Detroit is Different

  • Latest episode: “Arts Are Essential, John Sloan III on Performance, Black Detroit, and the Power of Cultural Leadership”
  • Latest episode: “Sports is a Vehicle, Leland Stein III on Detroit, Journalism, and Building Black Community”
  • Latest episode: “I’m Putting out a Beacon Out So I Can Find My People, Lauren Hood on Belonging, Vision & Black Detroit”

  • Latest episode: “Arts Are Essential, John Sloan III on Performance, Black Detroit, and the Power of Cultural Leadership”
  • Latest episode: “Sports is a Vehicle, Leland Stein III on Detroit, Journalism, and Building Black Community”
  • Latest episode: “I’m Putting out a Beacon Out So I Can Find My People, Lauren Hood on Belonging, Vision & Black Detroit”

John Cloud is an emcee that has witnessed and participated in the origins of Detroit Hip-hop. His time in Home Grown, performing across the nation and region, shaped his understanding of performance. Currently, he is crafting the ‘Black Cloud’ album with producer Joe Black. The project is recorded at the Detroit is Different incubator and captures the essence of late 90’s & 2000’s hip-hop with lyricism & musicality. John Cloud opens up about his past on this project. For his Detroit is Different feature, Cloud shares the story of his family in Alabama, his family from Baltimore, and healing from witnessed trauma as a child. Watching the murder of his father at the age of seven is explored within the interview and album. John Cloud’s story is interesting and certainly a glimpse into what makes Detroit Different!

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