Ms. Lauryn Hill and Megan Thee Stallion.Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty, Denise Truscello/Getty
“Guys, you know you better watch out” —Ms. Lauryn Hillis set to headline the 2023ESSENCE Festival of CulturealongsideMegan Thee Stallion!
In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, rapper Doug E. Fresh will put together a lineup featuring some of the genre’s performers for a special performance, while rapper and music executiveJermaine Dupriwill take the stage alongside several Atlanta musicians to commemorate his So So Def record label’s 30th anniversary.
Additional musicians set to perform at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture include “Essence” singer-songwriterWizKid, Grammy winnerMonicaand rising R&B starCoco Jones.
Comedians including Deon Cole, Affion Crockett, Spice Adams andAbbott ElementarystarJanelle Jameswill deliver performances during the festival, whileDJ Spinderella, DJ Kid Capri and DJ Clark Kent will keep the music going with DJ sets.
Jermaine Dupri, Coco Jones, Monica.Shareif Ziyadat/Getty, Joe Scarnici/Getty, Prince Williams/Wireimage
The festival will be held from June 29 through July 3 in New Orleans, with the aforementioned performances going down from June 30 through July 2 at the Superdome. Tickets are currently on sale, with information available at theESSENCE Festival of Culture’s website.
Holmes continued, “As we gear up to celebrate the ‘50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop’, we couldn’t think of a better way to honor the contributions the genre has made on global culture and the impressions that these artists and their deep musical catalogs, which we all know so well, have been ingrained into the fibers of our day to day lives.”
More performers for the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture will be announced soon.
source: people.com
