Ellie Park, Multimedia Managing Editor

Rapper NLE Choppa will no longer perform at Spring Fling, the Yale Spring Fling committee announced on Friday afternoon. 

In an Instagram post, organizers cited the rapper’s “health complications” as the reason for the cancelled performance and said that they are searching for a new headliner. 

“We know that this is disappointing news for many, and we share in that disappointment,” the committee shared on Instagram. “That said, our team is already hard at work securing a new headliner for Spring Fling 2025.”

NLE Choppa’s cancellation follows a string of dropped performances in recent days, including at Vanderbilt University, where the school’s Programming Board told attendees on April 2 that Choppa would not perform due to “extreme dehydration and exhaustion.”

Yale’s Spring Fling committee did not immediately respond to request for comment. However, in an Instagram post, the committee encouraged Yale students to be on the lookout for further updates and announcements in the coming days. 

Students the News spoke to expressed disappointment at the cancellation and hope that the Spring Fling committee will be able to find an exciting replacement. 

Fidah Kabwita ’26 said that it was “shocking” given the event’s close date. She also shared her optimism that the committee will be able to find an equally popular talent on such short notice.

“I hope Spring Fling can come through,” Kabwita said. “It’s in two weeks and it’s giving very 11:59 due date, but I trust that the committee can pull something together.”

Favour Akingbemi ’26 invited her friends from home to come to the event, and said that she was dismayed at the news. She also expressed hope that the Spring Fling committee will be able to “find someone who is at the same level or maybe better,” even if she is unsure how possible it is.  

In a joint statement to the News, members of the Yale student Band “Clementine,” which performed at Spring Fling’s Battle of the Bands in 2024 and their Tiny Desk series, wrote that NLE Choppa cancelling was “honestly a tragedy.”

Soleil Piverger ’27 said that while she was upset that NLE Choppa would no longer perform at Yale, she was glad the artist was thinking about his health. 

“We were thrilled to have him, but we will be even more thrilled to know he’s in good health,” Piverger said. 

Meka Rucker ’28 said she’s “sad to hear” that NLE Choppa is not feeling well, but noted that he was never one of her favorite artists. A last-minute replacement could be “even more hype,” she added. 

Spring Fling’s most recent cancellation occurred in 2019 when the committee announced three days before the concert that Playboi Carti would replace Lil Uzi Vert as the headlining act.

Last-minute cancellations aren’t uncommon, with Chance the Rapper canceling his 2014 Spring Fling performance just four days before the show.

Last year, Swae Lee headlined Yale Spring Fling.