Posts Tagged ‘Motor City’
Amber Lewis creates the narrative for Detroit on social media
Amber Lewis is making power moves. As the head of digital and social media for Detroit, she creates the narrative for one of the biggest metropolitan cities in the U.S. If there’s newsworthy content happening in the Motor City, she’s the go-to person for communication and transparency. How did you get the position as the head…
Read MoreSoulful Moaning by Dale is 1 of Detroit’s most classic songs
In 1995, when many R&B singers were expressing their feelings for their significant others on wax, an R&B singer from Detroit by the name of Dale recorded a sensual track that still stands the test of time in the city of Detroit. “Soulful Moaning” is the song that introduced Dale to the world. “Soulful Moaning”…
Read MoreAmp Fiddler talks early years, J Dilla and new album, ‘Motor City Booty’
Joseph “Amp” Fiddler is a Detroit music legend. With a career spanning over 30 years, he’s worked and collaborated with musical giants such as J Dilla, Prince, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Raphel Saddiq and more. His blend of futuristic funk and soul puts him in a class of his own. He never hesitates to push…
Read MoreDetroit, the Motor City, now called Carjack City
The city of Detroit has lost so many citizens, the population is down to near 700,000 from 2 million. BY all accounts, crime has run rampant in the city to the point that Detroit Police Chief James E. Craig has urged citizens to buy a gun and do not wait for police. Now, the Motor…
Read MoreDetroit elects 1st white mayor in 40 years, Michael Duggan
Now there really is a new era beginning in Detroit. The Motor city, which became the largest municipality in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy this past summer, has now elected the first white politician to be mayor in four decades. Michael E. Duggan, the former chief executive of the Detroit Medical Center who halted the dangerous hemorrhaging…
Read MoreDetroit turns 312 years old; its greatest cultural jewels and landmarks
Forgive Detroit if she is not in the greatest celebratory mood today. In 2013, Detroit is current vying with Cleveland for the top spot as the most maligned and vilified metropolis in the country. I interned at the former (Detroit Free Press) and lived near the latter (Akron, Ohio, 30 minutes away), so it’s hard…
Read MoreCelebrities from Detroit
Detroit has given birth to some of America’s greatest cars and some of the worlds greatest talents. In its current economic state, it’s hard to believe this once “motor city” has been crippled by poverty and crime. One day (hopefully soon) Detroit will be as great as it used to be and produce more talent like these…
Read MoreDetroit only has weeks left before complete financial disaster
High unemployment, a mass exodus of residents, a low tax base, large expenditures, few jobs and low revenue streams are the stuff that disasters are made of. And that is what the once thriving Motor City faces as it inches closer to insolvency. The Detroit city government is weeks away from running out of the…
Read MoreDetroit’s Trenell Carr and Wop Boiz Make Music to Reflect the Times
Music as a reflection of the times has rarely been more apparent than in the music of Detroit-born rapper Trenell Carr and the hip-hop R&B group, the Wop Boiz. Echoing the gritty urban grind of Detroit and its beleagured residents, the images conjured up by the Wop Boiz’s sound are a stark reminder of the…
Read More10 Best Concept Cars at Auto Show in Detroit; Photos of the Most Mind-Blowing, Futuristic Cars Ever Made
The floor of the 2012 North American International Auto Show is where cars and technology collide. Nowhere is crystallized more evidently than with the concept cars that most automakers roll out during these industry exhibits. Concept cars are the vehicles that are not market ready, but displaying them does two things for the automakers: they…
Read MoreCrystal Windham, GM’s Director of Design, Talks About Constructing the Inside of the Malibu LTZ
Crystal Windham of General Motors has an eye for vehicle interiors — an award-winning eye. Among the accolades that punctuate her illustrious career portfolio, Windham boasts awards for helping to construct the 2008 Car of the Year with the Chevrolet Malibu and the 2007 Car of the Year for the Saturn Aura (just before GM…
Read MoreThank You Sam Logan for Your Life, Your Legacy and Your Love for Detroit
Sam Logan Jr., the visionary publisher of The Michigan Chronicle, who was committed to the advancement of the black community through journalism, died last Wednesday, Dec. 2. He was 78. Mr. Logan’s death was reported across several traditional media outlets, however, the personal stories posted on social networking websites like Facebook serve as a platform…
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