As the lights dimmed in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, the ground shook with students rising from their seats and introductory music reverberating through mega speakers attached to the ceiling. From the stage, a white fluorescent streak of light emerged through the smoke, crossing to point into the crowd. Then, from the wings, the long-awaited star of the night emerged.
“Oh man, University of Florida, what’s poppin’?” Joey Bada$$ yelled into his microphone, kicking off his set for the night as well as the start of the Fall semester.
Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux took to the stage to play a UF student-only concert at the O’Connell Center Wednesday night.
Lorenzo Vasquez
Lorenzo Vasquez is a third-year marketing major and a staff photographer at the Alligator. He is also a student sports photographer for the Florida Gators UAA department. You can find him lifting heavy circles at the gym or working at one of his three other jobs.
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