Lauryn Hill on show delays and empty arena in New Orleans

As already reported, last July 4th Lauryn hill He performed at the Assence Festival of Culture 2025 in New Orleans in front of a reduced audienceafter getting on stage around two in the morning. Despite being known the chronic impuncontication of the artist, the fault is to be found in a programming that started late from the beginning. In the face of the incident, the same organizers of the Festival admitted that The singer had arrived on time and that the delays were due to production problems. For this, Lauryn Hill has decided to share a message on Instagram to thank the Essence Festival for taking on her responsibilities and not making her fall on her.

“Thank you, Essence, for clarifying that the delays were not because of my fault,” reads the post, in which the artist then stressed: “Often I am silent, knowing well that God fights my battles. But this is not the first time that production problems have caused delays in my performances. It is however the first time that a promoter recognizes the error as his own, and it will be last time That I will allow that production problems pass by my mistake, when I am not “.

In the post, Hill also highlighted that he is involved in “every aspect of the design, preparation and production” of his lives, because this – he clarified – is the only way he knows to protect “the integrity of my message and the quality of what I do”. The singer then wanted to clarify that he did not present himself to the shows in charge, ignoring the paying audience and the troupe that works at the show. “It seems that there is a misunderstanding out there, as if I were somewhere on the Riviera with your feet raised and a drink in your hand Ready to go on stage when I think I would feel too important to worry about it “, read in the post:”It is nonsense“. Regarding those who feel particularly touched by their delays at concerts, Lauryn Hill wrote:” To those who can no longer give me grace: that’s okay, because it is not your grace that supports me. It is the grace of God who supports me, and the love of the fans who appreciate that my message came when they needed it more – and they know that I was probably punished for having been so honest in the midst of great economic interests “.