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Guests dance and sing along at the Love Languages event as Michael \u201cmikeflo\u201d Flowers starts the Love Language Presents event on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n
Carl Juste<\/p>\n
cjuste@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n
During a Love Language party at Little Havana\u2019s Bargean Miami restaurant in April, soft red lighting filled the room.<\/p>\n
Event DJ Michael \u201cmikeflo\u201d Flowers played the acapella to Soul II Soul\u2019s \u201cBack 2 Life,\u201d an R&B classic, and the lively crowd clapped along to the music. In a corner of the room, people happily took pictures in a photo booth. Women got red roses.<\/p>\n
Kyle \u201cHoto\u201d Reid is the founder of Love Language Presents, a nightlife event series with a focus on Black music. The events, which run every Saturday and Sunday night at the Calle Ocho restaurant in a partnership, are popular with celebrities. Sometimes, they just pop in without notice, like rapper Flo Rida and dancehall musician Shenseea.<\/p>\n
The events have become a safe space for people of color to dance, relax and enjoy music with a cultural connection. While some people attend with a date, or maybe even meet someone there, that isn\u2019t the main purpose.<\/p>\n
In less than three years, Reid has come a long way from his humble Canadian beginnings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m putting the experience of the community first,\u201d said Reid, 40. \u201cThere are people that come here on a weekly basis. This is their home.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kyle Hoto Reid, founder of the Love Language Presents\u2019 events, hosts a party at Bargean in Little Havana, Miami, Florida on Sunday, April 5, 2026. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
Born and raised in Toronto, Reid is a first-generation Canadian, born to Lorraine Reid, his Jamaican mother and Jaan Yew Moon, his Trinidadian and Chinese father. Reid grew up with his mother in public housing before moving to the suburbs when he was a teenager.<\/p>\n
In 2004, Reid completed high school and studied architecture at Toronto Metropolitan University, which was then known as Ryerson University. \u201cI just wanted to draw buildings and design,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During his time as a college student, Reid opened a clothing store named Dream Design in 2007. The store attracted Canadian stars like Drake, The Weeknd and even American rappers like Juelz Santana.<\/p>\n
Drake references making merchandise with Reid at Dream Design on his 2023 album, \u201cFor My Dogs.\u201d During the song \u201cAway From Home,\u201d the Toronto rapper said, \u201cI remember printin\u2019 up our T-shirts with Kyle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reid owned the store for five years before it was destroyed in 2010 from burst pipes in the building. The business never reopened.<\/p>\n
With the store shut down, Reid needed to find a way to pay the bills. He began managing a Toronto musician and learned how to DJ. Reid traveled the world for work and became adept at playing music<\/p>\n
In 2017, Reid\u2019s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Music and entrepreneurship took a backseat to taking care of her before she died on Nov. 6, 2019.<\/p>\n
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Guests engage in conversation under red velvet lighting at Love Language Presents event on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Miami, Florida. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
In January 2021, Reid celebrated New Year\u2019s Day in Miami, but something felt different. Still mourning the loss of his mom, he went into the beach water and felt inspired.<\/p>\n
He returned to Toronto with a goal of permanently moving to Miami. When Reid moved to Miami in November 2023, a friend said that he should start a business, but Reid felt it was more important to first learn the city\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove Language was never a plan to me,\u201d Reid said. \u201cI only started Love Language because when I moved here, I couldn\u2019t get a job. It was a humble moment for me, so I went into the bags that I knew.<\/p>\n
A chance meeting with Flowers sped up Reid\u2019s process for launching Love Language.<\/p>\n
Flowers is a Chicago native and toured with rap group Dead Prez for 19 years across six continents and almost 50 countries. Seeking a change of scenery and culture, he moved from Brooklyn to Miami in 2022. Flowers met Reid after performing a DJ set at Miami Beach\u2019s Soho Beach House.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring a set, I was playing some R&B and he asked if I wanted to do an R&B party,\u201d Flowers said of Reid. \u201cWe hadn\u2019t done anything yet. When I got approached by someone else, I said \u2018I would put y\u2019all together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Flowers was captivated by the opportunity to DJ an R&B-based party that includes sounds ranging from classic soul to hip-hop songs with R&B influences or Afrobeats. Once he saw the party\u2019s first location, he wanted to sit down and DJ. Having worked as a DJ since 1997, he didn\u2019t want to simply sit in a DJ booth, but instead be among a community of eventgoers.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though they had a DJ booth, I wanted to sit down and have the party from there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Guests at the Love Language Presents pose and dance while taking selfies on Sunday, April 5, 2026, at Bargean in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
At Love Language events, people don\u2019t pay a cover to get in but have to RSVP online. Certain events, like those happening during Art Basel, have a cover charge. Food and drink is for sale.<\/p>\n
The purpose on having open entry is for guests to feel welcome to an inclusive environment, Reid said. Love Language events are inclusive in the way in that the average person can be dancing next to a celebrity, and there is no awkwardness.<\/p>\n
Entrepreneur Alexis Stoudemire has been based in North Miami Beach for 15 years and has seen how Miami nightlife and hospitality haveschanged over time. At many nightlife events, there is a focus on perceived status and people with large social media followings. At Love Language, creating a space where anyone can relax, have fun or network is more important, Stoudemire said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very comforting,\u201d Stoudemire, 43, said. \u201cIt\u2019s like going home to go somewhere and be surrounded by people that are like-minded. You can see someone you can build with and just network.\u201d<\/p>\n
When \u201cWAGs to Riches,\u201d a Netflix show on which Stoudemire is featured, needed an event to celebrate its release, she knew Reid and Love Language Presents needed to be involved. Stoudemire was impressed by the ambience at Love Language events.<\/p>\n
As Love Language Presents continues to grow and attract guests, Reid is hopeful that he can eventually own his own venue in collaboration with members of the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod willing, we get our own place,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to do something special where it\u2019s not [just] me that owns it, it\u2019s me and the people.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Guests enjoy a cocktail and conversation at the bar as Kyle Hoto Reid, founder of Love Language Presents hosts a party focused on intimacy and low-key aesthetics at Bargean in Little Havana, Miami, Florida on Sunday, April 5, 2026. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n
What: Love Language Presents<\/p>\n
When: Sundays, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Bargean Miami, 1010 SW Eighth St., Miami<\/p>\n
Cost: Free<\/p>\n
This story was originally published April 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM.<\/p>\n