Miami Beach Spring Break A Violent Mess! 

I lived in the heart of South Beach at 10th & Collins for years and would be angry hearing the locals talk about the “Urban” events on the beach and how awful they are. I used to think they were just being racist to my face but I quickly found out they weren’t lying. Tourists being carjacked, locals being beat up and mugged, fighting in the streets, trashing restaurants, bullets flying, innocent people getting shot ect. The city literally becomes a war zone for those weeks. Nobody wants them there, not the locals, the tourists, the police, nobody! We can’t give them a reason to not want us around then cry racism. As black people we all pay the price for our youth acting like monsters.

Honestly, with age, I'm starting to see how we as black people really can be our own worst enemy. When you intentionally go somewhere and act like a fool and are disruptive, disrespectful to the law/rules, loud and ghetto as hell, then you shouldn't be surprised when people say "hey, this only proves our point about black people. And we don't want them here ". There's no reason to act out. Sure have fun, but know the difference between fun and showing your behind.

My husband be like.. "Did he say it yet?" EVERY TIME he hears Q saying "Y'all done FUKKED UP THA THANG" then he leaves 😂😂😂

When my cousin use to go the Freaknic back in the 90’s, I didn’t hear about all this violence! But as a older millennial, I’m about to sound like a auntie and say, shut it down! This perpetuates the stereotype of us in the diaspora! When did violence become a party? Bringing guns and then recording it on social media, is a sure way to get caught, good! Keep self snitching! We haven’t even talked about the sexual assaults yet?

I’m embarrassed for the Black community. Why can’t people act right when going places? That’s disgusting behavior. This type of behavior makes it harder on us as a collective when we do go to these places just to enjoy vs to causes dysfunction. I feel I’m wasting my time even typing this. The racial tension that’s been going on for centuries and even still today in this country, we’re not in the position to go to cities and terrorize just for fun because we’re risking our safety and freedom (serving prison time and unfair judicial system), and it’s just not right. Idk how this problem can be fixed. The only way is to shut it down with a long term plan to get in place.

Thank u dineva for bringing this up , where I part ways with u is that this is the problem on a macro level, black culture on a whole has become about disrespect and lawlessness, with an inherent entitlement to do whatever we want because of past injustices, and any criticism is met with name calling and desertion. Until we address this we will be at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, and no amount of ketanjis on the supreme court can correct this.

Such a needed conversation. I'm glad I had home training. Never did no mess like that. These folks acting a gat damn fool and and seems to always be connected to people getting shot or killed. Enough is enough. Exactly why I don't like to go nowhere and it's sad to feel this way. Wish my moma would see me twerking on top of a car or anywhere!!

I went to Miami last year around spring break for my ex’s birthday. It was so overcrowded, we didn’t even want to be outside. We came to eat and get a boat for the weekend lol and we’re 28 and 35. You’re so right about rebranding Spring Break on South Beach. The ppl who are coming to SB with the fighting and shooting are probably not even in college to even celebrate Spring Break. I think they should require bars/restaurants/clubs to be 23-25+ for entry if they want to get rid of the college crowd.

This is an issue that I've never understood about today's youth, why can't they enjoy themselves without bothering other people? We all had a great time in our twenties and kept it cute. I don't get it. I say cancel the whole thing. Let them go out of the country. Maybe getting in trouble oversees will help bring the message home. Peace! 🙏🏽

My stance has totally changed over the past 2 yrs. I am not offering any excuses, understanding, or patience for this disgusting behavior. Throw the whole damn thug-life culture away AND I ain't protesting for none of these mofos when the police get that ass.

Ooh chile Nessa Girl! I clicked as soon as I got this notification! I've been waiting to hear what you had to say about the all the Spring Break craziness going on in Miami

I totally agree with you. I live in Miami as well and I REFUSE to go to SB during spring break/memorial day weekend because they don’t know how to act! It’s so embarrassing because it’s only us out there acting a damn fool smh.

