How Growing Up On Local Radio, MTV, and Mixtapes Influenced Detroit Musician Martez Claybren’s Debut Album

His album, ‘Raised in the Jungle,’ is being released this weekend.

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Detroit musician Martez Claybren’s debut album ‘Raised in the Jungle’   will be released this weekend at The Gallery in Detroit. It’s an energetic mix of pop hooks, club music, and booty bass.  Listen above to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire sat down with Claybren to talk about the how growing up on an aural diet of local radio, MTV, and mixtapes influenced his sound. 

Check out his Soundcloud here.

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and producer of the CuriosiD podcast for 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She served as the host of WDET's now discontinued program CultureShift, was a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media.