When well-known Detroit restaurant owner Mikey “Mike B” Brown was fatally shot early morning on Saturday, Feb. 28, the city mourned.
Mike B was more than just an entrepreneur. For three decades he had been one of Detroit’s most essential hip-hop and entertainment curators. From open mics to afterparties, he used his hustle and ambition to lift up Detroit’s entertainment scene.
“He was always a leader, he had jobs young,” says his younger brother Myron Brown. “He was working at Plum Hollow Golf course at 14, Big Lots after that. That’s when he bought his first car, an Escort with rims and sounds.”…