2014 CENTENNIAL HOMECOMING CONCERT: Big industry names blaze the stage

Southern University held the Annual Homecoming Concert in the F. G. Clark Activity Center Thursday that featured musicians Migos, Jeremih, Jazmine Sullivan, and Young Jeezy with special guest Kevin Gates. Students along with members of the community came out to the concert to support the university during its 100 year Centennial celebration and to enjoy this year’s host, comedian Bigg Sexxy, the opening acts and some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B.
Jonas Vanderbilt, Southern University’s Director of Student Life, said this year’s homecoming was a success and that he wanted to make sure that the students had a great homecoming concert.
“We looked at a couple of different artists. Of course, pricing makes the difference, and we wanted to make sure we got some big names, said Vanderbilt.” “Students voted to have a bigger fee and we wanted to get as many people as we can within a tight budget.” We wanted to make sure that our homecoming was better than everybody else’s ended Vanderbilt.”
After the locals performed, the high-profile Atlanta rappers Migos took the stage and performed singles from their ‘No Labels II’ mix tape such as “Ounces”, “Freak No More”, and “Birds”.
After their performance, group-mate Offset said they feel blessed to perform at Southern University.
“Its a blessing and a great opportunity. It’s an HBCU, so this is kind of our crowd that like our type of music.”
Quavo and Takeoff, the group’s other members, said Southern had a great crowd and they want to come back to perform again.
“It was crazy out there. They turned up and we just killed the stage like we always do. We have to come back.”
Jeremih, singer-songwriter-producer, said that he loved Southern’s crowd and how they vibed with him on stage.
“It was great. This was my first weekend off so we flew out here this morning and I had a blast on stage. The performance ‘Don’t Tell Em’ was crazy and a lot of my old records they knew so I had a good time”
Some of Jeremih’s older hits includes ‘Birthday Sex’, ‘Imma Star’, and ‘Down on Me’.
Nelson Burton, a freshman criminal justice major from New Orleans, said that for his first year at Southern, they put on a great show this year.
“The event was very, very exciting and they showed out this year.”
As the surprise artist Kevin Gates made an energetic and well-welcomed entrance while performing some of his hit singles.
Gates said that his personal connection to the university is the students and Southern family that attended to see him perform. “It was a beautiful experience [performing at Southern University]. Everyone in that audience is my family.”
As the last performer, Young Jeezy put on a dynamic show performing hits such as his latest ‘Me OK’, ‘Put On’, and ‘Go Crazy’. Unfortunately, Young Jeezy was unavailable for comment as his manager was handed lawsuit papers upon Jeezy’s stage departure. According to TMZ, Young Jeezy is being accused of stealing his summer hit ‘Me OK’ from a song called ‘13 Shots’ by Wisconsin rapper Christopher Syrrakos also know as Big Chris.