Travel writer finds depth in city's underground hip-hop scene

A New York Times travel writer explores the city's underground hip-hop scene.

T Cooper writes:

Considering that Detroit is the original headquarters of Motown, the birthplace of techno music and the land of the White Stripes, it's clear that my buddy was dead wrong about the place. Detroit has an undeniably deep musical well that's feeding a new generation of artists who can be found rhyming onstage almost nightly in the area's hip-hop clubs.

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