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Essence Festival is returning to New Orleans, LA’s Caesars Superdome for three days of food and wine, film and most importantly, music.And this year’s lineup — which is celebrating Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary — is a doozy.Kicking off Friday, June 30, major stars Lauryn Hill, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, KRS-One, Slick Rick, Jagged Edge and Ari Lennox will perform.Then, on Saturday, July 1, icons Missy Elliott, Jill Scott, Ice Cube, DJ Quik, Ice T, E-40, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, T.I., Gucci Mane, Lil Jon, Big Boi and Monica are set to take the stage.Finally, on Sunday, July 2, Megan Thee Stallion, Eve, Salt N Pepa, Remy Ma, Trina and Wizkid close the multi-day musical extravaganza.Plus, comedians Deon Cole and “Abbott Elementary” star Janelle James are set to bring laughs all weekend long.Best of all, you can get in for fairly cheap.While three-day passes cost $446 before fees on Vivid Seats, single-day passes can be found for as low as $64.That’s where the hack comes in.By buying single-day passes to one or more days rather than the multi-day pass, you can save big.Need to know more information before committing?We’ve got all the details you’re looking for and more below.All prices are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the cheapest tickets available for this year’s Essence Festival can be found right here.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Thania Garcia The ASCAP Experience will be hitting the Avalon in Los Angeles on June 21 for its first in-person iteration since 2019 to celebrate, educate and connect aspiring songwriters and composers. The informational event will host an impressive lineup of chart-topping creators such as Sarah Hudson (Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello) and Leon Thomas III (Ariana Grande, Rick Ross), rapper and producer Hitmaka (Big Sean, Nicki Minaj), singer-songwriter and producer Steph Jones (Selena Gomez, Kelsea Ballerini), songwriter and producer Darrell Brown (Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes), producer Neff-U (Justin Bieber, Sia) and more to be announced. Formerly known as the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, the 2023 ASCAP Experience boasts a stacked schedule of curated motivational and informative panels about songwriting and music-making. This year’s panels are “The Hitmakers,” “Social Listening: Building a Music Career in the Social Media Age,” “Get Heard: Live Song Feedback,” “Writers Jam,” and “Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” a special conversation with some of the genre’s most influential contributors.

Diddy and Jermaine Dupri will finally be participating in a Verzuz battle. Last August, the two hip-hop execs agreed to battle it out outside of Verzuz after Timbaland and Swizz Beatz filed a lawsuit against Triller for non-payment.

Diddy and Jermaine Dupri are reportedly set to face off in a VERZUZ battle this year in New York City.VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format. In 2021, the rights for the series were sold to Triller, who livestream the events on their app.Though the date hasn’t been confirmed by VERZUZ, a video circulating on social media appears to show Diddy revealing that he’ll go up against Dupri on September 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York.According to HipHop-N-More, the video was originally posted by Busta Rhymes on Sunday.

Maya Jama looked incredible as she showed off her abs in a pink bikini while on a luxury getaway. Taking to Instagram Stories, the Love Island presenter, who recently wowed in a 90s mermaid-like denim dress, shared a video as she danced in her hotel's bathroom mirror to the song Sweetheart by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey. Going makeup free, Maya, 28, oozed confidence and wrote alongside the clip: "The healthiest & most at peace I've ever felt tbh." Maya told her followers that her two-piece bikini was by her friend's brand Strait the Label, as she added: "She's launching sooon." The star - who has not disclosed her holiday location - also made sure to clear up that she didn't suffer a wardrobe malfunction.

Ashanti and Nelly may be having a breakup-to-makeup moment! Over the weekend, the rapper and the singer were spotted together multiple times in Las Vegas. In a clip obtained by, Nelly, 48, and Ashanti, 42, held hands as they walked through T-Mobile Arena on Saturday during the Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia fight.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Hulu is adding three new titles to its growing lineup of original docs: “Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told,” “Queenmaker: The Making of An It Girl,” and “The Jewel Thief.” “Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told” “recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage,” per Hulu’s description. “Can the magic of Freaknik be brought back 40 years later? Executive producers include showrunner Geraldine L. Porras and director P Frank Williams, as well as Jermaine Dupri, Luther Campbell, Peter Bittenbender and Melissa Cooper for Mass Appeal, Eric Tomosunas for Swirl Films, Terry Ross and Alex Avant. Nikki Byles and Jay Allen are producers.

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Gellert, who oversees original programming at WEtv, is leaving the AMC Networks’ cable station.

