Owners of two Brady Street area bars have closed effective immediately and are finalizing a sale following backlash after an employee created a “no play list” for local DJs that featured predominantly Black artists.
Last week, a leaked text message spread on social media that stated DJs could not play music from a list of 40 prominent Black hip-hop artists. The message said this was “coming from ownership” of The Garage, 1709 N. Arlington Place, and failure to comply would result in a loss of gigs.
The text caught the attention of people even outside of Milwaukee, with rapper Sexyy Red weighing in, after she found herself at the top of the list. In addition to big names like Lil’ Wayne, Glorilla and Migos, the leaked text message stated “No Milwaukee Rap.”…