A few minutes into my phone call with Teejayx6—a Detroit teenager from a world called scam rap—he stops to chat with a shop clerk. He’s somewhere in Texas, on a pit stop between shows. “You got the ...

Right now, hip-hop is packed with unique acts, regardless of what folks say at your local barbershop. Detroit has been producing sounds and styles that are the city's own, and 18-year-old Teejayx6 is ...