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Essence Festival 2008
When
03–JUL 06, 2008
Where
New Orleans, Louisiana
Country
United States
HAPPENED
18YEARS
42Artists
4Days
03–JUL 06, 2008
Poster and artists
Lineup
From the headliner to the act you discovered at four in the afternoon.
42 artists
Per row
Ye (Kanye West)
×3RAP
Mary J. Blige
×15R&B
Keyshia Cole
×3R&B
Chris Brown
Patti LaBelle
×9SOUL
LL Cool J
×6
Grandmaster Flash
HIP HOP
Angie Stone
×5
Solange
×4Maze (DJ)
×16Jill Scott
×9
Estelle
×6
Musiq Soulchild
×3
J. Holiday
Raheem DeVaughn
×4
Ledisi
×7
Mint Condition
×7
Terence Blanchard
Chris Rock
The Time
×3
Christian Scott
Rebirth Brass Band
×9
Frankie Beverly
×14
Cupid
×3Bamboula
Big Sam's Funky Nation
×3Chrisette Michele
×3Gil Scott-Heron
Irma Thomas
×5Venue
Documented venue and location for this edition.
Venue
Venue
New Orleans, LouisianaUnited States
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Roar, young musicians, roar. Open your ears and open your hearts. Have an iron confidence, but doubt: that keeps you awake. Stay hard, hungry and alive. And when you walk on stage tonight to make noise, treat it as if it were all we have.
Demographics of Essence Festival 2008
Which countries the artists at this edition come from.
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Artists
0
Countries
- 01Estados Unidos0
- 02Barbados0
- 03Argentina0
- 04Reino Unido0
7 artists in the lineup do not yet have a documented country in the archive.
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