Keegan-Michael Key to invest, spend more time in Detroit

Comedian and Detroit-native Keegan-Michael Key says he’s going to invest more in his hometown.

According to an article in The Detroit News, “[Key] makes several trips a year to Detroit and is planning on spending even more time in the city.” Part of that plan entails purchasing property here.

Key, most well-known for the groundbreaking comedy show, “Key and Peele” which he wrote with co-star Jordan Peele, has already engaged quite a bit with Detroit: he was one of the co-founders of Hamtramck’s Planet Ant Theater and a member of Second City Detroit’s mainstage cast (see Model D’s article on the local improv scene). He recently filmed for a role in the upcoming Detroit-based comedy television series, “Detroiters.”

Model D interviewed Key before his show at the Detroit Film Theater supporting the Detroit Creativity Project last year.

And there’s more. “He also wants to tell Detroit stories; he says he’s in the early stages of putting together a project that dramatizes Detroit’s bankruptcy,” writes Adam Graham.