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  2. Ghettotech - Wikipedia

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    DJs would mix multiple genres including jungle, ghetto house, hip hop, R&B, electro and Detroit techno. [4] [3] The music of 2 Live Crew is also cited as influential to the genre. [4] A Detroit ghettotech style of dancing is called the jit. This dance style relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations.

  3. History of African Americans in Detroit - Wikipedia

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    From 2000 to 2010, Detroit had lost around 200,000 people, as many families continued to leave the ailing city. [44] The housing market in Metro Detroit declined during the Great Recession, enabling some blacks to move into areas that had previously been too expensive. At the same time, many white suburbanites were unable to sell their houses ...

  4. The Dayton Family - Wikipedia

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    Ghetto E (1995–2002) (deceased) Jake The Flake (2006–2007) The Dayton Family is an American hip hop group from Flint, Michigan , composed of Ira "Bootleg" Dorsey, Raheen "Shoestring" Peterson and Matt "Backstabba" Hinkle.

  5. Disco D - Wikipedia

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    Detroit Zoo, by Disco D vs. Paradime (November 21, 2000) Straight Out Tha Trunk, GTI Recordings (October 23, 2001) Booty Bar Anthem EP, Booty Bar (Summer 2002) A Night at the Booty Bar, Tommy Boy Records (April 22, 2003) Ghettotech for Slow People, Gringo Louco (April, 24, 2006)

  6. Ghetto Child - Wikipedia

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    "Ghetto Child" is a 1973 song recorded by American R&B music group the Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK) for the Atlantic label. It was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed . It was produced by Bell, and recorded at Philadelphia 's Sigma Sound Studios with the house band MFSB providing the backing instrumentation.

  7. Gettoblaster - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is known for starting the house movement [1] while Detroit pioneered the techno scene during the late 1980s. [2] Gettoblaster's music conserves the genres of their respective birthplaces, [3] combining techno and house to pioneer a unique style of ghetto house music. [4]

  8. American ghettos - Wikipedia

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    Protest sign at a housing project in Detroit, 1942. Ghettos in the United States are typically urban neighborhoods perceived as being high in crime and poverty. The origins of these areas are specific to the United States and its laws, which created ghettos through both legislation and private efforts to segregate America for political, economic, social, and ideological reasons: de jure [1 ...

  9. The Purple Gang - Wikipedia

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    The gang was led by brothers Abe, Joe, Raymond, and Izzy Bernstein, [8] who had moved to Detroit from New York City. [9] While in Detroit casino operator Lincoln Fitzgerald was a gambler and he became associated with the Detroit Purple Gang. [10] In 1976 Fitzgerald opened a 16 story casino which he named Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel. [11]