My street beatin’ kicked off Thursday night at the Pageant with Lil Uzi Vert. For those wondering who he is, Uzi’s an underground trap star that pulled a sold-out crowd that looked like they belonged at a Fifth Harmony or Justin Bieber show. They came straight from seventh period to stand in line too. The show itself was especially lit even though the content of the concert from Uzi wasn’t hittin’ on much. Smitty and Kimmy Nu set it off and local rapper A-Game got a taste of what it’s like to be a star the way the crowd turned all the way up for his set. The energy level went to the moon and back for the main attraction. Uzi came out hopping around and basically abandoned the actual rap element of his show. It didn’t matter, because the fans sang every.single.word. as he got into his “trap salsa” dance moves. He hopped across that stage with a shoulder shimmy and that grapevine/cha-cha-cha combination that used to be inserted into aerobics just to throw me off beat. I can’t say I was impressed, but it was fascinating to watch those kids so captivated.
