Gucci Mane will headline Block Party 2018, University Union announced Friday. The Atlanta-based rapper will be joined by R&B singer-songwriter SZA and DJ Medasin in the Carrier Dome on April 27.

Presale tickets for full-time Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students will be available online starting Monday at noon through Wednesday at 11:45 p.m., according to a University Union press release. Tickets start at $20 for first, second and third level general admission reserved seating and $25 for general admission floor access. Tickets for the general public, which go on sale Thursday at noon, are $44 each per the release.

A valid SU/ESF ID is required for pre-sale ticket purchase, and a maximum of two tickets is permitted per ID. All tickets will be sold online via Ticketmaster, and students can get the discount by entering their nine-digit student ID number as an offer code, per the release. Tickets will be available for pickup from April 18-20 at the Carrier Dome.

Doors for the annual concert will open at 6:30 p.m. Block Party follows Mayfest, a daylong event typically held in Walnut Park. UU has yet to announce Mayfest’s headliner.

Gucci Mane has collaborated with artists including Drake, Mariah Carey, Young Thug and Rae Sremmurd. His 2016 collaboration with Rae Sremmurd on “Black Beatles” provided the rapper with his first No. 1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

SZA was nominated for five Grammys in 2018 and performed her song “Broken Clocks” at the awards show. Courtesy of University Union

SZA’s debut studio album “Ctrl,” which was released last year, debuted at No. 3 on the US Billboard Top 200 and went on to gain platinum status. The Missouri-based artist was recently featured on the critically-acclaimed “Black Panther” soundtrack, singing “All the Stars” with Kendrick Lamar.

Electronic DJ Medasin has remixed popular tracks on Soundcloud including Post Malone’s “I Fall Apart” and “Wild Thoughts” by DJ Khaled, Rihanna and Bryson Tiller. The 19-year- old will perform at Lollapalooza this year in Chicago.

The Dallas-based DJ will perform at Lollapalooza in August along with Travis Scott, who headlined last year’s Block Party. Courtesy of University Union

Previous Block Party performers include Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper and The Chainsmokers.

Published on April 6, 2018 at 12:07 pm

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