If you thought the traffic problems were caused by President Obama in Center City, you were dead wrong. By the time Rush Hour hit at 5PM, President Obama was comfortably in the Convention Center pressing the flesh and talking up Joe Sestak. What you did encountered was hundreds, maybe thousands of Trey Songz fans who came to get a glimpse or a graph from their favorite R&B crooner at FYE (Broad and Chestnut Streets) where he was supposed to sign his new CD between 5PM & 7PM.
I came upon the scene at about 5:45PM, after Trey had been whisked away.
Far more people showed up than expected.
Even after Tre Songz drove off in his SUV, most fans were in disbelief and continued to rush the store in hopes of seeing him. This insanity shouldn’t have been a surprise to Tre as earlier in the day he shut down a Baltimore store for the same thing, too many fans, he tweeted.
Now Obama did move about the City. At around 6PM he made his way over to the Pyaramid Club were he met with several cash cows””Tickets to that event were $10,000 to $30,400, and the dinner was expected to raise $1 million for the party, according to a DNC official. Sans teleprompter, the president referred to note cards as he began. “I’m getting older so I have to make sure I have a card so I don’t forget anybody.” He thanked Sen. Arlen Specter (D.,Pa.), who was present, for his “extraordinary service,” and noted the presence of Sen Bob Casey (D.,Pa.), Rep. Chaka Fattah (D.,Pa.), gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Obama referred to Sestak, who apparently was at the event earlier but had to leave: “That’s a smart thing to do, go out and get votes.”
The police began disbursing the crowd, and they did an amazing job. I guess they’ve had a lot of practice after the Phillies World Series riots, and then the recent Flash Mobs.
I love how these girls are stylin’ it. Very hawt, especially the girl in purple. (I was surprised the cops didn’t give me a problem taking pictures. Try and take a shot over at the Apple store where they constantly shut me down.)
Trey’s new CD, Passion, Pain & Pleasure was released this week, and as you can see his star is rising. I can’t imagine that he’d come back fro a signing into a little venue like FYE. You might have to catch him with Usher when he appears at the Wells Fargo Center on 12/16/10
The police broke out these magic wands and banged them on news cans, and trees, using harsh language like “get the hell out of here or your getting maced or thrown in the paddy wagon.”
Eventually the crowd moved towards City Hall, and sure enough moved away from the shopping corridor of Center City; some of the crowd went to the left of city hall, to the right and down the center. It really split them up and quelled the situation. I was late for a gig so my story ends here. (In the video above you see “the paddy wagon” pull up, and the cops basically say who ever doesn’t obey will be thrown in.)
8 replies on “PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TREY SONGZ SHUT DOWN CENTER CITY AT RUSH HOUR (the cops shut down a potential flash mob)”
I got caught in the mob of Trez-whoever fans. What a disgrace, especially during a visit from the president. Those kids did nothing but act like wild animals, caused traffic jams, and cheered on fights. They had no respect or regard for other ppl driving/walking through the city. Shame on them and their parents, who obviously didn't teach them how to act appropriately in public. Hopefully your blog will bring some awareness to this repeated problem and prevent it from happening in the future.
I can't believe what you've posted. To go to such lengths to show your viewers how you really feel tells me you're nothing but a bigot. Now I see how much of a RACIST you really are! NOT one mention of anyone being hurt or injured was reported in the media. So why post multiple video clips of teens fawning over a celebrity you have no interest in?? I don't recall you posting any other VIDEO CLIPS on this site, but as soon as BLACK TEENAGERS flood CC's FYE to get a CD autographed by one of their R&B idols, you go on the negative and post this B.S!!! And you whites claim blacks always play the race card. It's situations like this that call for it.
The city is so small that any gathering of any group seems overwhelming when in actuality it's not. For you to make such a big deal out of this tells me your the coward type. People like you are liars, close minded and only see what they want to see. In other words … BIGOT! You seem to know very well how to promote 'lily white' affairs while denigrating possibly everything involving people of color. So what we have here is when a group is majority comprised of blacks, you see the negative, when it's whites, you accent the positive. RACIST!! The last time I checked, there was a white man who was just arrested for molesting boys. There was just a sentence of a white man who tried to burn down Gamble&Huffs building. I know blacks commit crimes too, but do you just see blacks and not whites? What about the group of white thugs who killed that innocent white guy in citizen's bank park parking lot last yr?
Had you posed video clips of your other affairs, I wouldn't be writing this now. But since you went there, I could no longer hold my tongue. I could care less if this isn't posted, you'll get to read it anyway. Shame on you, racist! I wish you need the help of someone of color when you most need it and they deny you of it.
WOW that must have taken you a long time to write. 1)I shoot a lot of people & celebs that I don't care about but I know my readers enjoy them, so I make the sacrifice. 2) I shoot & video lots of mob scenes, just two weeks ago I shot Kendra Wilkinson's book signing, and mentioned her FANactic fans, who were willing to fight the B&N Mgr to get closer to her. 3) I photographed the night the Phillies won the World Series and people wrecked the City. 3) During one of the videos yesterday I told several young girls to be careful as drivers in the cars may be getting frustrated with all the fans. Plus if you listened I asked them what was going on, what I didn't write or show were the videos of the fights, should I post them now? One occurred at 15th & Sansom right in front of the Public Defenders office. 4) the first video I posted was a song by Trayz Song to show why he has such a huge fan base, HE IS HOT!!! 5) the 2nd video is from an African American website did you leave him a message too? 5) just because someone didn't die is not the threshold I consider news. I don't usually shoot hurt and dying people, have you ever seen me cover that?
7) The only thing I did wrong here was allow that comment to be posted above. Sorry, I should have read it before I posted it. But now I'm going to leave them both up.
Now this pisses me off, I never once said riot:
This girl is saying they almost flipped the car over (although I didn't see that happen)This video is a block away from FYE & 2 blocks from where I was. Could you leave them a comment please.
http://sosickwithit.com/?p=17908
Oh wait Perez Hilton wrote about it too.
Why don't you do a twitter and write every person you think done you wrong:
http://twitter.com/#search?q=Trey%20Songz%20philly
Hughe why do you let these people bother you. Everyone knows you always try and do your best. That's why everyone reads you. Please, please don't let the negative nellies bring you down.
Chris
To answer the question by that poster….Yes, he posts other videos. He had a bunch of the Mummers strutting and playing in the parade, for an example, and many others.
Hugh, you are great, don't let someone try and rain on your parade on here.
Had something gone wrong and you were there to cover it, especially if the cops beat on them, she would be the first one praising you.
Roberta
Ridiculous. Did you see how many girls with babies put them in that situation. People are just sick with obsession over celebrities and would bring their kids to an event that is over run with people instead of worhipsing the Lord.