{"id":172017,"date":"2025-07-09T15:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/09\/lauryn-hill-addresses-nonsense-surrounding-her-show-delays-there-seems-to-be-a-misconception-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:14:29","slug":"lauryn-hill-addresses-nonsense-surrounding-her-show-delays-there-seems-to-be-a-misconception-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/09\/lauryn-hill-addresses-nonsense-surrounding-her-show-delays-there-seems-to-be-a-misconception-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauryn Hill Addresses \u2018Nonsense\u2019 Surrounding Her Show Delays: \u2018There Seems to Be a Misconception\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLauryn Hill<\/a> ended up hitting the Superdome stage in New Orleans after 2:30 a.m. ET early Saturday (July 5) to close out night one of ESSENCE Festival<\/a>, which took responsibility<\/a> for her two-hour performance delay.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWith plenty of chatter surrounding her tardiness, the Fugees<\/a> legend set the record straight with a lengthy statement clearing the air on Tuesday (July 8).<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Grammy-winning artist admitted this wasn\u2019t the first time production issues have caused her to delay concerts, and also defended her performance artistry and how much of herself she pours into every aspect of her shows.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThank you Essence for clarifying that the delays were not my fault,\u201d Hill began on Instagram.<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m often quiet, knowing full well that God fights my battles. But this is not the first time production delays have delayed my performances. This IS however the first time a promoter has acknowledged the slip up on their end, and this will be the last time I\u2019ll allow production challenges to look like the fault is mine alone, when they aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued to push back: \u201cThere seems to be a misconception out there though that I am somewhere on the Riviera with my feet up, drink in hand, showing up to concerts whenever because I\u2019m too important to care. That\u2019s nonsense. And anyone who\u2019s been a part of these productions knows that IN FACT the opposite is true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, it didn\u2019t come off as if MLH was seeking out sympathy, as she called her artistry and performances a \u201clabor of love.\u201d \u201cI 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\n\tLauryn Hill was added to the ESSENCE Festival bill about two days before showtime, and performed deep into the wee hours of Saturday until after 3:35 a.m. ET in front of a sparse Superdome crowd in the Big Easy.<\/p>\n

\n\tESSENCE<\/em> shouldered the blame<\/a> for Hill\u2019s latenessm, as the entire lineup had to be jumbled throughout an unpredictable night.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe delay? Not hers. We will take that,\u201d the festival said in a statement. \u201cThe moment? One for the books. The legacy? Still unmatched. Put some respect on her name. Keep the takes, but keep her out of them. All love and deep profound admiration for Ms. Lauryn Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lauryn Hill ended up hitting the Superdome stage in New Orleans after 2:30 a.m. ET early Saturday (July 5) to close out night one of ESSENCE Festival, which took responsibility for her two-hour performance delay. Related Essence Fest Takes Blame for Lauryn Hill\u2019s Delayed 3 A.M. Set: \u2018We Will Take\u00a0That\u2026 07\/07\/2025 With plenty of chatter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}