Eminem tribute to Detroit

[jcole]

This was Eminem's tribute to Detroit during the Final Four pregame show on CBS the other night. Deminski and Doyle posted it on the WCSX website.
http://dd.wcsx.com/?p=2126

[diver1369]

How do outer ring suburban residents become spokespersons for the City? As soon as he could afford it, Eminem got clear of the City. And stop those minor key elegies. We ain't dead yet.

[jcole]

I never thought of Warren as an outer ring suburb. I thought it was more inner ring, like Dearborn or Redford.
I think of places like Westland or West Bloomfield as outer ring.

[CountrySquire]

Eminmen does not live in Warren. He lives in Macomb Twp.

[jcole]

He grew up in Warren.

[d.mcc]

Eminmen does not live in Warren. He lives in Macomb Twp.

Who gives a rats ass??? If he is advocating for the city and the region, great, better than some of the other shit we hear from people NOT from detroit

[Gistok]

Geeze... I was wondering how long it would take for some noob to start the suburban bashing on the new forum [[owned and operated by a suburbanite!).

Eminem grew up in Warren and St. Clair Shores [[ironically on Robeson St.... the street in northern St. Clair Shores that was populated predominantly by African-Americans).

Later when he became famous he moved to a gated community in Clinton Township. And today he lives in Oakland County on the estate of the former Kmart CEO [[who ran it into bankrupcy).

[Roq]

Who gives a rats ass??? If he is advocating for the city and the region, great, better than some of the other shit we hear from people NOT from detroit

Exactly. The guy is trying to promote Detroit and people just wanna pick and find fault with the dude. It's not like there are a bunch of other celebrities promoting the city.

[JohnR101]

Eminmen does not live in Warren. He lives in Macomb Twp.

Actually, I thought he lived in Oakland Twp, which is even further away!

[diver1369]

I never thought of Warren as an outer ring suburb. I thought it was more inner ring, like Dearborn or Redford.
I think of places like Westland or West Bloomfield as outer ring.

I lived in Detroit 54 years until 2006. That being said, I'm not setting myself up as a spokesperson for the City like Eminem does. He doesn't come into the City unless he has security with him. What does that say? I don't question his Detroit credentials. It's just that once he's moved that far out of the City, he's rapping about a memory, not a reality.

[Johnlodge]

How do outer ring suburban residents become spokespersons for the City? As soon as he could afford it, Eminem got clear of the City.

This is how people like Barbara Rose-Collins and Martha Reeves get elected, in case anybody was wondering.

[diver1369]

I don't agree. BRC and Reeves get elected based on name recognition.

[Johnlodge]

Name recognition, and playing up the divisiveness that is so prevalent in this area.

[diver1369]

That's only been a recent development because of their position on the Cobo deal. It's not true for the last election.