essence fest

So if you have been to Essence Fest  you know there is a main stage and then you have the smaller acts in the Super Lounges… around  the basement or side of the Super Dome… well why did they put Xscape in the small Super Lounges? Needeless to say it was packed and everyone wasn’t […]

Roland Martin and NewsOne Now were on hand to capture the sights and sounds of this year's Essence Festival.

Is Elle Varner trying to tell us that she's going to be on 'Empire?'

"God has afforded me a platform to stand on this stage and I better make use of this time."

Just when you thought you couldn't love Usher more.

Roland Martin caught up with Charlie Wilson during this year’s “Essence Fest.” Uncle Charlie broke down the secret to his success in the music business…

Anthony Anderson talks with Roland Martin about his upcoming ABC sitcom “Black-ish” and his Food Network show, “Food Fest Nation” during this year’s Essence Festival.…

#TeamBeautiful spent the 4th of July holiday in New Orleans at Essence Festival and in between jamming to an amazing concert lineup that included the epic…

2013 marked the comeback for good, quality Black films and “Essence” magazine is showcasing them in March 2014 issue. Gracing the cover is “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave” and “Fruitvale Station” standout Michael B. Jordan. The magazine released a video that gave fans a behind-the-scenes […]

KISSDETROIT – Chaka Khan, just like her fellow Chicagoan Kanye West, performs a very personable set when she interacts with the audience. While at the Essence Music Festival Khan performed what she referred to as her ‘baby daddy song’. The actual title of the song is ‘Pack My Bags’ This next song I call my […]

Kem opened up day 3 of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. While performing “If It’s Love” Kem brought out New Orlean’s own Ledisi to cover what Chrisette Michele’s part from the original studio version of the record. Check it out below! SOURCE: @ITSYAGIRLAC ALL ACCESS PASS Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:312,p:”1763″,s:1402415,tbid:”421″}); MORE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL COVERAGE: […]