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Code of The Cutz represents hip-hop, caters to DJs and the community

Owner Jamie Wilkins, AKA DJ Addverse at the Capitol Area District Library Downtown. 
DJ Addverse gave a scratch/hip hop class much to the delight of the attendees.  She often involves herself with other community volunteer  activities, such as a clothes drive for The City Mission.

LANSING, MI — Singer John Legend, his band and two back-up singers had been entertaining the audience at Common Ground for nearly 60 minutes, when suddenly Legend’s musical company left the stage. All that remained was a piano in front of him. The stage went black. One soft white spotlight fell on Legend from overhead. His fingers began to walk the keys to the tune of a familiar melody, triggering screams from the audience that reached deafening levels. John Legend performed his hit single "Ordinary People." And this, like all the songs before and after, was performed with passion, power and perfection.

      Despite grassroots attempts to stop it, the Gonzalez family is still set to be deported. With one week left, residents are making a final push to save their neighbors.

   Grammy-winning R&B icon Luther Vandross, whose distinct tenor powered such classic ballads as “Here and Now” and “If This World Were Mine,” died Friday at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, NJ  He was 54. 

Yaya: America’s Next Top Actress?

Left: Co-Coordinator Pat Fowler from UAW Local 1248, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Co-Coordinator Willie Paulsen from Michigan State University’s Clerical Technical Union and Coordinator Maurice "Skip" Turner from the University of Michigan Labor Studies Center.

The Arab American National Museum is located in the City of Dearborn, right across the street from City Hall, on the corner of Neckel and Michigan Avenue.