Essence Festival 2022: Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart, & New Edition to Headline

Published: Thursday 3rd Mar 2022 by Sam

The Essence Festival of Culture is back and looks set to blaze with a dynamic line-up comprised of a number of titans.

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Moments ago, organizers for the New Orleans extravaganza announced the line-up for the festival’s comeback edition after two years on the bench due to the global health crisis.

And Essence has assembled an Avengers level list of names for its return.

For, Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart, and New Edition have been unveiled as headliners and will each perform across the June 30 – July 3 spectacle.

Other acts performing during the multi-day event include Jazmine Sullivan, Summer Waker, Chloe x Halle, and The Isley Brothers.

The line-up is fire!

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  1. Shayla Queen™ 👑 March 3, 2022

    No Cardi! SCREAMING 🤣

    • Party in my Holes 🎉 March 3, 2022

      No Mary old h** screaming lol DC, go cry in the corner

      • Dc March 3, 2022

        Mary has done essence 11 times holds record dumb b i t c h

      • Dc March 3, 2022

        Mary booked n busy shooting power making 400,000 per episode running a production company , promoting her wine brand , working on movies , a boot line recording and album with Dr Dre so kiii and laugh at that dumb a s s f a g g o t broke
        b a s t a r d so kiiiii away

    • Dc March 3, 2022

      Y’all dumb b i t c h e s are pathetic haters really sad to hate on multimillion dollar stars all you have to look forward to is making jokes on a blog sad life

    • Dc March 3, 2022

      Well when you found out that cardi makes 1 million per show for American shows and 2 million per show overseas where you screaming then to ??????????

  2. Pat March 3, 2022

    Chi the Queen n plus I never seen Nicki live. *checks flights

  3. What would Whitney do March 3, 2022

    Nicki look beautiful in that picture

  4. Khiayoncé March 3, 2022

    Meh…except for Janet, D-Nice, NE, and Nicki

  5. Party in my Holes 🎉 March 3, 2022

    No Normani screaming! Lol

  6. Diabetes UNBOTHERED March 3, 2022

    I’m excited to see what Kevin Hart will perform. Can’t say the same for Grandma Nikki and Granny Janet. & NO Bruno Mars & NO cardi?

    • Kenny March 3, 2022

      Shut up fat b****

  7. Dc March 3, 2022

    Weak lineup essence caters to grown n s*** not no lil f a g g o t barbs gtfoh

    • Yo Pappy and Yo Maw March 3, 2022

      I thought Nicki was a granny?

    • akathexfactor March 4, 2022

      Y’all haters big mad lol, Nicki selling out concerts unlike ya fav! 🤣💋

  8. Keith March 3, 2022

    If they put Janet and Chloe X Halle on the same day, I MIGHT have to move some money around!!!!

  9. March 3, 2022

    nice.

  10. UHoesFunny March 4, 2022

    Cardi couldn’t even sell her UK tickets 💀 so of course they didn’t add her to the lineup. She was using Nicki as clout to sell her Saturday and Friday 🤣🤣🤣 gone try to bundle it as (Fri+Sun & Sat+Sun) PATHETIC. I thought Nicki was washed?!! Now what?!! 👂🏾

    • akathexfactor March 4, 2022

      💯

    • Flyyy March 5, 2022

      Literal faaaccttss.

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