Derrick May: Detroit music legends can do more for their city
Techno legend Derrick May has been an articulate spokesperson for creative Detroit life for nearly 30 years. He’s a coveted interview by culture-based media around the world. So when asked by the UK’s Guardian what this city needs he responded that successful artists must do more for the place that helped them prosper.
An excerpt:
Detroit is an original city and we have got to the point of no return. We’ve hit the bottom of the bottom, now we’re recreating ourselves, a whole new creative class, a whole new energy that will be instilled upon kids my young daughter’s age. We will be talking about Detroit till the day we die. It will always be something magical.
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