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Drake is spending the weekend headlining the Wireless Festival at London’s Finsbury Park, promising three entirely different sets over three nights. Things kicked off Friday with an R&B-focused set ...
Florida Courier contributor Lisa Rogers Cherry and her daughter, Chayla, attended part of last week’s Essence Festival in New ...
ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...
Drake recently returned with “What Did I Miss?,” a track that reflected frankly on his beef with Kendrick Lamar. Last night the rapper performed at the Wireless Festival in the UK and brought out ...
Drake brought Lauryn Hill on stage at Wireless Festival in London for a rare live duet just days after her delayed Essence Fest performance.
The surprise highlight of the night was Drake bringing out Lauryn Hill, whose performance of “Ex-Factor” transitioned into ...
After clips from of her ESSENCE Festival 2025 performance that ended at nearly 4 a.m. went viral, ESSENCE came to the defense of the hip-hop veteran Ms. Lauryn Hill. Though Hill developed a reputation ...
Taking to social media, Essence Festival organizers, well aware of the complaints regarding Ms. Lauryn Hill’s set time, ...
Essence executive Richelieu Dennis sat down with columnist Will Sutton and Dr. Ashonta Wyatt to discuss the criticism surrounding the Essence Festival of Culture. Dennis is the executive chairman of ...
Grammy-winner Lauryn Hill chipped in this week when her headline set at the Essence Festival in New Orleans was almost two hours late. She was to take the stage at 12:35 a.m. but she did not start ...
Lauryn Hill is shutting down rumors that the R&B legend does not care about showing up late for her performances. The singer ...
Lauryn Hill has addressed backlash over her delayed Essence Festival set, calling the public response “nonsense” and ...