Trey Songz hit the stage as the opening act during the final night of The Essence Music Festival’s 3-Day concert.

If you’re familiar with Essence, most artists start out in the lounges and transition to the big stage. I caught up with Trey backstage where he reiterated how excited he was to perform on the “mainstage” on his first time out.

To go straight to the mainstage first of all is unheard of. To perform on the same stage as Janet Jackson, Jill Scott… it’s surreal! I’m blessed. Ive had a phenomenal year and this is just something to put on top of the year it’s already been.

Trey also spoke about his upcoming “Passion, Pain & Pleasure” tour with Monica and the reaction he received after the BET Awards where he took his mother along as his date. Continue Reading…