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New Orleans was the place to be this weekend as the city hosted Essence’s epic music festival. Beyonce, Solange, Brandy, LL Cool J, Tamia, Janelle Monae and more all hit the stage for the weekend-long event. But what keep our eyes swooning was the fashion throughout the weekend. Check out the absolute best and worst […]

Essence Music Festival

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I should preface this diary by sharing that I’ve attended Essence Music Festival four times in the last six years and it is by far one of my favorite weekends of the year. If it were not for the Taste of Chicago (Chicago being my hometown) I would hands down attend Essence Music Festival every […]

A few months back we reported that Naturi Naughton was cast in the new NBC drama “The Playboy Club,” which wasn’t a total shocker after her cameo last season on “Mad Men” as a Bunny club waitress.  We bumped in to Naturi over the weekend at the African Pride Beauty suite where she gushed about […]

Kanye West created magic Saturday night stealing the show at the Essence Music Festival. West took stage after Jill Scott to an ecstatic New Orleans Superdome crowd surrounded by what appeared to be at least 50 dancers, fireworks, smoke and a seemingly flawless catalog of hits. The audience was on their feet by his third […]

Essence Music Festival brought out an all-star performance line-up over the weekend, but the real party happened backstage in The Belvedere Lounge where the stars and VIP’s made their way for a drinks and chatter. We caught up with Shaunie O’Neal on Friday night who had some choice words and faces to make about “Messy […]

Usher headlined his first Essence Music Festival in New Orleans this weekend.   Surprisingly this was Usher’s first time playing the main stage due to his hectic summer tour schedule over the past several years.  Usher told the media he “did about 1000 crunches” to prepare for the show.  He added, “I mean this is Essence, […]