Many have been talking about Lauryn Hill’s 2:30 am performance at last weekend’s Essence Festival.
We’ve heard from plenty of people, except for Hill herself. Now, she speaks. Hill has a reputation for showing up late to shows. Essence took the blame for the bad management of the main stage last Friday, which caused Ms. Hill to perform so late.
She posted on Instagram, “Family, let me address a few things: I am involved in every aspect of what it takes to put on my shows, because it requires THAT much involvement to protect the integrity of my message and the quality of what I do.” Hill continued, “There seems to be a misconception out there that I am somewhere on the Riviera with my feet up, drink in hand, showing up to concerts whenever because I’m too important to care.” She added while the Essence Festival wasn’t the first time a promoter has messed up concert scheduling, “This IS however the first time a promoter has acknowledged the slip up on their end, (thank you Essence!) and this will be the last time I’ll allow production challenges to look like the fault is mine alone, when they aren’t.”
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