House Music Scratches for a New Vibe in Houston

It's the spirit of PLUR, minus the E, with a few wrinkles around the eyes for good measure. It's not going to pay the bills. Jibril went down that road before. But for one night a month, it's a rush and a small reminder of what was.

"Things are still good. It's different, man. It's not really the same. I feel, like…really at home a lot more now. Back then, I was a hip-hop kid, I hung out in the rave scene, but I didn't really connect so much with all these kids. They were all, like, electronic hippies," he says. "I love everything else that I do…but there's something about Rent. I feel like I connect to these people a lot more now. I feel like I can just talk to them through the music."

Daniel Kramer

Brotha Jibril makes his dough by day as an office guy and courts his muse by night as a DJ.

Daniel Kramer

The Rent party goes down once a month at Union.

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The party, and his smile, last until 4 a.m. this Saturday night. On Monday morning, the alarm clock goes off and he's back to being Gabriel again.