I’m a native of Barbados, a naturalized citizen of the US and an avid traveler. What I’ve come to recognize, is the blatant disregard many black Americans have when visiting foreign countries. They come across entitled, boisterous, and they demand the most while tipping the least. Stamps on a passport is mot aligned with wealth or knowledge, it just means you came up on a payment plan. We are a global community and the decency you require in your own home should be reciprocal. Learn and be respectful of a culture before visiting, rather than expecting that they placate to that of North America. This behavior on South Beach is disrespectful. Visit an area, appreciate the culture and lifestyle…don’t disrupt it. Eventually, you will not be welcomed.

We literally go through this sh!t every year. It’s ridiculous.

“Of the 636 arrests in the South Beach Entertainment District, 508 were locals. Also, more than 100 weapons have been seized.”- Miami's Local10 news The reality is that tourists are in danger from the locals more so than the other way around.

As a new orleans resident and service industry professional. We dread essence festival too. 5% tips, drama, and dine and dashers. Businesses forfeit their cash for that time too.

baaaaaaby I had to stop what I was doing at work to watch this tea!!!! Thank you for letting us know the real about what's going on. Stay safe y'all!

I went to Miami a few years ago and all my friends wanted to go to the clubs every damn day. I'm from Jersey I can party in NY. I went down there to be at the beach. I stayed at the hotel bar and the beach the whole time. Cuz I know how niggas get and I just wanted to relax and eat some good ass food.

FACTS, the Essence festival is a great example. When I went in 2015 I had never been so proud of my black people and all of the black beautiful people that were there made me smile. I had a great time and to your point Q don't recall hearing or seeing any violence nothing but smiles and a great time!

You are spoiling us today. What a treat. Happy to have you back Funky♥♥ I think you may be right. The problem begins at home? Spring Break is supposed to be fun. It's not supposed to be ending in Funerals.

Sounds very similar to the Kappa Beach party weekend back in the day. Businesses and hotels started shutting down on that weekend forcing people to stop coming. It hasn’t really been a big thing since the 90s.

Gosh. Why can't people go places and act right ????

I still say much of it is in the upbringing! Home training are the 2 words that constantly come to my mind. It starts at home folks....

I live in Atlanta, Ga & Freaknik was the exact same way. Maybe they can get with the old mayors of that era & asked what was done to “curb” urban weekends cause freaknik was waaaay worse than what’s going down. On South Beach!

I’m comfortable being the only black person where I live right now after years of being traumatized by black men grabbing my butt in the streets of Brooklyn now I love not being harass. If 3 or black ppl are around I get nervous it’s sad but I’m like please don’t start fighting and act ghetto.

I am a native Newyorker living in Miami and Miami has some beautiful beaches and when spring break is not around the beach doesn’t have these problems 🤦‍♀️ and the sad part it’s people that don’t live here in Miami that mess it up for others 😞

Hot ass fckng mess and that’s exactly why us real Miami folks don’t even go there. That’s not our beach!! 🥴

One issue with these young people is when your 40+ year old parents are out there on South Beach partying with the young people. Let’s face it, some of these parents don’t want to grow up themselves.

Lived in South Beach for 4 years and had the best time! !!! Left in ‘99. Yes, I’m old now. But I wasn’t then 😉 Scary how young people today are so entitled, uncouth, hateful and dangerous.

I went to Ft. Myers Beach last week and last week. I went to the less tourist part, it was peaceful. I will be taking my old azz and my daughter back. I was the only black person on the beach and the people were friendly

It's the low vibrational energy and representational images/music that media forces down our young people's throats simply culminating in one space at one time. We - as a community - have to heal to rise above this, because the clear folk who benefit from that image being perpetuated sure as hell aren't going to stop. WE have to send ourselves and our children to therapy. WE have to break generational curses. WE have to align with and heal our nervous systems. WE have to speak love and life into each other. WE have to rebuild our families and communities. WE are the antidote.

Thank you for this video! I’m near 40, and I never have seen behavior like this. And it’s not just spring break, I have a teen and I speak with her at lengths about how her behavior is a reflection of how I raised her. And I don’t think that this is just young college kids causing some of the issues. We need to address our community about how they move

Just love how wise you are Q. Black folks love to act the fool then hide their hands n bring up the race card!

