Black and Yellow bash

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Little 500 weekend is on its way, and so are the many concerts associated with it. Mr. Green and Yellow Lil Wayne might be the Union Board concert and one of the most prolific rappers now, but Mr. Black and Yellow Wiz Khalifa is making his mark in the music world as well, and not just in rap but also in hip-hop dance music.

Bloomington and Wiz had ties before he became world famous and was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. 

Wiz came to Bloomington two years ago when he was the opener for Young Jeezy. Wiz even covered for the fraternities a year later by performing after Fabulous and Twista canceled.  

“He came out with no shirt and a backpack on,” said Derrick Cowit, Zeta Beta Tau member and All Around Entertainment concert coordinator. “Normally a person would leave a concert like that angry, but I left impressed, wondering who he was.”

A year later he is now the headliner for this year’s ZBT/Sigma Alpha Mu Little 5 concert.

The Wiz Khalifa concert is a part of the Campus Consciousness tour and will take place in the Sammy lot at 1500 N. Jordan Ave.

“It’s going to be a great show,” Cowit said. “I consider Wiz to be a dance hip-hop fusion. It’s the type of music for people who are laid-back and down to party.”

Cowit has had a lot of experience planning concerts. His company All Around Entertainment helped bring Snoop Dogg to the ZBT/Sammy lot last year. If people enjoyed the concert last year, they are sure to have a good time this year, Cowit said.
 
A big factor of the concert is also Campus Consciousness, an organization dedicated to putting on concerts and bringing environmental issues to college campuses around the world. 

The concert will not only have music to party, but it will also have booths to inform people on staying green and recycling bins to keep the lot clean. 

“I personally believe that Wiz is such a different rapper than Wayne that I think it will be great to get people to see both concerts the same week,” ZBT member Zach Silverberg said.

So if you’re down to party and want to learn how to be a little more green, the concert at the parking lot of ZBT and SAM is the place to be.