UPDATED: Feb. 5, 2014, 10:43 p.m.

Rapper J. Cole will perform at the Carrier Dome on March 21 in a concert presented by the Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma at Syracuse University.

Tickets will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. through ticketmaster.com and at the Carrier Dome Box Office. SU and SUNY-ESF students can purchase tickets for $15, and tickets are $30 for the general public, according to the Post Standard.

Presale tickets are available from Thursday until Feb. 12 at midnight.

The Post Standard reported that doors for the show will open at 6:30 p.m. that night, with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. R&B singer Elle Varner will open the show.

Phi Beta Sigma organizes a concert every spring semester, said Ayinde Emers-George, vice president and public relations chair of Phi Beta Sigma. The 2012 and 2013 performers, Fabolous and Big Sean, respectively, sold out Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center, he said.

The fraternity wanted to book a large show at the Dome this semester to commemorate its 100th anniversary, which was Jan. 9, he said.

“I wanted to try to get something together that was more special and that a greek organization hasn’t done on campus,” Emers-George said.

Cole’s album “Born Sinner” was released in June 2013 and reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart. His song “Power Trip” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

Cole previously performed at SU in December 2010, Emers-George said.

Published on February 5, 2014 at 2:50 pm