April 7, 2001 – Multi-Platinum rapper Eminem picked up awards in two categories at the 11th annual Detroit Music Awards Friday night at the State Theatre in Downtown Detroit. The show also featured a performance by the Grammy Award winner's group D-12.

Other winners included Marshall Crenshaw in the category of Best Compilation; Alberta Adams for Best Blues Recording and Best Blues Vocalist; Brothers Groove for Best Jazz Recording and Best Jazz Group; Lisa Hunter, Best Acoustic Recording; Broadzilla, Best Hard Rock Act; and Fred Hammond, Best Gospel Recording.

Over seventy awards were handed out in an evening which celebrates the talent and diversity of the Detroit Music Community. Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented to Motown songwriting great, Barrett Strong, the late Blues hero Willie D. Warren, and longtime WRIF disc jockey Arthur Penhallow.

The Detroit Music Awards are coordinated and produced by Motor City Music Foundation, a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to nurturing and promoting local music and musicians.