For its last show of the semester, Bandersnatch Music Series decided to ditch the indie shows it’s been known for and go in a new direction – rap.

Bandersnatch chose rapper Styles P for its second and final concert of the semester. The self-proclaimed ‘best hardcore lyricist in the game’ is a departure from other indie-rock bands like Earl Greyhound, Shiny Toy Guns and Matt Wertz, who headlined Bandersnatch Music Series concerts earlier this year.

‘We thought it would be a really good thing to put Bandersnatch on the map as well as change the stigma that it’s only an indie music scene,’ Deniece Holley, co-president of the Bandersnatch Music Series, said.

The show, sponsored by University Union Concerts, is April 2 at 8 p.m. in Schine Underground. Student tickets are on sale now at the Schine Box Office and are $5 with student ID. Tickets for the public will not be on sale for another week or so, said, and will be $10. Holley said.

She hopes to have a large turnout for Styles P, despite the fact that the show is an 18 and older performance.

‘We wanted to try and do something a little different,’ Holley said. ‘Our first show was Matt Wertz, more of a singer-songwriter, pop acoustic kind of act – it was a great show. And it was a little different from the previous semesters. And we were like ‘Wouldn’t it be so sick if we could get Styles P?’ He’s really a famous hip-hop artist.’

Styles P grew up in Yonkers, N.Y. alongside longtime buddies rappers Jadakiss and Sheek Louch, who later formed the hip-hop group D-Block. In the past, Styles P has worked with some of the biggest names in the hip-hop world, including Ghostface Killah, DMX and Akon.

‘Our first show was the first seated show since (Co-Director of Concerts) Sterling Proffer was the president,’ Holley said. ‘So we did something different there. Now we’re doing hip hop, and this is the first big, recognizable hip-hop name that Bandersnatch has had aside from Matisyahu (in 2005).’

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Published on March 17, 2008 at 12:00 pm