Here’s the first student population project of the year, a lil’ something I launched on the Gram to capture our desire to hold onto summer and also to capture the tones and fresh looks of the new Black Class at USC.

Each photo is paired, of course, to a lyric from Tee Grizzley’s “First Day Out.”

We managed to secure 3/9 Top Photos on Instagram’s #FIRSTDAYOUT hashtag

Here we are:

Something's coming #FIRSTDAYOUT

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Something's coming #FIRSTDAYOUT

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Fellow Trojans book portraits HERE ✌🏾Fall 2017 already poppin' #FIRSTDAYOUT 💌 DM Me‼️

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Don't let them get the best of you #FIRSTDAYOUT

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So let me know what you can handle #FIRSTDAYOUT

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I wanted to capture tones tones tones, all these fresh looks my peers have on #FIRSTDAYOUT

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Those cardinal & gold close-ups #FIRSTDAYOUT

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And that's all I have for y'all. I hope it brightened up your feed, made you smile, made you proud, made you raise your eyebrows slightly in incredulity #FIRSTDAYOUT

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I hope no one’s playin’ on ya downfall,