“I already don’t go to Boystown as it is because of how it caters to the white gays, but Progress Bar was one of the few places that most of us could hang out at,” another person tweeted. “Progress is frequented by and banning rap is basically saying ‘f- you’ to these patrons.” “This is f-ing racist as f-,” one person wrote on Twitter. The change was slammed online, where critics said the bar was trying to push out black customers and other people of color. They also noted there will be security near the DJ booth to “help with this transition.” The bar instead suggested DJs play music reminiscent of “DJ AM for 2019 - a super open format POP/DANCE focused atmosphere.” The email also suggested DJs “think KSSFM/B96 opposed to WGCI.” WGCI is a radio station that largely plays rap and hip hop.ĭJs should tell patrons who ask them to play rap songs about the new rule, the bar’s leadership wrote.
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