Detroit is Different

  • Latest episode: “The Game Ain’t Changed—Just the Product: E-40 Talks Ownership at Taste of Black Spirits Detroit”
  • Latest episode: “Denzel McCampbell on Detroit’s Fight for Equity”
  • Latest episode: “From Pac-Man to Pages: Jelani Stowers on Books, Philosophy, and Black Detroit’s Future”

  • Latest episode: “The Game Ain’t Changed—Just the Product: E-40 Talks Ownership at Taste of Black Spirits Detroit”
  • Latest episode: “Denzel McCampbell on Detroit’s Fight for Equity”
  • Latest episode: “From Pac-Man to Pages: Jelani Stowers on Books, Philosophy, and Black Detroit’s Future”

Jam sessions are a kinetic, eclectic, and improvisational expression of creativity. Juuni, Nique Love Rhodes, and Sophia have expanded that energy into D Cipher. Juuni is a world-class drummer. Nique Love Rhodes is a band-leading emcee meshing live instruments and hip-hop. Sophia is an expression of keys and mixed medium art. Together with (Allandra Bulger, aka Insite The Riot) created a mastermind collective of musicians, a non-profit advocating for music equity in Detroit and beyond.  Juuni, Nique, and Sophia sit down with Detroit is Different and open up about how, why, and what their work means to Detroit’s musical performance artists. Learn how their roots connect to deeper culture across the diaspora into Haiti, Jamaica, New Orleans, and certainly Detroit’s Joy Rd.