VIDEO: Eminem's Open Letter to Detroit

Eminem has been giving his hometown a lot of love lately. (And rightfully so.) Of course, there was the Chrysler “imported from Detroit” commercial. And now he has penned an open letter. It starts: Suggested Reading Black Elected Official Raises Alarm as Louisiana GOP Moves to Axe His Office The Bizarre Reason a Black TikTok…

Eminem has been giving his hometown a lot of love lately. (And rightfully so.) Of course, there was the Chrysler “imported from Detroit” commercial. And now he has penned an open letter. It starts:

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“You took our country from its infancy into industry. And your name still carries with it, the idea of a nation. Built on steel, muscle and sweat. You became a city that carried a country.”

Watch the short video that he dedicated to Detroit below:

Read more about Eminem’s open letter and his recent “diamond” record-sales status with his latest album at the YBF.

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