Earlier this month, the Detroit Pistons organized “Pistonsland: What Up D.O.E.,” a nonpartisan day festival in collaboration with Rock the Vote and Detroit Votes, to encourage early voting in Michigan, one of the key battleground states in the presidential election. Grammy Award-winning artist Lil Baby headlined musical performances at the block party, which also had food trucks and tried to encourage Gen Z voters to cast their ballots early. “For the Pistons to be part of the community, but also motivate people to participate in the voting process, I think it is great,” Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff said last week. “It’s one of those things that we all need to be a part of. None of us are perfect in it, but understanding the significance of it, what it means to actually cast a vote, what those people before us had to do in order for us to get the right to vote, and make sure we don’t squander the opportunity.”