Lauryn Hill Comeback: Rap Icon Set For Major Return With Megan Thee Stallion on Essence Festival 2023

One of the very blueprints of female rap is staging a major comeback at the 2023 Essence Festival with one of the hottest female rappers today!

Lauryn Hill, who was the great mind behind the "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" in 1998, will be returning to the festival circuit as she was announced as the headliner for the 2023 Essence Festival with Megan Thee Stallion.

Lauryn Hill on the 2023 Essence Festival

Billboard exclusively reported that Hill would be making a huge comeback as she performed her 1998 album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," at the rap music festival in honor of 50 Years of HipHop. She has also performed on last year's 2022 Essence Festival in Louisiana.

Along with Hill is Megan Thee Stallion, who will mark her big return to performing on Mar. 31 at the Madness Music Festival in Houston, Texas, her hometown. This would be her first performance since her high-profile assault trial against Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.

After Madness Music Festival, Megan Thee Stallion will co-headline the Los Angeles Pride in the Park Festival too.

As of this writing, the Essence Festival has announced that they will also feature performances from Monica, CoconJones, Kizz Daniel, and Wizkid. Curated performances will also be possible thanks to Doug E. Fresh, as DJ Clark Kent, DJ Kid, and DJ Spinderella will also helm the turntables.

The Essence Festival will also be celebrating the 30th anniversary of So So Def, which will be honored by Jermaine Dupri and Friends in a special performance.

"For nearly three decades, the ESSENCE Festival of Culture has been an international and joyful gathering that empowers community throughout the global Black diaspora," Vice President of ESSENCE Festival of Culture Hakeem Holmes said in a statement to the publication. "As we gear up to celebrate the '50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop', we couldn't think of a better way to honor the contributions that genre has made on global culture and the impressions that these artists and their deep musical catalogs, which we all know so well, have been ingrained into the fibers of our day to day lives."

'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' by Lauryn Hill'

Hill will be celebrating the 25th year of "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' by Lauryn Hill" in the upcoming 2023 Essence Festival.

The album earned ten nominations at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, making her the first woman to receive that many nominations and awards all in one night with five awards, including Album of the Year and Best R&B Album.

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