My 20s were LIT when I went to Miami a few times for Memorial weekends😂🤣 Glad it wasn’t this bad.

Ehhhh Q ion know, I just read am article starting more than 500 out of over 600 people arrested on South Beach for spring break were locals. With that being said, I agree with you with just shutting everything down, period.

The same thing happened with Freaknik, for those of us old enough to remember. It sounds like what is happening on Miami Beach. As a young person I felt like “they” were just trying to take away our fun. Now that I’m older I understand that all the blocking traffic on Peachtree, girls twerking on cars, the numerous sexual assaults, and the crime that Freaknik brought to the city just wasn’t worth it. It’s a shame we can’t ever go anywhere and just have a good time!! 😞

Miami has become the new Atlanta. It’s just ridiculous!! WE are judged because of things such as this.

I was so glad to hear you talk about this because it’s so hard to trust the media but you are a part of our community just giving your true opinion. I am not sure if it is a lack of socialization but this current young generation is on a new level of ignorance.

Honestly, I don't know of a Spring Break area that doesn't have this problem. I'm from near Ocean City, Md and kids get run over, fall from balconies, public drunkness, fights, murder, etc. That was happening when I was child, and still does. I believe one of the differences is the states gun laws. Florida is gun culture. I don't see the gun issue going away. But Essence Fest, is a perfect example of what Miami could do. I just know that Spring Breakers are gonna Spring break, no matter the city.

You are SPOT on! We don’t know how to act and totally lack accountability. Until the day we can OWN or shit.. #shutitdown just like freaknik we can’t have shit and truthfully we don’t deserve it right now. I am completely ashamed of US for acting this way

Conversations like this are so conflicting for me. When I see the level of Anti-Blackness and self hate in these comments (ie solely blaming this generation like Freaknik,Spring Bling werent things and every other generation of black folks didnt have problematic bad apples)…its disheartening. Then again I’m 33 and not a person who patrons these events because I also understand the difference in good,cultural ghetto vs going-too-damn-far ghetto and I like having my life. * Sigh * Being Black is so damn exhausting.

It’s truly a shame as someone who lives in Miami not even Miami Beach part but north Miami the amount of Citizen notifications I’ve been getting about somebody getting shot or robbed during this spring break has been ridiculous.

Lived in south FL for 5+ years. NMB. & we literally avoided South Beach like the plague in March & Memorial Day. Blk folks give them Miami racist all the ammo needed, because they come down & act an a**. It really is a problem & I don’t mind a curfew (cuz I don’t be on the beach 🤣)

Funky you are IT! I always look forward to your commentary.

I LIVE HERE IN MIAMI ITS JUST TOO MUCH I DON'T EVEN GO THE BEACH ANY MORE IT'S TO DANGEROUS SHUT IT DOWN ITS OUT OF CONTROL

I was there and luckily i left before it got dark. I heard stories about the strip but that was just ridiculous. That’s why i don’t go to clubs or certain areas at night

I don’t understand what’s the big deal of going smh majority of all them young people down there with no money just walking around south beach…going out to eat ditching paying the bill like what’s the point of going!? Smh

Younger generations don’t know how to have quality “good” fun. The way Miami Beach was shut down for spring break is a big clue that it’s a wrap and I say good written. It will be a thing of the past shortly like Freaknik and 4th of July at Virginia Beach & Jones Beach. Ohhh the memories. Well you better hold on to them cause that’s all you gonna have 😆. I’ll stick with the wine sipping crowd at Essence Fest and Capital Jazz Fest. 🍷

I'm SO glad that Funky Dineva KNOWS his way, can sure NAVIGATE ANY conversation!!! Please observe the way my Dineva went through ALL possible DEFLECTIONS and WHATABOUTISMS at the very beginning of the convo, JUST so ALL the potential and actual low frequency resting folk that LOVE to throw them UP, CANNOT and when he then went on to say: "ASIDE from that......." YASSSSS. That is how you BEGIN the BEGIN. Continue Funky Dineva, take 'em to the BRIDGE!!! LMAOOOOOOO

I thought spring break was a yt thing🤷🏾‍♀️ But I 'm old though (44 in the house) Black people can be so disappointing sometimes. People act like they have no home training.

