This past Saturday marked the 2nd day of the 2008 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Home-grown star Estelle was among the performers (pictured above with Bryan Michael Cox and Matthew Knowles above), as were LL Cool, Solange ,Musiq, Patti Labelle and Christette Michele. Check out the pics: 
Beyonce made a brief appearance to support her younger sister Solange as she took to the stage. See her pictured below with nephew Daniel:
What do you think of the pics?
I was there over the weekend nd had a great time..