The Brooklyn-based rapper Koncept performs in the Campus Center Ballroom Monday for Hip-Hop Night. Koncept performed all of his own work and collaborated with his partner and DJ, J57. He has also worked with rappers Macklemore, Ty Dolla $ign and Pharoahe. Koncept’s charismatic stage presence evoked enthusiastic audience participation. / photo by Bailey Maguire
The Inland Empire-based indie pop band The Hayds performed last Thursday in the Campus Center Ballrooms before a small but enthusiastic audience of about 20 La Verne students.
The Los Angeles area was overflowing with concerts this summer. As a Los Angeles resident, I was ready to go into the online waiting queues for tickets, no matter how many hours it took, since there were so many artists I loved coming to town.