It is hot down in New Orleans, and we are not talking about the weather! The 2008 Essence music festival kicked off at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and Louisiana Superdome. Their were tons of big names bringing love to the Big Easy: Rihanna, Kanye West, J Holiday, Mary J Blidge, Sanaa Lathan, Lebron James, Patti LaBelle, and Chris Brown just to name at few. An estimated 200,000 came out to show the city some love.
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