Waka Flocka returns to Stonehill for spring concert

Note: This article has been updated to replace the word "altercation" with "talk" in paragraph 12

By Jay Ghiorse

Waka Flocka is returning to Stonehill College on March 28 for the spring concert. 

“I can’t wait,” said Lauren Cullity, 25. “I wish I could buy my tickets today.”  

Sean Joyner, '25, said he is also looking forward to the concert. “I’ve been a fan for a long time. It’s good that this is finally happening,” he said. 

The positive vibes by Cullity and Joyner surrounding the return of Waka Flocka mirror those in the Stonehill community back in 2016.  

That concert took place on April 8, 2016, in the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex and students flooded into the building.  

When Waka Flocka took center stage, the crowd was electric. Students danced, cheered, and sang along. “The place was going nuts. They stayed until the very end,” said Sophomore Michaela Bottino.  

Reactions from students at the time backed that up. 

“Waka Flocka is going to be huge,” Anthony Donato, a senior at the time, told The Summit in 2016. 

Another senior in 2016, Serge Jean Baptiste, agreed at the time. “I can’t wait to have them for my senior year,” Baptiste told The Summit at the time. 

However, beneath the exhilaration may have been some underlying tensions. 

“I never found out what happened, but there was an issue,” said Bottino. 

This talk led to the belief by some students that Waka Flocka would never return. According to Bottino, it had something to do with the lyrics.

Whether it be an isolated incident or a cultural divide, it’s clear that the students of Stonehill loved his performance.