Flo Rida poses with Big Red after finishing a song during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)

Gallery: Welcome to our house

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, music artist Flo Rida took the stage on South Lawn before a football game against Kennesaw State. Talisman photographers Lauren Howe and Kayden Mulrooney joined the fun as the Hilltoppers welcomed Flo Rida to our house.

Fans hold up letters that spell out HILLTOPPERS on South Lawn before the Flo Rida pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Flo Rida began performing around 5:15 p.m. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
WKU President Timothy C. Caboni stops and takes a picture with WKU students while waiting for pop singer, Flo Rida, to perform on Wednesday, October. 30, 2024. WKU paid Flo Rida $150,000 to perform. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
Allied health major Myles Kurtz laughs after shotgunning a Twisted Tea in the audience before the start of a Flo Rida pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida takes the stage on South lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. before the WKU vs. Kennesaw State football game. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
A fan waves a sign from the audience of a Flo Rida pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida sprays champagne into the crowd on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at a pre-game concert before the WKU vs. Kennesaw State football game. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
Flo Rida holds out his microphone stand into the crowd on South lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30 before the WKU vs. Kennesaw State football game. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
WKU President Timothy C. Caboni claps from the audience as Flo Rida performs during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida wears a custom WKU football jersey during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The music artist threw the jersey into the audience after the show. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Senior Erionna Coleman (left) gestures to the performers to let her on stage during Flo Rida’s pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Coleman was let on stage toward the end of the show. “Going on stage was the best moment of my life,” Coleman said. “I love Flo Rida.” (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida invites the WKU men’s basketball team to the stage during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The team’s first home game is on Nov. 4. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida dances with the WKU men’s basketball team to the stage during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
A supporting vocalist for Flo Rida’s pre-game concert slings water into the audience during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida gives the microphone to a fan for a few words of his song “My House” during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The music artist made his way into the crowd to perform the song. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida performs on South lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30 before the WKU vs. Kennesaw State football game. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
A fan hoists herself over the barricade after being invited on stage at a Flo Rida pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
President Timothy C. Caboni gifts Flo Rida a custom football jersey during a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Flo Rida signs one of his own shoes before placing it in Big Red’s awaiting hands to throw into the audience at the end of a pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
A fan waits to take a photo with Flo Rida following the pre-game concert on South Lawn on Wednesday, Oct. 30. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
Trash litters South Lawn following Flo Rida’s pre-game concert on Wednesday, Oct. 30. “It’s like this every game,” Grounds Crew member Jeremy Bowling says. “If they have a big game, this is our job.” (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)