WE, us, this audience are not the ones out there. It’s them GenZ folk.Miami would crumble if they had Mardi Gras.

Very Simple Fix. Add more reasonably priced concerts or festivals that attack the young crowd but bring acts that will elicit a particular vibe. For example: Adele, Taylor swift, Normani, Francko, Arianna Grande, SZA, Bruno Mars, Jhené Aiko and Summer Walker. All the young people will go and be in a high security control place for 3-5hrs. After the show most will go home and not want to turn up at a club. Or have the big name comedian come to town. Give these young ppl options with things to do and places to go. If they have events to attend, then they will more to do with their time than to go to the beach and drink all afternoon.

I appreciate your perspective on this topic, Q. I've been an educator since 2005 and have taught and worked with students of all classes, races, and backgrounds since then, carefully observing their social patterns and trends over time. Things have certainly shifted; it's a complex issue with many layers and nuances. I see it largely as a generational issue: people under, let's say 23, have been raised by the first generation of people to live with 24/7 access to the internet and media. They might have younger parents; if they even had active parents at all. They were 'raised' by television and violent/overtly sexual imagery within a self-serving, "look at me" type of culture where everything that happens in one's life is to be considered only as entertainment, for selfish consumption and personal validation. As a result, I see a major disconnect between their (carefully crafted) realities and the reality of what truly IS; a blanket of apathy, if you will, a total desensitization. I'm not saying that young people shouldn't turn up; nor that s**t wasn't hot in the 90's and early 2000's (when I was Spring Break aged and had to duck a few Brooklyn bashment shootouts myself). The difference was the intention: more often than not, 20 years ago my people wanted to party, dance, and have a good time- whereas the intention now is to be photographed/digitally validated, do something "for the gram," or "to get on tiktok" and be perceived a certain way to attract 'followers'. The emphasis is no longer on fun- it's on clout. Young people literally DO NOT KNOW how to have fun anymore without a phone (or stupidity) being attached to it. This, compounded with the fact that family values and morality are things of the past, and well.... you get the idea.

Chile, I’m glad I got out in time!

I remember going to South Beach for spring break in college back in 2010. I don’t remember it being violent then. Sad.

I definitely feel you when you say they don't care for or want black people there. My first and only time visiting Miami was about 8 years ago. My brother was on leave in the military and we came to visit and drove down to see what all the fuss was about . Our first night there we went to a really nice restaurant and when I went to pay my bill I paid with my credit card but I wanted to leave a cash tip so i put a zero in the tip area . The waiter who was not African American quickly told me " the gratuity is not included in the bill amount". I changed that tip from a $20 to a $5 right in his face. It came off very " bitch what is yo broke ass doing here ?"

Chile the front desk cancelled my paid in full April Easter weekend vacay at the resort because this little black senior citizen reservation wasn't important and they could triple to cost I'm sure. I rescheduled for May like they say everything happens for a reason.

Very insightful. The real issue with urban week/speing break is the same problem we have in our communities. You have too many kids who were raised wrong that are now grown up, and having kids that they too are raising wrong. If you wanna fix "the culture" start with the youth within your reach. Be a mentor, be an example. We as a people, those of us with sound mind, and who can offer a proper influence, need to connect with the youth at a very early age and possibly be that voice of decency that they might not be getting at home. Be a mentor, a tutor, something. We also need to change what we FEED our babies.... yes food, but also MEDIA.... if your kid sits up and has kodak black, chief keif, city girls blastin in his ear for hours on end, how the fk u think they gon act?? That shyt is literally PROGRAMMING and rewiring the consciousness of, not just our kids, but society in general!. Life imitates art.... housewives, love and hiphop, anything on the zeus network, fortnite.... its influence and programming. And while as adults, we can hopefully discern entertainment for what it is, to a young developing mind, its programming. Folks wanna defund the police? We need to defund the glorification of the worst elements of our society... and that transcends race.

