The world’s largest traditionally Black school and college (HBCU) homecoming is returning to New York with a sequence of occasions, together with a soccer sport at MetLife Stadium, and an after-party headlined by DJ Envy on September sixteenth.
Raashaun Casey, popularly often known as DJ Envy, is the co-host of the syndicated radio present “The Breakfast Membership” with Charlamagne Tha God. He will likely be headlining the after-party of the HBCU New York Traditional, which is able to happen at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the second-largest mall within the nation.
Casey, the Queens native and Hampton College alum, stated he’s glad to have attended an HBCU and needs to convey the southern HBCU spirit to his hometown.
“Let’s convey the HBCU environment to New York (since) plenty of these college students and other people within the space don’t get to see it,” Casey stated. “Individuals within the south see HBCUs all day. They see the consequences of the Morehouses, Spelmans, Clarks, FAMUs, and North Carolina A&Ts.However we don’t get to see that in New York, … we don’t get this expertise of an HBCU. And with this basic, plenty of college students and lots of people who might not have seen (this environment) earlier than will get to essentially, actually take pleasure in it and see it.”
The after-party for the Traditional may even rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop, the style of music that formed Casey’s profession. He stated making use of the abilities he realized from his enterprise administration and advertising and marketing diploma and coupling that together with his ardour for music led him to a satisfying and fruitful profession.
“As an iconic determine within the New York hip-hop scene, DJ Envy is the proper individual to assist us rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop and cap a full day of HBCU soccer and tradition with fashion,” stated Albert Williams, the HBCU New York Traditional CEO.
Williams stated the occasion would be the largest HBCU homecoming ever since all HBCU alums, future college students, and soccer followers alike are invited and inspired to return to the sport and the occasions main as much as the Traditional.
The occasions will start on Tuesday, September 12, with a breakfast that includes New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams at Sylvia’s in Harlem. The week will host two highschool schooling days in Newark, New Jersey, and Manhattan, NY.
The occasions may even embrace an HBCU-inspired debate at The Apollo, a profession expo, a step present, and a pep rally earlier than the primary occasion of the Morehouse Faculty Maroon Tigers in opposition to the Albany State College Golden Rams and the after-party.
Williams burdened the significance of those academic occasions and consciousness of HBCU faculties within the Northeast. He stated he didn’t know concerning the existence of predominantly-Black establishments till after he graduated highschool and attended St. John’s College for some years.
Williams and Casey hope to share the information and energy that HBCUs maintain and encourage extra younger Black folks to attend these universities.
“We did have a younger man final 12 months that determined he wasn’t going to school.. He spoke to our girl that runs our profession honest. And lo and behold, he utilized to (roughly) six faculties, 4 of them have been HBCUs, and he determined to go to Morehouse,” Williams stated. “In case you attain one mission completed, we need to attain many.”
Williams stated the group expanded its occasions in comparison with final 12 months on account of elevated funding and consciousness of the Traditional. He stated the sponsorships from Google, Walmart, and different giant corporations present a invaluable funding of money and time into Black communities.
When it comes to the sport’s final result, Williams stated he thinks the scoreline will likely be attention-grabbing, no matter which group wins. Morehouse is coming in with a lessthan-favorable document after their (1-9) general document final season. The group was additionally held scoreless within the earlier 12 months’s inaugural sport in opposition to Howard College, dropping 31-0. Conversely, Albany State is coming off a 7-3 document final season and has dominated Morehouse over the previous decade, successful 11 video games straight since 2010 over Morehouse.
