But while in The Big Easy for the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture, I discovered at least one surprising addition to the ...

Lauryn Hill thanked the 2025 Essence Fest for taking responsibility for her late set time at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, ...

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The singer says scheduling issues and "lack of technical preparedness" negatively impacted both her show and attendees' ...

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Essence Festival of Culture is taking responsibility for Lauryn Hill's performance ending after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5 ...

The Essence Festival has taken responsibility for a Lauryn Hill performance that saw the hip-hop legend take the stage at ...

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The organizers of Essence Fest don’t want you to be miseducated about Lauryn Hill.

Essence Festival is taking the blame for Lauryn Hill's set being delayed until the wee hours of Friday night (July 4), when ...