Being from Louisiana and living in New Orleans I'm accustomed to having to prepare for an infulx of people for all different type of events that happen in the city and planning is definitely necessary even for the smallest Festival or activity

Omg I didn’t know I will be in Miami for the New Edition concert spring break. I have no small kids and I’m old so hell I didn’t think but. I think we will be fine because I will not be in the mix of that mess.

The issue is half of the people out there aren’t even college kids. And it’s not the tourist coming in with guns it’s the folks from the city.

This is what happened at the Puerto Rican day parade in NY. It always had a level of danger at night but in the last few years before they shut it down it was unsafe to be out in the daytime. Rapes, robberies, shootings and deaths was the norm in the last few years.

What would happen if parents were held equally responsible for their children's behavior til the age of 21?

I live in South Beach, in the Art Deco district. The shootings were not too far from my apartment. This WAS NOT spring breakers. This was a huge group from Atlanta celebrating Freaknique

Thank God my Daughters didn't go...these kids in this generation are too bold and DGAF

Thank you & this needed to be said to 💯 Our people need to do/be better!

I think that is an awesome idea!! If these vacation spots are really looking for a certain demographic, like they say they are, bring in the older musicians like, F.B and Maze, Isley Bros. And some 90's R&B acts. And you're right, Essence Fest has never really had any issues. We come in to NOLA, we dance, eat good, have a good time and go home. So something can definitely be done, as far as activities and getting a specific crowd in there. But then, that leaves me to wonder about the younger crowds that do not like to intermingle with the older crowd. Where will they go next to party? What city will they destroy next? This has to be a multiple city/ nation wide planning thing. As a mother of young adults and teenagers, I agree, the young culture is obsessed with drinking, drug and gun culture (Even if they don't partake in those activities) We definitely have to find some things that they can do and still enjoy themselves enjoy themselves. Because no matter what, you can't plan for the rachedness. And as much as we teach them right from wrong at home, when they go out into those streets, they can be totally different people.

Do the mayor think by not selling liquor after 6 is gonna stop people from coming to Miami? They’ll just buy it early Duh!!!!!!

You made some valid points in this video. I'm also 40 and once was a college student. We talked for spring break, had a good time, and returned to campus safely. Nowadays, these young people don't have any good role models, feel that they are above the law, and think everything is a joke. We, as black people, got to stop saying they are trying to treat our kids differently when our kids are the ones making a mockery of themselves. At this point, I don't think there's anything that the city can do to appease everyone.

I’m a 52 year old black woman. I love Miami Beach. Been going since I was in my 20s. I consider it my second home. But I won’t go near it these days because of this. It’s embarrassing. Why some of us think this is cool is insane. Nor does Miami Beach have a responsibility to accommodate it.

I feel you, Funky! I have been a Virginia resident my entire life, and we have the same problem here. Unfortunately, we only enjoy Virginia Beach in the off-season. At least we have an offseason. In the summer, my husband and I use our timeshare and stay on various properties. It is private and quiet.

It's sad that we can't get together in harmony without someone disrupting the peace.

This is a shame..I think they can change the age limits as a start to slowly get away from the “kid’s” coming down tearing up the city. 26+ to enter restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. Enforce curfew. It’ll take a while but sooner or later they will stop coming.

As Neely Fuller has stated so many times in the past, these groups of people do not like themselves enough to be in the company of others. These men because these are men shooting these guns are going out with the intent of starting trouble and killing. Common sense is not so common because no one would have to tell me not to go down to Miami if these types of issues of violence continue to occur. We all are watching the same reports daily and instead of taking the stance of not going to Miami or anywhere reporting shootings and attacks, people are packing up their bags going anyway. That tells me that the people would rather take a chance at being killed or hurt instead of staying their behinds at home. Like the old people use to say, a hard head makes a soft ass. Today that can be a dead ass!

Thanks for telling the truth Dineva!

