Friday night, Nick Cannon and the Wild ‘N Out crew made their way to the Enterprise Center to give fans a live taste of the iconic MTV show audiences have laughed at over the years. Cannon kicked the night of laughter off with a teaser pre-show performance showcasing some of his artists including New Black Squad, and show regular, Justina Valentine on his Ncredible label.
Once the pre-show performances concluded, Wendell Covington Jr., president of Matthew Dickey’s, presented Cannon with the first ever—Wendell Covington Jr. award for his social activism and the he role played during the Michael Brown Jr. protests. Afterwards, Meghan O and the rest of the Hot 104.1 squad kept the crowd entertained and hyped up between the pre-show and headlining acts.
As guests waited for the show to begin, clips of previous shows were played throughout the arena. Once the lights dimmed, a video clip of I Am Zoie flashed across the screens with him telling the crowd he would not be attending in one of his infamous, “Hey Friend FaceTime” videos—only to appear on stage and give the crowd a live performance of his “It’s Friday” renditions he regularly displays every Friday on his Instagram page.
Keeping the crowd on their feet, Zoie brought out Nick Cannon, giving the crowd yet another reason to go wild again. Cannon took to the stage and introduce cast member, DJ D-Wrek along with the St. Louis Wild N’ Out girls that were chosen. The show commenced with Cannon bringing out hip-hop artist, Young Dolph—the first act of the night. Dolph got the night of fun started, performing his popular songs like “Get Paid” and “100 Shots.”
Shortly after Dolph exited the stage, Cannon returned to get the crowd riled up once again—bringing out the entire Wild N Out cast. Once all the cast were introduced, they transitioned into classic Wild N Out games such as “Turn Up For What,” and “Pick Up and Kill It” to keep the crowd on the edge of laughter. And if that wasn’t enough, comedians Emmanuel Hudson, Rip Michaels, and Chico Bean gave riveting and hilariously funny individual sets that not only poked fun at and paid homage to St. Louis, but kept the crowd engaged, and gasping for air as they laughed throughout the night.
Although the cast is predominantly male, showstopper and the only female member of the cast—Justina Valentine proved she was a forced to be reckoned with as she delivered witty comeback after comeback towards her male counterparts. Remaining true to his exuberant personality, I Am Zoie even got in on the fun with Justina as he threw flirtatious jokes and comments towards his cast mates.
Attendees were gifted a look into St. Louis’s own Hitman Holla legendary freestyle skills as he, along with Conceited and other cast members had freestyle battle during another Wild N Out popular game, “Let Me Holla,” where they try and use their best pick up line on a young lady from the audience. Though, the game started out with a gentleman from the crowd, it ended with cast members proving show is indeed original and unscripted.
The night progressed with an up close and personal performance of The Wildstyle game. Cannon kicked the round off with other cast members, Bobb’e J Thompson, Karlous Miller, Charlie Clips, and Matt Riffe.
As the show wrapped up, the cast pulled guests onto the stage to play the last classic game of the night, “Family Reunion.” Each cast member led an audience member to the front of stage—introducing them as a family member and saying something funny. Just when you thought the night couldn’t get any funnier, Rip Michaels end the game with snatching off the wigs of a game participant and her friend. Instantly, the crowd went wild as laughter echoed throughout the building.
Cannon ended a great night with a performance by the one and only Rick Ross. Ross appeared on the stage and perform favorites, “I’m A Boss,” “Pop That,” along with other classics from his trap catalog.
