Word: troit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enough not to care. Because of artistic differences, the boys explain, they got rid of the rest of the group, and now perform high classical works. The crowd chuckles tentativley, someone blows a pitch and suddenly the two boys are crooning a gassed-up country song about "dee-troit barbeque ribs." From out of the audience, two more tuxedoed guys spin around and race to the stage, doo-wopping and snapping to the tune. Others follow, tripping down the fire escape in the back of the room or popping up from behind the piano. The act has started...
...tire iron and then forced her to jump while dozens of people stood by cheering. Prosecutors now call these reports exaggerated, saying Word was not stripped or beaten and there were no cheering crowds. Nevertheless, Welch was charged with second-degree murder as city officials scrambled to repair De troit's tarnished image. Complained Wayne County prosecutor John O'Hair: "This fortifies [the] existing impression that there is a great deal of violence and lawlessness...