I live here in Vegas and when we have huge events- which is regular here, I stay away from the strip. The crowds that come into town can be terrible. And many come from Cali- my home, and this includes my family. Especially the one's from Compton, Watts, and South Central, they come to party, hard! We have so many other's to go to for locals, and still have fun without the chaos. And let me tell you, they will run your ass out the Casinos and off the strip. They have no problem arresting either.

Listen, when I was in graduate school in Miami, I made the biggest mistake of going on SoBe when all this was going on. Never again. I don't like being around drunk, unruly youth. Period.

Something is in the water or something is up with the music. It's ridiculous how blacks carry on when alcohol and crowding is involved. Don't bring the excuse of "oh white/latin/Asian kids were there"... that's on them! Worry about yourself and how you represent your home/family/people when you go out! If you know you're overly policed then why intentionally act a fool?

This is what happens when you threaten parents that try to discipline their children. These are early 2000’s born babies and a majority of them are bratty as hell🤷🏽‍♀️ They don’t respect authority or elders🤷🏽‍♀️You add alcohol, drugs, free will and this is what happens PERIODT. Like Funky Dineva said, “Let’s not act like we don’t know..”. At the end of the day we should practice our own free will and discipline our kids so that this shit stops. I’m not saying previous generations were angels but at least we knew there was a time and place for certain shit PERIODT

This sounds like how they did VA Beach! Va Beach was popular as hell in the earlier 90s and then they started popping off and Hampton roads hasn't been popping like that since, smh.

You can’t go anywhere anymore and enjoy yourself.. so much Anger and violence in the world it’s sad.

I've heard about Miami citizens getting upset at spring breakers trashing the city, and I don't blame them. Have fun and party, but that doesn't mean come and act a ratchet mess.

There’s a significant lack of conflict resolution and avoidance in the younger generations. They immediately escalate to the most extreme violence because that’s what they’re accustomed to - hell they’ve had to go to schools learning how to survive a live shooter! and…. I’m on a skinny branch. BUT I’d also attribute a lot of this behavior to the need of “appearances” for the gram. Social media is a blessing and a curse. The blessing is connecting with people you may never have crossed paths with normally and a curse because it creates an unfair - unrealistic expectation based on smoke & mirrors.

Now I admit I was a Freak Nik kid and enjoyed myself BUT did not act that way. I guess I was raised different. I was told from an early age that I represent not only myself, but my family. For some to say the police don’t know how to interact with us, it looks like we don’t know how to interact with each other.

I 💯 agree with everything you've said funky!!!!

Thank you for posting this video.

Lol why this just happening when I'm trying to go 😂😂

I hate the you can't take us no where message. I've went to Miami once memorial wknd and it felt like a big trick daddy or cash money video. It wasn't fun to me. But I have been to so many other black centric events in which folks know how to behave and there's no ruckus. I'm thinking alot of the crime is being committed by the locals.

The problem is that people are too quick to blame it on the government, others not liking you, certain situations instead of just accepting that people are not raising their kids, there’s no accountability or consequences to their actions and it’s everyone else’s fault, but theirs. It’s just ridiculous!!!

I never hear anything bad about Mardi Gras in New Orleans but always something bad about Spring Break in Miami

The BET Awards and the BET experience leading up to the award show in Los Angeles are successfully held also.

They should put stipulations up every year around spring break time..its a mess..if I lived down there I wouldnt want that mess in the community as well.

Funky D, I agree with you 💯 percent.

HOT 105 on Friday said the ppl that were arrested the most was from Miami. So our Miami folks have to do better when the spring breakers come down.

They down there foo-lala-ing and what not ! It never used to be that bad! They running what used to be good fun and memories straight into the ground !

I had a ball in Miami Beach many yrs ago. It wasnt this...note to self...dont go down there when the younger people are there during spring break.

You’re my hero! Talk that talk 👏🏾

Somebody had to say it!!!! you are correct!

You only speck the truth! Funky I hope there are listening.

Sad cause I am headed out there and now it's a curfew cause people can't just go somewhere and enjoy a beautiful place