Lauryn Hill’s set at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans was late, but it wasn’t her fault. The “Ex-Factor” singer performed to a near-empty crowd at the Caesars Superdome on Saturday ...

Essence Festival is defending Lauryn Hill after event delays led her headlining set to start much, much later than originally anticipated. The eight-time Grammy winner was originally scheduled to ...

When Ms. Lauryn Hill finally hit the stage to close out the first night of the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture’s evening concert series, it had already reached the wee hours of the morning. However, ...

Lauryn Hill is slamming the narrative surrounding her 2025 Essence Festival of Culture performance delays over the holiday weekend. The "Killing Me Softly With His Song" hitmaker took to social media ...

Lauryn Hill wants to clear her name after facing backlash for her delayed performance at the 2025 Essence Festival. Over the weekend, the "Doo-Wop (That Thing)" singer played for a nearly empty ...

Singer, unable to perform in the Palestinian territory, cancels Israel concert. — -- Lauryn Hill has canceled her concert in Israel three days before she was scheduled to perform after trying to ...

Lauryn Hill has addressed backlash over her delayed Essence Festival set, calling the public response “nonsense” and insisting the holdup wasn’t her fault. She thanked “Essence for clarifying that the ...

Representatives for the 31st iteration of Essence Festival are taking the brunt of the blame for Ms. Lauryn Hill’s extremely late set time during the first night of the four-day festival this past ...

Drake brought Lauryn Hill on stage at Wireless Festival in London for a rare live duet just days after her delayed Essence Fest performance. Drake stunned the Wireless Festival crowd in London on ...

Essence Fest takes the blame for Lauryn Hill's late performance. Essence Festival is stepping in to ease the pressure off Lauryn Hill, who performed later than scheduled through no fault of her own.

Lauryn Hill has addressed the complexities of her Essence Festival performance, which saw her perform in the early hours of the morning to a shrunken crowd. On Saturday (July 5), the eight-time Grammy ...