Happy Mardi Gras Louisiana! Stay Safe :)

Click HERE for the 2011 Mardi Gras parade schedules for New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

2010 Essence Music Fest: Sights From Sunday, July 4th...

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Lalah Hathaway, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Earth, Wind and Fire + more closed out the 2010 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, LA on July 4th 2010.

Essence Music Festival 2010, Day 3 (Sunday, July 4th) LIVE from the Superdome in New Orleans, LA.

2010 Essence Music Fest: Sights & Sounds From Saturday..

Check out video footage from Saturday at the 2010 ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans courtesy of Essence.com.

2010 Essence Music Fest: Sights & Sounds From Friday..

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Charlie Wilson must have ripped his set TO SHREDS. The Twitter feed went crazy 
after his performance at Essence. But truth be told, dude has some hits with The Gap Band.

Click READ MORE HERE below to watch VIDEO of some of the sights and sounds from
 Friday night at the 2010 Essence Music Fest.

Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz to Headline a Concert for the Gulf Spill

via The BVX:
Artists Mos Def and Lenny Kravitz will perform at an upcoming Gulf Coast oil spill benefit concert in New Orleans on behalf of fishers and wetlands restoration efforts.

 As oil spreads around the Gulf of Mexico like a black plague unleashed from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, it's become apparent that this will ultimately affect the lives of fish and wildlife, but also the livelihoods of fishers and hunters who worked and lived off of those waters. So concert promoters have wasted no time organizing a benefit concert to raise money for fishers and wetland restoration.

Mos Def, who's no stranger to New Orleans, is one of the headline acts, along with Lenny Kravitz. After Hurricane Katrina, the MC wrote "Katrina Clap (Dollar Day)" -- a makeover of Juvenile and the UTP Playas' "Nolia Clap" -- to expose governmental neglect in New Orleans. In 2006, Mos was arrested for disorderly conduct outside of the MTV Video Music Awards while performing the song. Kravitz has claimed part-time residency in New Orleans for years and performed at last year's Voodoo Experience fest, the producers for which are also producing the upcoming Gulf Coast benefit.

The benefit concert will be held on May 16 at New Orleans' Mardi Gras World River City.

Sandra Bullock is Making a Home in New Orleans...

Sandra Bullock graduated to being on "ninja status" after making the covert, stealth move of announcing her new son Louis without anyone knowing what was going on. Now, she and her new son are making a move into a beautiful new home in New Orleans. And can you really blame her for wanting to start over fresh in a new place? Just so *excited* that she chose our neck of the woods, New Orleans, Louisiana! Moving vans were spotted unloading furniture at the house on Thursday April 29, 2010 one day after she unveiled her new baby Louis and announced that she was divorcing her husband of 5 years Jesse James. I wish her and her cutie baby nothing but the best and I sincerely hope she finds peace here.