Students have expressed mild but mixed reactions regarding Social Programming Board’s Tuesday announcement that Philadelphia rapper Chiddy Bang will headline this semester’s fall concert.

The semesterly concert, historically held in the Gargoyle, was held at the Pageant last spring. This year, however, it will take place on Mudd Field on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m.

Despite garnering name recognition, students are split on their feelings towards the artist, citing a perceived lack of relevance. The duo released its last album in 2012, but has since become a solo act.

“I haven’t really heard anybody mention Chiddy Bang since middle school,” junior David Gruskin said. “So I don’t have particularly strong opinions [on the artist] one way or another.”

Sophomore Arjun Sridhar echoed Gruskin’s sentiment.

“He’s alright, I like one of his songs but that’s about it, so he’s nothing really special,” he said.

Despite the lukewarm reaction toward the artist himself, students were excited about the concert’s new location.

“I really feel like the move to Mudd Field could be great,” sophomore Jack Stephens said. “It’s a way more open space like WUStock or WILD and I think those are usually really fun experiences.”

SPB Concerts Director and senior Dylan Minnick noted that this may be because the choice to move the concert was informed by student feedback.

“We really learned from our survey for this event that there’s really a large interest in outdoor, festival-like shows,” he said. “I personally really like, for example, what WUStock does, and I think this is a really great step to try to mirror a larger, festival style atmosphere with this show.”

Despite the outdoor venue, senior and SPB president Rahool Bhimani added that the concert is not intended to replace or make up for fall WILD, which was controversially canceled for the fall semester in order to free up more funding for presidential debate programming.

“We’re not assuming this is WILD,” he said. “It’s not going to be the same scope of that show production-wise, talent-wise or atmosphere-wise.”

Bhimani said he is excited for hip-hop to return to campus.

“I’m very excited to see a hip-hop artist because it’s been awhile since we’ve had one come to campus,” he said. “We’ve done rock; we’ve done DJs. So, I’m really excited about the genre.”

Minnick added that Chiddy Bang was a standout among the possible options released last spring for students to vote on.

“I think Chiddy was definitely the standout among our options,” he said. “He really brings a lot of energy to the stage, so I’m really excited about that.”