Via Wash Post
Yardfest, the annual afternoon-long hip-hop concert held on the quadrangle at Howard, went quiet not long after 3 p.m. when D.C. and university police responded to reports of fans rushing the gates. “It has created a public-safety hazard,” said Officer Paul Metcalf, a D.C. police spokesman. For at least two decades, Yardfest was free and open to the public, making it one of the hallmark events of Howard’s homecoming weekend. But this year, organizers made the concert a ticketed event, charging $5 for each patron. Most of the people left outside the closed gates did not have tickets, though it was possible some ticketed patrons got caught in the raucous group.Video posted on the Internet showed young people crowding a gate and some climbing over walls to get inside.
After the incident, Howard University sent out a notice on Twitter that the concert would resume once people “outside of Yardfest calm down.” The concert started again about 4:30 p.m. with a performance by Detroit rapper Big Sean. Juicy J and A$AP Ferg were on the bill, but the concert ended shortly after 6 p.m.
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