*As tradition connoisseurs get able to placed on their flyest suits and kicks, the 2023 ESSENCE Competition of Tradition™ offered by Coca-Cola® is rounding out its night live performance sequence with a night-by-night line-up of musicians, performers, and Hip-Hop and R&B legends on the New Orleans’ Caesar’s Superdome.
This yr’s competition marks our first-ever, all-Black ladies in Hip-Hop headliner line-up of Ms. Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott and Megan Thee Stallion, which has been beforehand introduced. Competition-goers can try the complete star-studded line-up by buying single-day tickets, in addition to weekend packages, on sale now at www.ESSENCEFestival.com.
On Friday, June thirtieth, Ms. Lauryn Hill will headline and take music lovers again 25 years, when the long-lasting 5x Grammy-winning “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album dropped, with a really particular efficiency to have fun its milestone anniversary.
Attendees may also anticipate to see extremely anticipated performances from a number of the pioneers of Hip-Hop curated by Doug E. Recent together with Large Daddy Kane, EPMD, KRS-One, and Slick Rick. As well as, hitting the stage that evening will probably be performances from Tems, Tobe Nwigwe, Jagged Edge and Ari Lennox, hosted by Deon Cole, and musical sounds by DJ Clark Kent.
Saturday, July 1st, will you’ll want to present attendees tips on how to ‘work it’ as the primary feminine in Hip-Hop to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, Missy Elliott, graces the middle stage for a can’t-miss efficiency! From Philadelphia to the French Quarter, an injection of Philly Soul will pierce by way of this yr’s competition, when the one and solely Jill Scott rocks the mic, to convey some Brotherly…and Sisterly Love.
West Coast All-Stars Ice Dice, DJ Quik, Ice T, Yo-Yo, Woman of Rage, J.J. Fad and E-40, will remind, and present, town of New Orleans that California is aware of tips on how to get together. Jermaine Dupri will curate a particular “The South Bought One thing to Say” efficiency highlighting a number of the largest Hip-Hop artists from the ATL with Ludacris, T.I., Gucci Mane, Lil Jon and Large Boi.
The second evening within the live performance sequence may also embrace R&B hits from Monica and Coco Jones, hosted by Affion Crockett & Spice Adams, with DJ Child Capri on the Wheels of Metal.
To shut out the competition’s night live performance sequence on Sunday, July 2nd, 3x Grammy Award-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion, will hit the stage and get attendees in the correct temper for a ‘scorching woman summer time’! Radio icon Angie Martinez is bringing a golden celebration of the ladies who modified the face of Hip-Hop and influenced tradition with a curation of performances by Eve, Salt-N-Pepa, Remy Ma, Trina and New Orleans’ personal Mia X. Afrobeats hitmaker and Grammy-award profitable artist Wizkid will be a part of the closing evening together with R&B songstress Muni Lengthy and Nigerian singer-songwriter Kizz Daniel, hosted by Abbott Elementary breakout star Janelle James with throwback jams and remixes, to maintain the get together going from DJ Spinderella.
However, nah, there’s extra.
Like Hip-Hop, the ESSENCE Competition of Tradition™ offered by Coca-Cola® is extra than simply the music. Whereas attendees embark on a celebration of Hip-Hop’s wealthy historical past throughout phases, there will probably be one thing for everybody in New Orleans and just about, that can get the folks going. From the ESSENCE stage itself to the Meals and Wine Competition to applications selling well being and wellness to discussions about love and relationships to the ESSENCE Movie Competition to BeautyCon, even an ESSENCE Spades Event, there will probably be loads for attendees to expertise all through the four-day occasion, which kicks off June twenty ninth. So, faucet into your inside B-Lady, seize your 54-11’s, and be part of this once-in-a-lifetime occasion to offer a birthday toast to a style born within the concrete and, by way of its pavement, grew into a world shifting entity that impacts all features of individuals’s lives. The 2023 ESSENCE Competition of Tradition™ is offered by Coca-Cola® and main companions, AT&T, Disney and Goal.
Attendees can discover competition info, join updates, and buy weekend packages or single-day tickets at www.ESSENCEFestival.com. Be part of the dialog on social @ESSENCEFest or expertise the competition just about on ESSENCE.com.
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