R&B superstar Usher has joined the high-profile headliners of the 2011 Essence Festival. The singer will perform on the main stage in the Superdome on the festival’s opening day, Friday, July 1, along with Charlie Wilson and Jennifer Hudson. Kanye West headlines Saturday, July 2 along with Jill Scott and Chaka Khan, and Mary J. [...]
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Alicia Keys and More Added to Essence Music Festival Lineup
February 23, 2010 – 12:29 pm
The Essence Music Festival continued to beef up this year’s lineup of stars, adding singer/pianist Alicia Keys as a headliner at the Independence Day weekend festival. Keys released her fourth studio album this past December, riding on the success of her guest turn on the Jay-Z hit, Empire State of Mind. Keys was not the [...]
Essence’s Changing of the Guard
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In early 2008, Stephen Rehage received a surprising message. “I randomly got an email asking if I could go to the Essence offices for a meeting. I did, and that’s where it all started,” says Rehage, the head of concert promotion company Rehage Entertainment. That meeting was where Essence Communications told him of its decision [...]
