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How rapper Blade Icewood’s son Lil Blade is establishing his own legacy

Heir to the throne

By Kahn Santori Davison

May 11, 2022

Darnell Lindsay Jr. is sitting in an unused office at Auto Kingz in Dearborn, talking to a mechanic about modifications he wants to make to a CRT he’s acquiring soon. Dressed in a brown T-shirt and Amiri jeans, he patrols the rest of the showroom like a kid in the Hot Wheels aisle of a toy store, making a hard stop at a white Rolls Royce...

How rapper Blade Icewood’s son Lil Blade is establishing his own legacy

Imani Mixon’s Metro Times cover story on Aaliyah honored by Society of Professional Journalists Detroit chapter

Congrats, Imani!

By Lee DeVito
May 6, 2022
Review: Chicago rapper Saba at Detroit’s El Club

The atmosphere was light and almost celebratory on Tuesday. And what else could it be?

By Eli Day
May 5, 2022
Why Wayne Kramer is bringing back the MC5 — or at least the band’s name, anyway

It’s time to kick out the jams, motherfucker (again)

By Brian J. Bowe
May 4, 2022
The journey of Detroit rapper Boldy James

Because Bold don’t fold

By Kahn Santori Davison
May 4, 2022
Interpol finds hope on ‘The Other Side of Make Believe’

The indie rock darlings make a stop at Detroit’s Fillmore on Saturday

By Konstantina Buhalis
May 3, 2022
Chicago rapper CupcakKe is bringing her NSFW show to Pontiac

Staff pick

By Randiah Camille Green
May 3, 2022
Review: Charli XCX proves why she reigns in the pantheon of pop at sold-out Royal Oak show

The British star has proven herself over this tour to be a multi-talented performer

By Konstantina Buhalis
Apr 29, 2022
Injury causes Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker to pivot to all-acoustic set at Royal Oak Music Theatre

By Jameson Draper
Apr 24, 2022
Rappers Nick Speed and Ro Spit’s ‘Coney Island’ is a love letter to Detroit

The record is a concept album about two friends driving to a Coney Island restaurant — what could be more Motor City than that?

By Kahn Santori Davison
Apr 21, 2022
Detroit fan ‘fuming’ after accidentally buying tickets for Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band, Red NOT Chili Peppers

The longstanding funk rock band is coming to metro Detroit, but not the tiny Magic Bag

By Lee DeVito
Apr 15, 2022
Neo-soul songstress Res comes to Detroit to perform her classic debut

Why the ‘Golden Boys’ singer doesn’t mind being called a one-hit wonder

By Biba Adams
Apr 6, 2022
‘The Return of the Legends’ concert brings hip-hop heroes to Detroit’s Russell Industrial Center

The concert features KRS-One, Rakim, Slick Rick, Chubb Rock, and J.J. Fad

By Kahn Santori Davison
Apr 6, 2022
The 2022 new Detroit music issue

Seven artists from the Motor City that you should absolutely know about this year

By MT Staff
Mar 30, 2022
Checking in with Detroit emcee Pariis Noel

By Kahn Santori Davison
Mar 29, 2022
Nick Waterhouse talks Motown influences ahead of intimate gigs at Detroit’s Willis Show Bar

“The Motown thing was like a perfection of American popular music,” the California-based performer says

By Lee DeVito
Mar 29, 2022
jessica Care moore’s ‘Daughters of Betty’ jams to a sold-out crowd at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright

The collective formerly known as Black Women Rock is as unapologetic as ever

By Randiah Camille Green
Mar 28, 2022
Renovations at Pontiac’s Elektricity venue mix the old with the new

"It's kind of like a Moorish-industrial feel," the venue's talent buyer Tom Pattyn says.

By Lee DeVito
Mar 26, 2022
Men at Work frontman Colin Hay is still at work

The ‘Business as Usual’ hitmaker performs in Royal Oak

By Alan Sculley
Mar 23, 2022
Talib Kweli on Detroit, DJing, and the new Black Star record

By Broccoli
Mar 22, 2022
Porches to perform his cathartic, sentimental record at Detroit’s El Club

By Sara Barron
Mar 22, 2022

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