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May 23, 2023

DEARBORN, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – For music producer and recording artist Sharif, making it happen has always been in his DNA.

“I had this faith. I loved it so much that I had to make it happen,” Sharif says.

And now after working on his craft for seven years, the 22-year-old Dearborn native received a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, audio engineering a song for the latest Fast & Furious film, “Fast X.”

“In the movie, there is a song called Reaper with Babyface Ray. I worked on that song as an audio engineer,” Sharif says.

Sharif says producers for the Fast & Furious film originally contacted Detroit rapper Babyface Ray to create and collaborate on a song for the new film. It just so happens that Babyface Ray is also one of Sharif’s clients.

“They reached out to him to do a song for the movie and he reached out to me to engineer it,” he says.

And while “Reaper” is now part of a movie soundtrack that belongs to one of the most successful film franchises ever, Sharif says the song was not created in a multi-million dollar studio as most would imagine. It was produced inside Babyface Ray’s kitchen.

“A lot of people kind of have this thing like it has to be perfect. We have to have a $10 million studio and it is not like that. I feel like the art comes first. You can create great art with whatever you have,” Sharif says.

It is that kind of drive that he says he found at just 15 years old when he entered the studio for the very first time.

“When I had my first session, I just knew. I can’t explain it. I just knew that moment, that day this was it,” Sharif says.

And while being credited as an audio engineer in the “Fast X” soundtrack is a huge accomplishment, Sharif says it does not beat being able to do it while representing who he is and where he is from.

“Dearborn is like, this is kind of unheard of for someone to go out and do music, especially when I started. It was like, you want to do music? Go be a doctor or a lawyer. But it feels good because where we come from, it is definitely not. This isn’t normal,” Sharif says.

What also is not normal for Sharif is being the face of his own songs but moving forward, he is “Making It Happen” with his latest released single.

“I’m used to producing for a lot of bigger artists but ‘Making It Happen’ is the start of a bunch of my own recorded songs so stay tuned,” he says.

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Ibrahim Samra joined the CBS Detroit news team as a multi-skilled journalist in September 2022.

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Former Detroit Pistons All-Star Makes Bold Claim

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7 hours ago

October 4, 2024

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Former Detroit Pistons All-Star Makes Bold Claim

It takes a special kind of confidence to thrive in the NBA. Former Detroit Pistons All-Star Andre Drummond certainly possesses the trait that helps him navigate through this next phase of his career without worrying about losing value in the areas he thrives.

Heading into year 13, Drummond remains confident in the fact that he’s one of the NBA’s best rebounders.

Scratch that…

Andre Drummond wants the world to know he is the best rebounder. Period.

“I’m the best rebounder to ever play the game,” Drummond told reporters in Philly earlier this week.

In case people didn’t hear him the first time, the former Piston made himself clear.

“Do you want me to say that again? You want to record that? Yeah, I’m the best rebounder ever…ever.”

As the Philadelphia 76ers entered the free agency market this past summer, they looked to patch up their rebounding issue by acquiring Drummond for a second stint. They got the guy with the right mindset.

During his Detroit days, Drummond starred in multiple areas of the game, but his value on the boards was so obvious. The 2015-2016 season was the first time Drummond led the league in rebounds per game with 14.8. While he fell off the top the following year, he reclaimed the title in 2017-2018 with a career-high 16 rebounds per game.

He won the title two more times. By the time Drummond left the Pistons, he had routed with two All-Star appearances, an All-NBA Third Team nod, and four rebounding leader titles.

For the last few seasons, Drummond has accepted roles as a backup center. It started with the Sixers in 2021 when he joined forces with Joel Embiid. While Drummond started for a short stint on the Brooklyn Nets, he came off the bench for 67 games with the Chicago Bulls in 2022-2023. He was a reserve for all but ten games last year.

Drummond enters his second stint with the Sixers keeping the same confidence he possessed in Detroit. The 31-year-old still believes he’s a starting-caliber big man. He might get scattered starts in the absence of Embiid over time, but Drummond is embracing a role off the bench for the 2024-2025 season.

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Disease impacting deer population on the rise in Michigan

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October 4, 2024

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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says epizootic hemorrhagic disease cases are beginning to uptick and will likely result in higher levels of dead deer.

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Tilting utility pole creates headaches for residents on Detroit’s west side

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October 3, 2024

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Tilting utility pole creates headaches for residents on Detroit’s west side

Detroit – Utility pole problems on Detroit’s west side are becoming such a safety concern for one family they no longer feel safe in their yard or parking cars in their driveway.

The issue is a pole ready to fall, and the other is who is responsible.

The pole that caused the most concern on Thursday (Oct. 3) is located on Coyle Street, on the west side.

Angela called Help Me Hank because she was worried for her safety.

“It’s been a headache,” said Angela. “It’s been people at least five different people each day to speak to someone, and I’ve been doing this for three weeks. I have two different ticket numbers, and it’s just been crazy.”

DTE crews were putting in a new pole a few weeks ago. That’s the good news. The bad news is the pole several companies share was left behind, causing chaos as it looks like it is ready to tip.

“We have an old pole that’s cracked,” Angela said. “DTE came and switched the pole out. Now, I’m fighting to find out who owns the pole and who’s coming to get it out of my backyard. It’s cracked at the bottom, and it’s dangerous.”

Angela contacted DTE, Consumers Energy, AT&T, and Comcast, but she couldn’t get a straight answer about who was responsible for the danger near her driveway.

“Now we need to leave our cars on the street, which we don’t do,” Angela said. “We have three cars and we are struggling each and every day to park our cars. And it’s been going on for at least three and a half weeks now.

Help Me Hank started making calls, and DTE jumped into action. The utility company does not own the pole, but it has taken action to make the situation safer.

The old pole is gone, and Angela is ecstatic as she can now live safely.

“I am so happy, as it took me months to get nowhere,” Angela said. “Hank got it done in hours. Thank you so much, Hank. Hank to the rescue. Go Detroit Lions and go Detroit Tigers.”

“Frequently, our poles are used for not only electric wires, but for cable, internet and phone wires as well. When we install a new pole, we move our wires and wait for the communications companies to move their equipment to the new pole before completely removing the old pole. As a courtesy to this customer, we transferred the communications lines so the old power pole could be fully removed.”
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