Rapper Snoop Dogg and pop singer Daya will stop by UF this fall.
The two artists will perform at Gator Growl, UF’s Homecoming pep rally, which will take place Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. on Flavet Field, said Millie Llanes, the event’s executive producer. Student tickets are $15, and general public tickets are $25. Tickets can be bought on Ticketmaster through gatorgrowl.org or at the University Box Office.
Gator Growl organizers announced the names of the artists Friday night at New Student Convocation, a yearly event that welcomes all new first-year UF students.
Florida Blue Key, an honor society, is hosting the event, and Student Government Productions is paying the artists, Llanes said.
SGP chairman Alex DesRosiers said SGP has not finalized paperwork yet, so he cannot release the exact amount it is paying the artists.
“As for the talent selection process, we did it carefully and with great excitement,” DesRosiers wrote in an email statement.
Last year, SGP paid a combined total of $230,000 for four acts — country duo Maddie & Tae, pop band Timeflies, rapper Waka Flocka Flame and electronic band Passion Pit, according to Alligator archives.
Llanes said the Gator Growl student organizing committee selected the artists after surveying students on campus — they talked to students as they went through Preview, talked to representatives from multicultural organizations and polled students while they were studying around campus.
Organizers also looked at Spotify charts to see what’s popular, said Llanes, who will oversee Gator Growl for the second consecutive year.
“Based off of what’s available, we create lists, and then we see what would work best for us and the student population,” Llanes said. “And if alumni also like it, that’s brownie points.”
This year’s event was inspired by a ’90s wave of nostalgia, so Snoop Dogg, who released “Gin and Juice” and “Who am I (What’s my Name?)” in that decade, seemed like a good fit, Llanes said.
“I feel that we got an artist that transcends generations,” Llanes said.
Grace Martine Tandon, who is known professionally as Daya, is a singer from Pennsylvania whose main hits include “Sit Still, Look Pretty,” and “Hide Away.”
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