This year, the opening act for the Tigerfest concert, which featured mainstream hip-hop artists Young Thug and Tory Lanez, was none other than Original Student-Artist (OSA) rapper, To3tagga! Antory Cooper, who is known to his peers as Tory, is a senior business marketing major from Dallas,Texas. Courtesy Photo Antory “To3Tagga” Cooper is kills his opening […]
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Astrogang DeeJackson
We don’t play out here is the latest hit single of local rapper Dee Jackson. A Jonesboro, Louisiana native, Jackson knew he wanted to rap from a young age. Jackson is one of eight children and is father to a handsome one-year-old son named Eli. From a young age, Jackson knew he was going to […]
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Don’tcha Know ‘Fraze Siareno’
The Original Student-artist (OSA) Tiawan “ Fraze Siareno” Jenkins of Duval, Florida performed his single “S.M.O. (Shake Me Off)” with fellow artist To3tagga during the opening performance of the Springfest concert last Thursday in the Assembly center. His stage name comes from a time when, “everyone was into naming themselves Sinatra and at one point […]
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Original Student-Artists (osa)
HBCU and Chill with ‘The Collective’ The Collective, is a collaboration of 5 individual artists who “combined forces for a common factor: putting Gram on the map”, says group member Swue of Southside Chicago, Illinois. According to the dynamite singer, they decided to formally unite as a group on the day of the GSU Spring […]
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Students choose the best of GSU
The Student Choice Awards, like always, falls on the Monday of Tiger Fest at Grambling State University. It’s the opening to the festivities for the week, and it’s usually where the upbeat feel of the week comes from, and this Monday was no different. Because of renovations being done at the T.H. Harris Auditorium, the […]
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MTV holds annual awards
The MTV Movie Awards is a film show presented annually on MTV. All of the nominees for the award show are decided by producers and MTV executives, however, the winners are picked online by the general public and fans. This year, the MTV Movie Awards were held on Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. EST […]
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Drone technology helps
Courtesy photo John Frazier prepares to test out his drone to see how high it can go. John Frazier, operator/manager of the Mt. Olive Waterworks System in Grambling, Louisiana, has come up with a new way to inspect the 130 feet overhead water tower storage tank. By using a drone Frazier can see rust spots, […]
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
First round chess tournament to take place Friday, April 15 The Grambling State University Department of English and Foreign Lasnguages will sponsor a Round-Robin undergraduate chess tournament. The first rounds will begin April 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Tiger Express. Department faculty members have donated $100 to serve as prizes, first place […]
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Team looks at GSU’s future
Grambling State University’s President Willie Larkin and members of the Strategic Planning Committee, students from the Student Government Association, alumni, Greek organizations, chapter organizations and those with an interest met on Friday, April 8. The group met in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center to discuss the future plans and possibilities for the university. The […]