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The
city
of
Detroit
is
on
a
high
as
the
Detroit
Lions
are
only
one
more
win
away
from
their
first
ever
Super
Bowl
appearance.
As
a
city
with
a
team
that
once
went
0-16,
the
current
success
has
most
native
Detroiters
feeling
proud
and
a
little
emotional.
This
is
why
when
Tampa
Bay
Buccaneers
running
back,
Rachaad
White
did
“The
Blade
Dance”
after
scoring
a
touchdown
against
the
Lions
during
Sunday’s
Lions-Bucs
divisional
round
matchup—the
city
responded
with
outrage.
Detroiters
have
also
flooded
White’s
Instagram
comments
going
in
about
the
perceived
“disrespect.”
White
later
told
M-Live
reporter
Kory
Woods
that
he
learned
about
Icewood
from
teammate
Will
Gholston
who
is
from
the
Detroit
area.
White
is
from
Kansas
City.
“(Gholston)
did
it
one
time.
He
got
a
sack
when
we
played
somebody
in
Tampa.
And
I
was
asking
him
about
the
dance.
I
thought
it
was
cool,”
White
told
MLive.
“And
then
he
just
basically
filled
me
in
on
where
it
was
from,
who
it
was
from
and
stuff
like
that.
So
the
biggest
thing
is
they
can
say
what
they
want
to
say,
but
it
wasn’t
disrespect;
it
was
to
pay
homage.”
The
rapper’s
son,
known
as
Lil
Blade,
responded
with
a
selfie
on
Instagram,
writing,
“Idk
if
I
should
be
happy
or
irritated
@detroitlionsnfl.”
Icewood,
considered
one
of
the
forefathers
of
Detroit
street
rap,
popularized
the
dance
with
his
most
successful
single,
“Boy
Would
You
(Boss
Up
and
Get
This
Money).
Born
Darnell
Lindsay,
Icewood
was
part
of
a
rap
group
called
The
Street
Lordz
and
was
slain
in
a
hail
of
gunfire
at
the
age
of
28
in
2005.
The
rapper’s
life
was
documented
in
an
episode
of
TV
One’s
Sins
of
the
City
last
year.
The
Lions
ultimately
won
the
game
and
are
one
win
away
from
their
first
Super
Bowl
appearance.
They
take
on
the
San
Francisco
49ers
on
Sunday,
Jan.
28
in
the
Bay.
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out
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