So Sophisticated: The Arts at PSU: MMG Concert

On November 4th 2012, I went to Maybach Music Group, a.k.a MMG, concert at the Bryce Jordan Center. MMG consists of rappers Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Wale. They were the headline acts for the show and up and coming rapper, Machine Gun Kelly, was the opening act. DJ Scream was the host DJ for the night. When my friends and I arrived to the BJC, our tickets got upgraded because there were plenty of seats available near the floor. We were pretty happy about that because we would be sitting in $70 seats that we only paid $20 for. As we made our way to our seats, there was a huge crowd on the floor and on the side seats. DJ Scream was spinning recent songs and everyone was singing along and having a good time. After DJ Scream finished warming up the crowd, Machine Gun Kelly made his way to the stage. He performed songs off of his new album Lace Up including “Wild Boy”, "Invincible", and "Stereo". MGK even jumped into the crowd and went crowd surfing. He looked like he was having a lot of fun performing on stage. After that, Wale came out and performed some of hits. I’m personally not a fan of him so I didn’t pay his performance any mind.

When Rick Ross came on stage, I immediately jumped out my seat with excitement. He had on a custom Penn State navy jersey that had “Ross” on the back and “Penn State” on the front. He said he loved Penn State and that everyone in attendance are future bosses. He then performed “Hold Me Back” and got the crowd jumping. He also performed songs off of his recent albums and mixtapes like “Diced Pineapples”, “So Sophisticated”, “Hustlin”, “Bag of Money” and “Stay Schemin”. Up next was Meek Mill and once again, my friends and I jumped out of our seat with excitement because he is from Philadelphia. Meek Mill came out to “Flexin” which is off of his Dreamchasers 2 mixtape and then he sang “Young & Gettin It” which is off of his debut album Dreams and Nightmares. He also performed “Amen”, “Burn”, “Im a Boss”, and “House Party” which are all off of his mixtapes Dreamchasers and Dreamchasers 2. The crowd was going crazy and singing along to every song. When Meek Mill and Rick Ross performed “Im a Boss”, I had a lot of fun singing along with my friends and at that moment we all thought we were bosses. Throughout Wale, Rick Ross, and Meek Mill’s performance, the well known phrase “M-M-M-M-M-M-MAYBACH MUSIC” said by an Australian woman was played.

This concert was crazy and a lot of fun. I enjoyed every minute of it. Something crazy I saw was a girl being escorted out of the arena by police officers and while they were walking, she got loose of their grip and started punching the officers. They officers fought back and were able to regain control of her. Everyone in the stands ran to the end of the stands to see the fight and some people recorded it. After that, a special guest, the rapper The Game, came out and performed “Hate it or Love it”. No one was expecting him to make an appearance so the crowd was pretty surprised. Wale, Rick Ross, and Meek Mill came out one last time to perform a final song and say thank you and goodbye. Flames and confetti shot out as they walked off stage and everyone clapped and taking pictures. PSU students had a great time at the concert and marked this in their book of memories.