Music
Bazzi
born 1997
· singer-songwriter, record producer
Canton-born, Dearborn-raised Lebanese-American pop singer whose 2017 song “Mine” went viral and reached the Billboard top 20.
- Born
Canton, Michigan
age 29- Birth name
- Andrew Bazzi
- Detroit years
- 1997–2014
- Field
- Music
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Andrew Bazzi was born in Canton, in western Wayne County, and grew up in Dearborn, home of one of the largest Arab-American communities in the United States. The son of a Lebanese immigrant father, he learned Arabic and played kazoo, oud and guitar as a child. As a teenager he attended Plymouth-Canton Educational Park and began posting cover songs on YouTube in 2012, then built a following with comedy and music clips on Vine. In November 2014 he moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue music full time and finished high school at Santa Monica High. His self-produced single “Mine” (2017) became a meme on Musical.ly and Snapchat and climbed to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and his debut album Cosmic (2018) reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200.
Highlights
- “Mine” (2017) peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Debut album Cosmic (2018) reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200
- Grew up in Dearborn's Lebanese-American community
- Started out posting covers on YouTube and Vine
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Studied here · 2011–2014
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park
Suburban high school campus he attended before moving to Los Angeles.
Lived here · 2000s–2014
Dearborn
Status being checked
The city where he grew up, center of metro Detroit's Arab-American community. Private home, no address given.