Singer Trey Songz and rappers Common and Fabulous will take the Florida A & M University stage on April 15 to raise funds to support ongoing efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. But what ticket buyers may not realize is that not all of their dollars will go toward the efforts in Haiti.
Debate over who receives who receives amount has been a constant chatter among senators. Promoter District Seven will have 30 percent of the profit from the concert, despite the original agreement of all revenue going directly to Haiti. The 39th Student Senate voted March 31 not to cancel the Haiti Relief concert.
“When we first wrote the legislation for the concert the senate voted not pay the concert promoter because all profits were to go directly to Haiti,” said author of the Bill, Senator Ricquel Jackson from Tallahassee. “After the bill went through General Counsel, the [FAMU] administration recommended the promoter be paid. So the senate negotiated District Seven’s 30 percent request to 19 percent of ticket sales.”
Although the FAMU administration did make a recommendation to pay concert promotion company District Seven, some senators say things still seem unethical.
“I’m all for FAMU supporting Haiti and for Trey Songz coming to campus, but I do not agree with how it is being done,” said Graduate Senator Jarveal Baker from Winter Haven, Fla. “I feel that we have been deceived and the senate lost its voice…although the majority of senate did vote to pay the promoter it was as if we were being told what to do.
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