Observations from Hip Hop Night

Every once in a while, I have to work a Thursday for my weekend gig. Last night was a Hip Hop event called "Unity".

There were asian, mexican, white, and black rappers.* The crowd was a little bit thug and I knew nobody had any money.
So I wasn't going to make any money.

The bottle service area had been converted to a VIP for the evening. So basically the servers, the bartenders, myself and anyone else at the club in a service capacity were screwed. The security, I actually wagered, were going to earn their money that night.

Security #1: Hmmm. This thing's called "Unity". Wonder what that's about.

Security #2: It's 'cause they've got chink and beaner rappers. **

Me: So who's taking odds that when a fight breaks out, it's interracial.

Security #2: (laughs) yo, that's fucked up!

Security #1: Naw. They wouldn't be that stupid....

Me: Are you twenty dollars confident in this group of mouth-breathers to keep their hands off one another?

Security #2: Hellllll, naw. I wouldn't take that. Uh-uh. These niggas look wild. ***

Security #1: Make it ten, and I'll take it. There's not a lot of girls here. There probably won't be a fight.

Me: Ten it is. (we shake hands)

Security #1 is not a dumb guy, nor inexperienced in the club industry. How many wimens is in da club is obviously a huge factor in odds of a fight breaking out. The only thing I think he may be is optimistic. Granted, I was gambling on the interracial thing, but this crowd was -without a doubt- going to fight.

I won the bet.

I couldn't see most of the action, as it was way up by the stage, but security #1 ran out to the south alley to see one guy getting kicked out, and I looked at the north alley to see the other guy.

We got back to my spot.

Me: OK, on three, we both say the race of the guy that got booted.

Securit #1: OK

Me: One, two, three...

Me: White. Security #1: Black.

Security #1: Shit.

I should say I don't think the fight was racially motivated at all. I honestly believe the premise that all these people have agreed upon the same cultural and social identifiers. They're all "hip hop".

This hip hop crowd was a bunch of thugs, and fighting is what thugs do. I was just gambling on the poetry of the title "Unity".

On a final note, I've noticed that hip hop MC's only want people to make some noise if it's the "mother fucking" variety.

If you're going to make any other kind of noise, I don't think they want to hear it.


*You'll never guess who the best act was...

** Yes, he really said this.

***Yes, he actually said this as well.