The social/racial effects of poverty are hardly as evident as they are at a Ghostface Killah show taking place in a small college town. One would expect the crowd to be diverse in both color and status, due to the popular nature of anyone coming from a group so big as the Wu-Tang clan. In a college town however, the large majority of interested viewers are going to be white, well-to-do students. This is exactly how the crowd at the WOW Hall was this last Friday. Some were genuine fans of Wu-Tang and Ghostface’s catalog, a few were even fans of Fashawn, but most were just white boys and their girlfriends looking for something, anything to do.
This, of course, isn’t a problem. As long as people are into the music, the event, it should go off without a hitch. For the most part this last Friday, they were.
A very small enthusiastic crowd formed at the front of the stage for the two local acts that began the show. Most of the attendees, however, were in the bar if their age permitted; waiting for the more significant half of the evening to begin. Once Fashawn took the stage, it had. His presence on stage is strikingly similar to how he acts offstage. Not shy to fanfare, and not afraid to push the boundaries of acceptable action. This is to say, he smoked a blunt both backstage, as well as on stage.
Posted By David Hutchinson