The star-studded 2023 Essence Festival of Culture line-up celebrates hip-hop’s 50th anniversary.

Usher has ended his three year hiatus with new single ‘GLU’. Check it out below.Ahead of his highly-anticipated ninth studio album, Usher’s new track marks his first solo release in three years after 2020’s heartfelt 2020 ‘Bad Habits’.

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have settled their recent lawsuit with Triller following claims of non-payment after the sale of their VERZUZ series.In August this year, the US producers sued Triller for $28million (£23million), claiming that the video platform owed them £23million and had been defaulting in previously agreed payments.The rights for popular entertainment series VERZUZ – which pits musicians, songwriters and artists against each other in a head to head rap battle style – were sold to video-sharing platform Triller last year.In the lawsuit seen by Billboard, it claimed that while the pair received payments as planned in January and April 2021, a payment that was due in January this year had still not arrived.A new payment plan was reportedly agreed, but money from that allegedly still did not come through.Now, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have announced a settlement in a press release shared today (September 22). “Verzuz has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” they wrote in a statement (via Pitchfork).“We’re glad to come to an amicable agreement with Triller and continue giving fans the music and community that they’ve come to know and love from the brand.”No financial details of the settlement were revealed.Diddy previously offered his support for Timbaland and Swizz Beatz shortly after news of the lawsuit broke.“Since we ain’t fuckin’ with [Triller] no more, since they’re fuckin’ around with our boys, we don’t need to be going against each other,” Diddy said to So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri (per Rolling Stone).

Janee Bolden A few weeks shy of Jermaine Dupri’s 50th birthday, the super-producer is deep into conversation with Variety about his long history of hits and some of the latest notches on his belt… or about as deep as he can be, with Usher repeatedly calling him to discuss the upcoming album they’re in the last stages of finishing, before Dupri finally tells him they’ll have to catch up the next day. Ironically, Dupri can’t talk to Usher right now because he’s busy talking about Usher — in particular, how their 2004 album “Confessions” became a blockbuster and altered the R&B landscape, whether or not it’s always celebrated by the culture at large as a major game-changer. But there are contemporary accomplishments to discuss as well, like how Dupri is in the middle of a public uproar over his latest contribution to R&B, “If I Get Caught Cheating (That Don’t Mean I Don’t Love You),” from the Canadian duo Dvsn, comprised of singer Daniel Daley and producer Paul “Nineteen85” Jefferies. Immediately after the song was released, it ignited fiery debates about infidelity and toxicity on Twitter that have increased Dvsn’s profile tenfold practically overnight.

“Off the Wall” and Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel.” But more surprisingly, the young artist also took special inspiration from a certain blue-eyed crooner: Frank Sinatra. “It was Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ song that made me think about naming an album ‘My Way,’ ” Usher, 43, told The Post. “My girlfriend at the time was educating me, and she made me listen to it.

Diddy has offered his support for Verzuz co-founders Timbaland and Swizz Beatz in the wake of their lawsuit against social media app Triller.VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format. Last year, the rights for the series were sold to Triller, who livestream the events on their app.In a recent lawsuit seen by Billboard, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz claim that Triller owe them $28m (£23m) and that it has defaulted on previously agreed payments.The suit goes on to claim that while the pair received payments as planned in January and April 2021, a payment that was due in January of this year has still not arrived.A new payment plan was then reportedly agreed, but the money from that has still not come through, the pair allege.“Since we ain’t fuckin’ with [Triller] no more, since they’re fuckin’ around with our boys, we don’t need to be going against each other,” Diddy said to So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri (per Rolling Stone).

“Verzuz” fans won’t be seeing Diddy and Jermaine Dupri battle it out until Triller settles its lawsuit.

It’s Usher’s way in Las Vegas this summer, and he’s hinting at big things to come for Canada, next.

Video: Mariah Carey - With You (Town and Country) Flipping her hair and donning a pair of sunglasses, she joked that she became a "hermit" during the pandemic as she couldn't perform. "This is my first actual live moment (since the pandemic). " She joked that she was "really p**sed" her frequent collaborator Jermaine Dupri was inducted before her in 2018, and noted, "I constantly have to remind people I'm a songwriter.

Megan Fox had a star-studded, sparkle-filled birthday this week. The newly 36-year-old actress joined her fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday before heading to her own celebration immediately afterward. «It's my fiancée's birthday at midnight so we are celebrating her wonderful night,» the  reported from Kelly on the BBMAs red carpet. The couple hosted the event at Tao nightclub in Las Vegas, where they were joined by Mary J.

