Jack of Hearts

Overview

Confirmed The Jack of Hearts is the club at the center of Boobie Ike’s business. His official section opens with the line “It’s all about heart”, followed by the club’s name, and his bio says he turned his time in the streets into “a legitimate empire spanning real estate, a strip club, and a recording studio”.

On screen The name appears in three of his four official screenshots: a gothic neon sign over an awning reading “Adult Entertainment”, a crowned-heart banner inside the club, and a framed party poster in his office.

Key facts

• Our read Owner: Boobie Ike. His bio lists a strip club, and his section opens with the Jack of Hearts line.
• On screen Signs: “Jack of Hearts” in white gothic neon, “Adult Entertainment” on the awning.
• On screen Logo: a faceted heart wearing a crown between the letters J and H.
• Confirmed Money: “The club money pay for the studio, and the drug money pay for it all,” in Boobie’s words.
• Confirmed Talent: Dre’Quan Priest has been booking acts into Boobie’s strip club.

In the official screenshots

Confirmed Rockstar describes Boobie’s four pictures: Boobie in a chair with a stack of cash, in front of a desk with a handgun on it; Boobie and Dre’Quan getting out of a car, Boobie holding his phone while Dre’Quan leans on the open door; Boobie in a club holding a drink, a dancer upside down on a pole behind him; and Boobie seated in a club with a stack of cash, one arm around a dancer and the other reaching for another.

On screen In the car shot the sign glows over a dark awning and a lit doorway, with two people by the entrance. Inside the club, the banner behind Boobie carries the crowned-heart monogram and the name while bills float through the air and a bottle with sparklers is held up in the background. In the office, the framed poster behind him reads “…Party” above “…k of Hearts”, partly out of frame.

The club and the label

Confirmed Boobie’s quote spells out where the club’s money goes: “The club money pay for the studio, and the drug money pay for it all.” The studio is Only Raw Records, the label he runs with Dre’Quan Priest.

Confirmed Dre’Quan uses the dance floor as a test market: “Dancers are like my A&Rs. If the record’s a hit, DJs gonna be spinnin’ it.” Rockstar adds that now he has signed the Real Dimez, his “days of booking acts into Boobie’s strip club might be numbered as he sets his sights on the Vice City scene”.

Our read

Our read Put together, the Jack of Hearts is Boobie’s strip club, the cash machine behind his label and the room where its records are tested. Rockstar has not said so in one sentence, but every official piece points the same way. It has not given the club an address either; Boobie is a local Vice City legend, so Vice City is the safe bet.

Questions

Who owns the Jack of Hearts?

Our read Boobie Ike. Confirmed His bio lists a strip club in his empire, and his official section opens with the Jack of Hearts line.

Is the Jack of Hearts a strip club?

On screen Its awning reads “Adult Entertainment”, and the club pictures show dancers and a pole.

What does it have to do with Only Raw Records?

Confirmed Boobie says the club money pays for the studio, and Dre’Quan calls the dancers his A&Rs.

Where is it?

Our read Most likely Vice City, Boobie’s home turf, though Rockstar has not placed the club on a map.