Kid Rock has presented five Detroit community groups with checks for $10,000. The star, who hails from the Detroit 
suburbs himself, gave checks to the Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit, Youthville Detroit, Friends of Belle Isle, Habitat for Humanity and the Detroit Recreation Department.
The Detroit News reports that Rock, wearing a “Made In Detroit” hat said: “I’m just happy I can do it. This city and the surrounding areas have given me a lot in the course of my ascension to be where I’m at today. This is just a start.”
Rock had promised to give something back to Detroit while being honored by the NAACP at a dinner earlier this month. Rock had been criticized buy some for his use of the confederate flag at concerts but Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said the rock star does plenty for his hometown.
“Here’s a guy that’s Detroit through and through,” Bing said. “Whether it’s here locally, whether it’s regionally or whether it’s globally, I always see him promoting Detroit. We need more people like this who just care about people.”
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