Lil Uzi Vert wanted to make sure his hair looked good. There were only a few weeks left before he headlined a show at the Wells Fargo Center alongside other major performers like SZA, G-Eazy and Meek Mill. So he visited his go-to barber at Mecca Unisex Salon on Cecil B. Moore Avenue near 15th Street. A couple weeks later, he returned to North Philadelphia to pop wheelies while riding an ATV on Broad Street. “He’s a people person, he’s approachable, he’s welcoming,” said Henry Collins, the salon owner. He added the rapper is easy to talk to and has visited the salon about twice a month for the last year. Between showing up at an off-campus party in May and performing at the Liacouras Center last December, the 2018 “Top New Artist” Grammy nominee and Billboard Hot 100 rapper Lil Uzi Vert appeared several times on Temple University’s Main Campus over the last year. Last month, he live-streamed himself on Instagram riding an ATV down Broad Sreet, through Main Campus, across Cecil B. Moore Avenue and in front of Morgan and White Halls. Several students tweeted about his excursion. Rap Access, a hip-hop news Twitter account, speculated the ATV ride was a part of a music video shoot. A picture the account tweeted showed a videographer recording Lil Uzi Vert with a handheld camera. Richard Park, a junior advertising major, was walking to catch the subway when a friend texted him Lil Uzi Vert was at Mecca in October…. [Read full story]
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