Hip-hop Hiatus

In that regard, Cruz is right as well. Let´s face it: Oakland Park isn´t the hippest place in South Florida, and if an underground culture, albeit with a few knuckleheads attached, can give the city an identity, then it´s something worth salvaging. Any bar can have a poker night, jazz on Sundays, and a ladies night (three events that Joiner plans to implement), but culture is impossible to manufacture.

I stopped by Roxanne´s last Wednesday to see how the venue was doing in the post-Breaks era, and it was, in fact, dead. There were four cars in the parking lot, seven patrons inside, and one lone drunk girl there for ladies night. The bartender was giving me free drinks just to stick around. It was nice of him, but as I looked to my left, then to my right, and realized I was the only person of color in the bar, I couldn´t help but wonder if Oakland Park wasn't getting what it wanted.