An Asher Roth and B.o.B. concert at Virginia Commonwealth University is stirring up controversy with a local anti-drug group.
“Having this artist come to the campus normalizes inappropriate, illegal and unhealthy behaviors,” said Denise D. Miller, president for the Regional Drug Free Alliance and chairwoman for the Parents Council of Commonwealth Parenting, specifically of Asher Roth.
“It also lowers the expectations for the students,” added Miller, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Roth and B.o.B. are scheduled to perform at a Back To School Jam concert on August 28 at the Siegel Center. The $100,000 asking price for the event was especially disappointing to Miller, who believes the actions condoned by Asher Roth are inappropriate.
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Adele McClure, president of the Monroe Park Student Government Association, said that the programming commission, responsible for choosing the artists, did so by soliciting input from students via various social media networks and surveying. McClure thought of asking Asher Roth to not perform his hit single, “I Love College,” but thought that it would be detrimental to the show. “If he was singing any other song, people would be like, ‘Who is this guy?'”
Hannah Badaway, a senior at the university, fails to see an issue with the choice of performers. “Honestly, I think it’s fine. He’s an artist. He can sing about whatever he wants, and people should be smart enough not to do all of that and let it get to their grades. You should know not to do that every single day.”
Concluded Badaway, “On the weekends, it’s fine.”
