Gretchen Whitmer: “Detroit, Michigan...we've come a long way, and Eminem's 8…”

“And I think it was 2009, maybe, that time magazine did this horrible article, the Tragedy of Detroit, something to that effect. And then in 2022, it was listed as one of the best cities in the world. Detroit, Michigan...we've come a long way, and Eminem's 8 mile is kind of about the hard times. but now he's got a big hand in a lot of the great things that are happening in the city. So it's really a interesting story to tell through his experience.” (09:46–09:53)

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