Tickets went on sale this morning at 11 a.m. for the Nas concert at Syracuse University, and students started lining up several hours earlier than that. The first person in line got their around 8:30 a.m., and he said the lines started getting long around 9:00 a.m.
Although the rapper Nas has a controversial album, titled, "The 'N' Word"(except it's the actual word) coming out on April 22, students seem to be all for it. Many students said they have no problem with Nas using the album title because they believe he is proving a point, and has a right to freedom of expression.
Syracuse Schine student box office did not originally limit the number of tickets each student could buy and many people took advantage of it. The first five students in line bought, 10, 20, 40, 5, and 10 tickets respectively. Immediately after that, the box office supervisor implemented a 10 ticket limit, and then five minutes later changed it to four tickets.
Many students said they planned on reselling the tickets for a profit, and they might just be able to do so. The box office sold all 1500 tickets by 2:00 p.m., and the line was still wrapped all the way around Schine student center.
The concert takes place on April 18, and will kick off the weekend for Greek Unity Fest, which will also include a step show featuring historically black sororities and fraternities on April 19.
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