TREND TALK: MUSIC FESTIVAL SEASON

By: Joanne Joseph,

Certified COOL contributor

Music festival season continues with the Essence Music Festival. 

The festival celebrated its 20^th anniversary last week with legendary artists like Prince 

and Nas (a certified fave) headlining, and included game-changing performances 

from Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu… they always deliver. The festival hit record 

numbers this year with 550,000 attendees. 

He needs no introduction

The Essence Festival, which is held every year in New Orleans, did not disappoint. The 4-day event began on Thursday July 3rd  and concluded on Sunday, July 6th. Each performer brought their A-game to the stage impressing a huge audience at the Mercedes-Benz Super dome.

Janelle Monae

Prince served us a retro vibe with his new fro and bell-sleeved shirt. He completed his look with a digitally printed photo of himself on the front of his pants… can you blame him? One of  our favorites, Janelle Monae, stayed true to her signature black & white look… she can do wrong. Erykah Badu… we can't hate on her fearlessness.

Erykah Badu

As the summer continues, be on the look out for more coverage of this year's certified COOL festivals.

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TREND TALK : 3D Er'THING

These days everything is going 3D, movies, TVs, printers and now... legendary rappers! TUPAC was resurrected in 3D at Cochella, one of the most popular music festivals in the world held yearly in California!

The legend resurfaced as life-sized and very hi-res hologram. The rapper performed 3 songs and did a song with Snoop Dog. People could not believe how life-like the movement and details were. Our guess is that we're going to be seeing a lot more of deceased legends in concert in the coming years.

Can we please put in a request for a Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston tour?

Photo credit: Mirror UK via Getty Images

Check out the video here: First posted by ImMrSoLoLoCo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L73tGfOam4 (Warning RATED R for language... its TuPac what do you expect?)

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