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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Latin Quarters NYC" hosted by DJButterrock
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Cx1DJs We Do Things Different Podcast "Untold Stories of Latin Quarters NYC" hosted by DJButterrock fter 1985, the space returned to nightclub use and focused on hip hop music. Boogie Down Productions referenced the club in their 1987 song "Super Ho". Ice-T also referenced the club in his songs 6 in the Mornin' (1987) and "Heartbeat" (1988). Also, Slick Rick made referenced to the club in his song "The Moment I feared" (1988) from the album The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Public Enemy also references 'the LQ' in their 1988 song "Don't Believe the Hype". In 1987, three patrons were shot as they left the club after a performance by Roxanne Shante.[17]Later, the club was renamed the Penguin Club and became infamous for stabbings and fights. The building was eventually torn down in 1989 and replaced by a 22-story Ramada Renaissance Hotel. 48th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue now bears the honorary name "Lou Walters Way."
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