While musicians like Jill Scott, Maxwell, Master P and GloRilla rock the Caesars Superdome each night during the Essence ...

Acclaimed New Orleans bounce artist Mia X has canceled a scheduled appearance at Essence Festival, citing a lack of respect ...

Black leaders in business, media and policy including many based in New York, will converge on New Orleans next week for ...

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Mia X says she will not be taking the stage during Master P’s final performance at. In a series of Instagram story posts shared Sunday nigh ...

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Essence Fest closed out its 30th year in New Orleans Sunday night, and officials say the two entities "ain't breaking up.". Why it matters: Essence expected to bring about 500,000 people to town with ...

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Floating down the Mississippi River in one of New Orleans’ legendary steamboats, I felt overwhelmed with gratitude. I had come The post Diary of my first Essence Fest: How 4 days in New Orleans ...

Essence fest, now 20, ... NEW ORLEANS — In years before, Kanye West started his evening at Essence Festival on a scissor-lift in the middle of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, ...

Floating down the Mississippi River in one of New Orleans’ legendary steamboats, I felt overwhelmed with gratitude. I had come to my first Essence Fest for work, but the “festival of culture ...