Emin Kadi
"Emin Kadi"
Kadi, who’s of Albanian descent, adds, “We can’t be categorized, and that was our aim. But people like categories. They like to get it without thinking about it, instead of letting it take you somewhere. We all travel; we all want to do something cool; we all want to go to a place that has all these cool things that we see. We buy everything there; we know what’s going on, but then we come back home and stay with the same mentality we had when we left. But what’s great is when people travel somewhere and see us on the newsstand and say, ‘Oh, that’s from our hometown. That’s Clear.’”
The issue of Clear that hits the stands this week is a study in multicultural contrasts and ironies. On the glossy second cover, just inside the translucent outer wrap, is a shot of 18-year-old model Crystal Middlebrook from Inkster. She’s wearing a black, high-necked jacket and standing in front of an old brick warehouse with the word “Detroit” on its side. At the bottom of the layout, another word, “Desire,” sets up a consonant rhyme with the name of our city, as if Detroit and desire had some intrinsic connection.
