When Donald Glover released his sophomore studio album "Because of the Internet" back in December of 2013, fans later anticipated a tour.
The Deep Web Tour kicked off February 28th in Santa Barbara California and on April 4th, made its stop in Tallahassee Florida.
After FSUNews released information of Childish Gambino's performance on February 11th, I immediately informed my close friends about his concert. Sadly, most of my friends were not advocates of the former "Community" actor turned rapper, nor did they want to pay a fee for his show.
On the day of the concert I ran into a Florida A&M University student who was unaware of Gambino's performance later on that night. I was baffled by his ignorance mainly because he seemed to be someone who was up to par with the music scene, but when I arrived to the concert, I then realized the presence of FAMU students was almost non-existent. I was fully aware that the event was funded by Florida State's own student government, but it was held at the public Tallahassee Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.
In my opinion, Childish Gambino is a well known rapper. Students at Florida A&M University would have attended his concert, but tickets were $35 to the public compared to FSU students who were only charged $12 with a student ID.
If the concert was free, everyone in Tallahassee Florida would have had some knowledge of the event. Take for example the Kendrick Lamar concert which took place in 2013 around the same time. Florida State's Langford Green was at its capacity admitting students from FSU, TCC, FAMU as well as non-students. Compared to Childish Gambino's concert, Kendrick Lamar's was not really considered an FSU event. It may have been held on FSU grounds, but the public definitely out weighed actual FSU enrolled students. If Florida State found space to be an issue, then putting their students at an advantage solved their problem. The only redundant aspect was their choice of location, Tallahassee's Civic center, which has the biggest capacity of any arena in the Florida Panhandle seating up to 12,100 people and that's not including the ground level.
When a $35 concert is not as convenient as a $12 concert, the word will not get around. On the bright side, the concert was amazing and Childish Gambino put on a great performace. Most important, Florida State fulfilled its goal of putting on an event primarily for FSU students.
