Stevie Wonder throws shade at Donald Trump during his hometown Detroit concert

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Stevie Wonder performs at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.Photo by Edward Pevos | MLive

DETROIT - Without mentioning the presidential candidates by name, Motown living legend Stevie Wonder seemingly threw some shade at Donald Trump over his recent comments on Detroit.

Wonder performed to a sold-out crowd at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

The concert is part of a 10-city tour. When it was announced, it was made clear that Wonder “will be playing select dates at the height of a critical election season and a pivotal juncture in American politics and culture.”

The 25-time Grammy winner, who told the crowd about growing up on Breckenridge in Detroit, said he doesn’t like hearing anyone saying negative things about the city.

“For the record, I don‘t like nobody talking about Detroit,” Wonder said. “I don‘t care what you got, how much you make. No. Don‘t you do it. Because, you know what, this is a problem, because we haven’t ever fixed the situation to make it fair and equal, but we will.”

Wonder was seemingly referring to something Donald Trump said two weeks ago in Detroit, when the Republican presidential nominee said the rest of the country will end up being like Detroit if Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is elected.

“If anybody‘s talking about Detroit, I’m not feeling that. Believe it,” Wonder added as he also expressed the importance of getting out to vote to the crowd.

“I want to let you know, you hold the future in your hands. You‘re the ones that will determine what happens tomorrow. So, don‘t get hung up in the ways of politic playing. Let’s get to what we got to get to and let’s make America love again.”

“You know, I‘m not stuck on stupid. You know, because when I hear somebody says make it great again, they‘re talking about only one group of people. It’s about all of us coming together.”

Wonder’s tour will be in Milwaukee on Thursday and in Minneapolis on Sunday before wrapping up in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

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