Their Instagram page probably isn’t an accurate representation of the crowd. They’re obviously only going to post the shock value shyt that’ll get likes and reposts.
I went yesterday. It is a VERY ACCURATE representation of the crowd. I was with my girl, and we seemed hella outta place. There were very few straight black men there, so any single brotha could probably make a come-up if he chatted up some girls and played along with the Blavity shyt.
I am probably one of the least homophobic people on the coli, but even I was taken aback at just HOW gay the event was. I didn't have a problem with it... I just guess I hadn't been exposed to that environment before, so it shocked me at first.
My main problem with the festival was that there were TOO MANY MOTHERFUKKING PEOPLE!!!! I love live music, but I guess festivals are not for me. We wanted to see The Internet, Miguel, and Daniel Caesar. We ended up missing Miguel, so we could get a decent spot to see The Internet. Usually, crowds at Alt-R&B concerts are very chill, but this crowd had my girl and I ready to smack a few people. Everyone was packed like sardines and people had the nerve to keep trying to push through to the front, knowing damn well, there was nowhere to go. We literally had people pressed up against us in all directions. Then, they only had one exit open, so you had to wait in line to fukking leave!
Daniel Caesar and The Internet both performed very well, but I'll stick to seeing my bands in intimate venues, from now on. We went to Afropunk strictly for the music, and not the fukkery. Unfortunately, the fukkery outweighed the music.
We only bought Saturday tickets, anyway, so we didn't go back today.
I see pictures of young black folk enjoying themselves
