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Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion headline 2023 Essence Fest

FILE - Megan Thee Stallion performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Aug. 26 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt, File)

Hip hop takes center stage at this summer's Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans as the event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the genre with performances by Lauryn Hill, Megan Thee Stallion and Jermaine Dupri.

Rap artist Doug E. Fresh will curate special performances by other soon-to-be announced hip hop pioneers, while Hill will mark the 25th anniversary of her five-time Grammy-winning album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

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