
Why Detroit hip-hop artist Pariis Noel wants to be a pipeline of positivity for the city (Metro Times)
Davon Jordan, who performs inspirational and hype hip-hop as Pariis Noel, says he’s been spending the last few months “trailblazing and landscaping.”
“During the whole pandemic and everything, I just kind of took the time to really relax and reflect and got some time to sit down and really iron out the things that we always said we wanted to do,” he says. “I feel pretty blessed.”

Detroit Rapper Pariis Noel’s Big 2020 (SEEN THE MAGAZINE)
Decades later, Noel, 28, has a distribution deal with Roc Nation’s independent-artist platform Equity, a song in the new Netflix animated film Fe@rless (which features the voices of Dwayne Wade, Gabrielle Union and Susan Sarandon) and multiple recording projects in the works. One is especially ambitious: His ongoing series “12 for 20,” introduces new songs and music videos on the 20th of every month until the end of the year...