Bobby Brown is giving fans an intimate look at his tumultuous life in a way he never has before. The 53-year-old R&B music star and his wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, opened up to ET's Nischelle Turner ahead of the singer's new A&E docuseries, , premiering May 30.The two-part seriescharts the GRAMMY winner's rise to stardom and the fallout from his struggles with sobriety and the deaths of his two children, Bobby Jr. and Bobbi Kristina, and first wife, Whitney Houston. In addition to Bobby, the documentary features new interviews with friends and family, including Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Keith Sweat, Babyface, New Edition’s Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe and Johnny Gill. «To revisit them was really therapeutic,» Bobby said regarding the darker moments in his life.

Cause for celebration! After The Batman broke box office records, star Robert Pattinson partied at Los Angeles nightclub Warwick with girlfriend Suki Waterhouse, Usher and Jermaine Dupri. According to Variety, the mega-hit movie grossed $128 million in its debut. It’s the best opening weekend of 2022 and the second biggest pandemic-era premiere right behind Spider-Man: No Way Home.

tied the knot during a fairytale ceremony on 2.22.22 and it was just as magical as it looked. The newlyweds spoke exclusively to ET’s Denny Directo about their big day. “It was the first look,” Da Brat says about the moment they laid eyes on each other. “When I turned around and saw her carriage, I was like 'Oh my God, you look so beautiful.'” “We finally got to see each other,” Dupart says.

Da Brat is married!

Da Brat is married!The rapper married her fiancée, Jesseca «Judy» Dupart, at Horse Mansion in Georgia on Tuesday in a fairy-tale wedding, complete with a horse and carriage. One hundred guests were in attendance for the event, including Eva Marcille, Porsha Williams and Kandi Burruss.According to, both Da Brat and Dupart arrived at the ceremony in Cinderella-esque horse-drawn carriages. They then walked down the aisle together to «Here and Now» by Luther Vandross.

Bobby Brown has not one, but two new projects coming to A&E. The R&B icon is at the center of the two-part documentary,, and unscripted series, .According to the network, the new documentary will give fans a personal look at the musician’s “journey to superstardom and the fallout from his personal struggles with sobriety and the tragic deaths of his two children and first wife, Whitney Houston.”In addition to Brown, the documentary features new interviews with friends, family as well as Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Keith Sweat, Babyface, New Edition’s Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe and Johnny Gill. “Good or bad, I give you raw and authentic me being me,” the singer says in the trailer.

Janet Jackson, 55, dated Jermaine Dupri, 49, for seven years — and the amicable exes are finally revealing what lead to their unexpected break-up in 2009. The “Welcome To Atlanta” rapper point blank admitted, “me being reckless” in the fourth part of the new Janet documentary on Lifetime and A&E, which aired on Jan. 29. “One of the weird things is that dating Janet is that it attracts other women — girls wanted to talk to me more because I was dating her…and I’m a man,” Jermaine confessed, addressing rumors that he had cheated. The couple started dating in 2002.

A&E Network is taking a deep dive into the life of R&B legend Bobby Brown with a two-night Biography event special and new docuseries.

Adrienne Bailon Houghton (current co-host on the talkshow “The Real”) and Kiely Williams, the trio dropped myriad hits — including “Playas Gon’ Play,” “No More (Baby Ima Do Right)” and “Feelin’ You,” featuring juggernaut producer-rapper Jermaine Dupri. “The music business can be shady — and my experience as a teenager was not good,” she told The Post while hyping “Queens,” her new hit ABC show about the reunion of a ’90s girl group.

There’s nothing wrong with a little friendly competition! Jermaine Dupri, 48, and Diddy, 51, got into it during an Instagram live session with fellow rap legends Fat Joe and Snoop Dogg on Friday September 17. The pair were discussing a hypothetical Verzuz match, where they’d each put their biggest hits up to the test against each other, and things started getting heated, as Diddy challenged Jermaine.

As Fat Joe took on Ja Rule for a Verzuz at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater, Jermaine Dupri felt like getting in the ring. “Somebody let [Diddy] know I’m [at MSG] right now!” tweeted Jermaine, 48, along with a picture of him outside the historic NYC venue.

Ari Lennox has shared the bright new visuals for her latest single, the funky Jermaine Dupri-produced "Pressure." In the video, directed by Chandler Lass, Ari pays homage to iconic divas of the past, including Diana Ross and the Supremes, Donna Summer, and TLC.