ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...

Lauryn Hill has addressed backlash over her delayed Essence Festival set, calling the public response “nonsense” and ...

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In a new statement, Hill thanked the festival for “clarifying that the delays were not my fault” and pushed back against what ...

The Essence Festival was given a lot of comparisons to dumpster fires this year, and there's a surprising reason why.

Taking to social media, Essence Festival organizers, well aware of the complaints regarding Ms. Lauryn Hill’s set time, ...

Columnist Will Sutton and Dr. Ashonta Wyatt, sat down with Richilieu Dennis, executive chairman of Sundown Media Group, to discuss the recent Essence Festival and moving forward.

Essence Festival is stepping in to ease the pressure off Lauryn Hill, who performed later than scheduled through no fault of ...

The “Ready or Not” singer may not fit into today’s music economy, and she may not be actively trying to be relevant, but her name carries weight.

Maplewood native Lauryn Hill took the stage at 2:30 a.m. July 5 for her Essence Festival headlining set in New Orleans ...

ESSENCE Fest 2025 brought out the biggest stars including Lauryn Hill, GloRilla, Keke Palmer, Muni Long and more brought their A game to the stage in Louisiana. Keep watching for the full breakdown of ...

Lauryn Hill and Stephanie Mills are slamming the narratives surrounding their performance delays during Essence Festival.