ADDENDUM.

I forgot -

After I left hipster karaoke a few weeks ago, it turns out that the host suddenly realized his tip jar was gone from in front of his hosting stand, so he stopped someone mid-song and shut the place down while people looked for it. They finally found the tip jar emptied out in the women's restroom, and the host got pissed, said, "Fuck this shit," and stormed out and didn't come back the rest of the night (though he has sent out an email since saying he'll be hosting a night at the same place in a few weeks).

(=the version of the story from my one [white] friend from Mississippi).