘unidentified foolish objects’)
Detroit civil rights icon Sarah E. Ray’s house to become a museum and community garden under new owner
The Detroit Land Bank Authority has sold the derelict home to a local businesswoman
Michigan Science Center adults-only party returns with Lizzo laser show
Leave the kids at home. It’s time to twerk in the name of science.
Free Will Astrology (March 22-28)
What do the stars have in store for you this week?
By Rob Brezsny
At Dearborn’s old-school Roman Village restaurant, I bonded with my Italian girlfriend’s dad
Also: My first trip back to Eastern Market in decades brought back memories of my Polish grandma
By Robert Stempkowski
Ypsilanti’s Basil Babe turns out a bangin’ massaman curry
The mother-daughter team behind this new spot mixes a traditional approach with modern updates on Thai recipes
By Tom Perkins
Hamtramck-based ‘pop star wannabe’ Mara Wanna explores grief on ‘Half of the Man’
Plus: Why you need to catch DJ Cent at UFO Factory this week
By Broccoli and Joe Zimmer
The Fillmore Detroit is holding a job fair
The music venue is looking for ushers, box office staff, bartenders, and more
Berkley welcomes weed with opening of its first dispensary
Quality Roots is opening its sixth — and largest — dispensary in the city in April
House of Dank Holds Official Grand Opening Party in Saginaw
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String of dispensary break-ins in Michigan leads to charges against 12 suspects
Cannabis businesses are targeted because federal law prevents them from using banks
Another Black-owned ‘Detroit legacy’ cannabis dispensary opens
It’s the latest adult-use dispensary to open that is part of Detroit’s social equity program
