(Clockwise from upper left) Aint Afraid, Jack Droze & Lilahk, Brooklyn Queen, Kaci the Model, Checker, and Rose St. Germaine are some of our Detroit artists to watch in 2023. Credit: Kahn Santori Davison, Anna Lysa, Joe Maroon, courtesy photo • Brooklyn Queen talks Dr. Phil, new music, and transitioning from child star to teenage diva
• Stoop Lee is here to build up his peers
• Dreamy Americana duo Rose St. Germaine tease truth from classic Westerns
• Marv Won ’s next battle is personal
• Muslim twins Aint Afraid are challenging and changing the musical landscape
• Rock band Checker is playing to win
• Problematic Black Hottie is Detroit nightlife’s empress of girl power
• Forged through friendship, Jack Droze & Lilahk will never not “Try”
• Harpist Ahya Simone breaks boundaries
• How Kaci the Model became Detroit’s biggest and brightest child star since Aaliyah
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The pair’s chemistry is as plain as the high noon sun, combining elements of intimate dream pop, lush folk, and trippy, theatrical indie rock
In the early 2000s, Marv Won went from battling at lunchroom tables in high school to rapping his way around battles in the city
Their music is a form of pop, soul, hip-hop, and R&B that carries messages of inspiration, community, and love
Their name comes from the game checkers, which are black and white, but the theme of duality also carries through to the band’s influences
The DJ, visual artist, stylist and model dazzles local clubs with afrobeat and ghetto tech sounds — while sporting envy-inspiring Y2K ‘fits
The two Detroit performers bonded like brothers over hip-hop
The harpist and vocalist infuses R&B, ambient, and jazz into classical music
At only 11 years old, Kaci is a rapper, singer, actor, and yes, model
This might be the first time a hip-hop artist has had her parents join her on a diss track
‘I just have a love for so many different genres,’ Ade Olaniran says
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This article appears in Mar 22-28, 2023 .
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