Detroit, Michigan

Detroit area is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It is known as the world's traditional automotive center. Popular local bands producing and performing music included artists like: the MC5, The Stooges, Bob Seger, Amboy Dukes featuring Ted Nugent, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Rare Earth, Alice Cooper. The city also has an active garage rock scene that has generated national attention with acts such as: The White Stripes, The Von Bondies, The Dirtbombs, Electric Six, and more recently by bands like The Hard Lessons and former P-Funk Allstar drummer Gabe Gonzalez's Funk Band The Enemy Squad. Detroit hip hop rose to prominence in the late nineties with the emergence of Eminem, Slum Village, D12, J Dilla, Obie Trice, Proof, and Esham.