Essence Fest
Essence Festival Sets Record Straight On Ms. Lauryn Hill Performance
Ms. Lauryn Hill hit the Esseence Festival stages at around 2:30 AM local time on July 5 but organizers say it was no fault of her own.
Mia X Calls out Master P Over Alleged Essence Fest Appearance
Mia X is undoubtedly one of the most recognized lyrical soldiers from No Limit, second to Fiend, but it appears that the First Lady of No Limit won’t be hitting the stage for the No Limit tribute at Essence Fest—and she’s making it clear why. Taking to Instagram, Mia shared the news with fans that […]
Vice President Kamala Harris To Attend Essence Fest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The annual Essence Fest will get a little more star-studded in its return this upcoming weekend as it has been confirmed that Vice President Kamala Harris will be attending. According to reports, the Vice President will appear at the festival celebrating Black excellence this Saturday (July 2nd) in New Orleans, Louisiana. This will be the first time that she has attended since 2019, during her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for President. Harris will appear in a panel on the main stage along with other members of the Biden presidential administration that night, which will coincide with a concert performance by Janet Jackson at the Superdome. She had reportedly made a personal request to the festival organizers to attend, give...
Nicki Minaj & Janet Jackson Announced As Essence Fest 2022 Headliners
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Essence Fest is back, and to celebrate, two of the biggest artists on the planet will be headlining. Nicki Minaj and Janet Jackson were announced as headliners for Essence Fest when it makes its triumphant in-person return to New Orleans after being canceled in 2020, understandably due to the pandemic and going completely virtual in 2021. Minaj and Jackson will be the main attractions of the four-night concert series that will go down at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome from June 30 to July 3. Essence Festival marks the return of the Minaj to the US Festival stage before she heads across the pond for the UK’s Wireless Festival. Minaj has been quite busy as she is full album mode unleashing two new singles on us, “Bussin” and “Do...
Keith Sweat & Bobby Brown Will Have VERZUZ Battle At 2021 ESSENCE Festival
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Louis / Getty Among the R&B giants living today, both Keith Sweat and Bobby Brown have enough hit records between them to go head to head and that opportunity is now presenting itself in epic fashion. The Triple OG vocalists will take on one another at the 2021 ESSENCE Music Festival in a special edition of VERZUZ later on Thursday (July 1). The announcement was made earlier in the week just as a recent VERZUZ event between Soulja Boy and Bow Wow recently concluded. This year’s ESSENCE, presented by Coca-Cola, launched on June 25 and totally virtual due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. VERZUZ, one of the many vital creative properties to emerge from the worldwide lockdown, has shown and proven that the digital broadcast format is a viable e...
