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NOAHH, an event promoter, claimed that the Market Hotel in Bushwick canceled his New York Fashion Week party because it didn’t want “ignorant black people.” However, the venue denied racism, stating they canceled due to poor ticket sales of only 40 tickets sold for a capacity of 500. The dispute led to the hotel being vandalized with graffiti reading "racist" and "f–k you." Both parties have since traded accusations on social media without providing further evidence or retracting their claims.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-21,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
NOAHH, a promoter, alleged that the Market Hotel in Bushwick canceled his New York Fashion Week event "In Tha Fest" due to racist reasons, hours before it was set to occur. The event was supposed to feature black rappers Percaso and EA TJ. In response, the venue claimed the cancellation was due to slow ticket sales rather than racism. Following the alleged cancelation, the Market Hotel received threatening messages on social media, leading to vandalism where three individuals spray-painted graffiti outside the venue. The incident has sparked discussions about racial discrimination in Brooklyn's event spaces and underground music scene.
Written for “Graffiti Controversy At Venue” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
A hip Brooklyn venue popular with TikTokers was sprayed with graffiti last week when a promoter claimed it canceled his New York Fashion Week bash there for “racist” reasons.
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it → spray → reasons
But the event space fired back that it was forced to yank the fest — because of slower-than-molasses ticket sales.
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it → fire → sales
The race-tinged tussle erupted on social media when event promoter NOAHH claimed the Market Hotel in hipster Bushwick put the kibosh on his Fashion Week-tied “In Tha Fest” just hours before the party because it didn’t want “ignorant black people” in its space.
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it → ting → space
The underground event was set to headline black rappers Percaso and EA TJ.
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event → set → Percaso
“Market Hotel just called me and said they had a show last night with ‘ignorant Black people’ and don’t want anymore there for the time being,” wrote NOAHH, who is white, on Instagram on Monday.
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who → call → Monday
He then quickly moved the event to the nearby Hellow Meadow venue — but the discrimination allegations ignited anger throughout the music scene and inspired several hooligans to seek vengeance on the Market Hotel.
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allegations → move → Hotel
Three goons dressed in black spray-painted the outside of the dance spot — made popular on social media for its second-story dance floor that faces the Myrtle-Broadway Station platform — with the words “racist” and “f–k you,” according to security footage.
But the Market Hotel vehemently denied the promoter’s racial claims, saying “In Tha Fest” was rebuffed because it only hawked 40 tickets for the 500-person-capacity venue.
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it → dress → venue
“Our general manager, who is a Black man, had a straightforward conversation with the promoter about the reality of the show: he hadn’t sold enough tickets to justify the cost of putting the event in such a large room, and moving it somewhere with lower overhead simply made more financial sense for everyone involved,” the venue said in a statement.
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venue → have → statement
Calling someone racist is a serious accusation and it shouldn’t be thrown around simply because you’re unhappy with a business decision.”
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you → call → decision
NOAHH circled back to apologize for setting off the vandals but still doubled down on his claims that Brown made the racist statements — and that the day-of shutdown was the second time the Market Hotel canceled on him.
uncertain
Hotel → circle → him
The venue tried to cancel a show back in August over low ticket sales but agreed to move forward after doubling the venue rental price, NOAHH claimed in a video posted to Instagram.
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NOAHH → try → Instagram
“I know what I heard on that phone call,” he wrote on X, referring to the conversation he had with Brown, while saying the situation had dissolved into a “he say she say” situation.
“I did not know [Brown] or the color of his skin, all I heard was a voice & judged the person on the other side of the phone based on their words not their race”
Both NOAHH and the Market Hotel referred The Post to their social-media posts when reached for comment.
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NOAHH → know → comment
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