This is the second story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the first night of Essence ...

In tiaras, cowboy boots and thrifted T-shirts, festivalgoers used style to celebrate identity, joy and community.

Essence Festival is taking the blame for Lauryn Hill’s set being delayed until the wee hours of Friday night (July 4), when ...

Essence Festival has deserted its longtime fans, argues Minnesota-based guest columnist Sheletta Brundig. She stopped ...

Essence Festival is defending Lauryn Hill after event delays caused her performance to start at 2:30 a.m. and saw her sing ...

Essence Festival ended with very late Boyz II Men, Master P sets; the show in New Orleans' Superdome concluded at 3 a.m.

After Lauryn Hill closed out the opening night of Essence Festival in the wee hours of Saturday morning, festival organizers ...

Lauryn Hill performed for a handful of fans in the middle of the night, hours after she was originally scheduled to take the ...

Hip-hop icon and No Limit Records founder Master P officially closed the chapter on his music career with a celebratory ...

The Maryland Governor, who was a guest speaker on the panel “Power, Policy, and Possibility: A Conversation with the First ...

Essence Festival organizers have taken responsibility for a concert that ran so far behind schedule that Lauryn Hill wound up ...

According to attendees, Hill didn’t hit the stage at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans until 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning ...