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#Empire Season 2 Casting: Kelly Rowland Lands Spot as Lucious Lyon’s Mom!

Jul, 7 2015 | Written by ATLien

Kelly Rowland posed for the photo above as she attended the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans this past weekend.

Rowland was all smiles for good reason… it seems that she’s one of the many celebs who nabbed a spot on the 2nd season of the hottest show on television right now… EMPIRE!

[READ: Empire Season 2 Video Sneak Peek! Lee Daniels Reveals Chris Rock and More in Prison w/Lucious!]

Rowland joins a long list of A-listers who will be making appearances i.e. Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keys and more.

More photos of Kelly Rowland at Essence + details about her new EMPIRE role below… Continue Reading…

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Usher & Sons Tour New Orleans After Essence Music Fest Performance… [PHOTOS]

Jul, 7 2015 | Written by ATLien

After a successful performance during the 2015 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Usher Raymond stuck around a few extra days to spend some quality time with his two sons and his fiance, Grace Miguel.

The Raymonds, joined by a few friends, embarked on a gator tour in the ‘Big Easy’ yesterday (July 6, 2015) and Usher shared photos online of their adventures.

They also took a tour of Mardi Gras World, the NOLA tourist attraction that houses the the magic featured on the fabulous floats of Mardi Gras.

Check out Usher and friends as they snap a few memorable snapshots and also peep their faces as they get up, close and personal with a few swamp dragons in the photos below… Continue Reading…

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StraightFromTheA GiveAway! Win Tickets to The 2015 Essence Music Festival… #ESSENCEFEST

Jun, 16 2015 | Written by ATLien

The 2015 ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® was once a 3-day concert but last year, in commemoration of it’s 20th anniversary, the popular music festival turned into a 4-day extravaganza featuring performances from several of your favorite artists.

[FLASHBACK: Backstage w/New Edition – ESSENCE Festival 2011 (PHOTOS + VIDEO)]

For 2015, the ESSENCE Festival® jumps off with the ESSENCE® Now Playing presents KevinHart’s WHAT NOW? Tour concert on Thursday night, July 2, 2015. Laugh along with comedian Kevin Hart, plus music from Grammy Award-winning R&B artist Trey Songz as well as Grammy Award-winning rapper, Lecrae.

[FLASHBACK: Fantasia Rocks The Stage at 2012 Essence Festival (PHOTOS + VIDEO)]

The rest of The Festival will be filled with free events, surprise cameo performances, crowd pleasing DJ sets by Doug E. Fresh, plus special tribute moments to celebrate the city of New Orleans during the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Maze featuring Frankie Beverly.

[FLASHBACK: Keyshia Cole Hits Main Stage at 2013 Essence Festival (PHOTOS + VIDEO)]

The nightly performances will feature favorites like Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Charlie Wilson, Beenie Man and The Zaga Zow Band, Erykah Badu, India.Arie, Common, and many more.

Of course reading StraightFromTheA.com has it’s benefits and I’m proudly presenting one lucky reader with a pair of tickets to the popular music festival and it’s VERY easy to win.

Details on how to win tickets to the 2015 Essence Music Festival below… Continue Reading…

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StraightFromTheA GiveAway! Win Tickets to The 2014 Essence Music Festival…

Jun, 20 2014 | Written by ATLien

The Essence Music Festival was once a 3-day concert but in commemoration of it’s 20th anniversary, in 2014 the popular music festival is now a 4-day extravaganza with performances from several of your favorite artists.

Headliners include Nas (Thursday), Prince (Friday), Mary J. Blige (Saturday) and Lionel Richie (Sunday), with performances by Nas, Trey Songz, Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott & more.

Reading StraightFromTheA.com has it’s benefits and I’m proudly presenting one lucky reader with a pair of tickets popular music festival, which is held 4th of July weekend in New Orleans.

Details below… Continue Reading…

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Keyshia Cole Hits 2013 Essence Music Festival Main Stage + Returns For Beyonce Performance… [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Jul, 9 2013 | Written by ATLien

Keyshia Cole and her adorably baller boo Daniel “Booby” Gibson were spotted hugged up on many occasions during the 2013 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans last weekend (July 4-7, 2013).

The 3 day music event attracted over 40,000 concertgoers each night and Keyshia, who was a featured performer on the mainstage of the Mercedes Benz Superdome on Day 2, partied each night alongside the likes of Deborah Cox, Tamia and Kelly Price.

Beyonce hit the stage as the headliner on Day 3 and a few of you messy naysayers anxiously anticipated Keyshia’s every move. Yeah… we all know how she feels about Bey’s “Bow Down” single:

[FLASHBACK: Keyshia Cole is Here For Beyonce’s “Bow Down” Single… ]

But as I said then, many of you are totally wrong in your assessment of the situation and quite a few of you were shocked to hear that Keyshia and her hubby were front row center cheering Queen B on with the rest of the concert goers:

Kinda put a damper on all those Beyonce Stan’s day… huh? 😆

More photos PLUS a video snippet of Keyshia’s mainstage performance below… Continue Reading…

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Producer Will Packer Proposes During Essence Music Festival… [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Jul, 9 2013 | Written by ATLien

Talented movie producer Will Packer proposed to his longtime girlfriend over the weekend during the 2013 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

Packer kneeled on the stage of the Mercedes Benz Superdome before his lady love in front of over 40,000 fans packed into the Mercedes Benz Superdome, Packer got down on bended knee to pop the big question.

“We met four years ago, here at ESSENCE,” said Packer. “Heather, you changed my life. You make me happier than words can express.”

Watch the proposal + more photos of the happy couple below… Continue Reading…

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