“Flavorwire: The media has largely slept on your city. What’s different about Detroit?

Finale: I grew up on the east side, where the landscape is very different from other cities. It sounds crazy, but when I travel to other places and see whole blocks of houses, that’s like the weirdest shit to me. In Detroit, you either have about two houses per block, or it just looks like a war zone. But nobody believes me until they visit and I show them.

We’ve got a lot of growing up to do in Detroit, but I’m proud to show off the struggle. I think it’s what sets us apart. The fact that we speak about ourselves with no glitz and no glamour — this is us, either love it or leave it. . . .” Read the rest here.