OAKLAND — Mistah FAB’s Dope Era store sits in the heart of Oakland’s up-and-coming Uptown District.
The clothing shop, nestled near the corner of Broadway and 17th Avenue, is a symbol of the community where the rapper grew up. Fab, born Stanley Cox, like the rest of the Oakland community, is bracing for the Warriors’ last season in The Town, while reconciling a future reality that hasn’t existed for more than four decades: a city without professional basketball.
“It’s disheartening, man,” he says. “To watch your team leave like that. And even though they’re just going across the water, it’s still something prideful about the city of Oakland that we love and that the passion that has been here in the city for the Oakland Warriors and what we like to say in Oakland.