Wale and Ace Hood will perform at the Nov. 2 Homecoming concert for a comparatively lower price than last year’s headliner, J. Cole.
The official contract between the Carolina Union Activities Board and Wale and Ace Hood was released Friday to The Daily Tar Heel and states that the performers will be paid $90,000, together, not including ground transportation, hotel accommodations, technical requirements for the performance and onstage hospitality. J. Cole’s contract stated he would be paid $105,000 for the performance.
Both performers requested a number of technical devices for lighting, DJ setup and instruments.
The performers also asked for 24-hour professional ground transportation in the form of two black, tinted-glass large SUV’s, specifically, either an Escalade ESV, Suburban or Yukon XL.
They also required that hotel accommodations be four-star or better. For transportation, the contract calls for eight flights, preferably on Delta Airlines, with one first class ticket and seven coach.
The only hospitality requirements that the University denied were the performers’ requests for five bottles of Moet Rose, four bottles of peach or coconut Ciroc and one bottle of Hennessy, as per a University policy that no student fees or funds of an officially recognized student group be used to purchase alcohol.
Both performers also required the University provide an authentic UNC basketball or football jersey.
Carly Mathews, president of CUAB, said price was less of a factor than it has been in previous years, as a result of the success of last year’s Homecoming concert.
“Every single year, there are a few different factors that we need to take into account. There’s always availability — if the artist is available, especially around the time that we need them; there’s always price range, and there’s always popularity, since Homecoming is the biggest concert of the year,” Mathews said.
