How to Be Outside, Inside with Statik Selektah

April 5, 2025 1

New York will test your patience and overstimulate your soul if you let it — but that doesn’t mean you have to disappear to find peace. We ask culture-shapers and city dwellers how they move through the madness without letting it swallow them.

This week, we caught up with DJ and producer Statik Selektah. He’s Boston-born, Brooklyn-rooted, and in a city that never slows down, Statik knows how to keep his own pace. From speakeasies and Sunday brunch to bike rides with his daughter, here’s how Statik keeps it low without going off the grid.

Okayplayer: Where do you go in NYC when you want to be outside without being outside?

Statik Selektah: I’m a partner owner of Hidden Tiger, on Avenue A. It’s a speakeasy so it’s hidden away through a coffee shop, but you never know who will be in there having dinner or even djing.

We got the best DJs in the world djing a small tucked-away staple previously known as Fat Buddha, reinvented as a more mature, cocktail lounge.

Where do you go in NYC when you want to be around people but not with people?

I like to do brunch at Dumbo House with Mom. It’s all-you-can-eat lobster, oysters, pizza, omelets, and more. And people don’t really bother you there because SoHo House is members only. But sometimes you might run into old friends, which is cool.

What would your perfect day in NYC look like?

Bike riding with my daughter, getting ice cream, then by our pool at the crib in Brooklyn with friends and family at sundown. I’ve been showing her how to play 8-ball pool in the lounge now that she’s finally tall enough, so that’s exciting. Night time, I’d hit a few spots in the city and hear some good music. Some of my favorites are The DL on the Lower East Side, Hearsay in Midtown, and in Bushwick, there’s Lot 45 and Xanadu roller rink.

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