Detroit is intrinsic to understanding Lelo. All the way back to his childhood, he watched the city embrace his grandfather, eventually informing his love for the Motor City. “He always preached that it don’t matter what walk of life a person from, they can all congregate in one place. Understanding that is really how you live and be a humble n***a and still be the flyest. You can be fly and still be a humble n***a,” Lelo told me ahead of his set at Rolling Loud 2026 in Orlando. Videos by VICE It’s these moments that inform his undying love for the city. Moreover, its history allows the “ Yoppenheimer ” MC to sculpt a fresh vision for a “New Detroit”, a loose concept bridging its past and present to define the future. “The history of Detroit is a renaissance bro,” Lelo said, stressing how the birthplace of Motown is built on hustling. “In a world where none of this s**t really matters”, Detroit still perseveres.…