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Lionel Richie performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lionel Richie performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Erykah Badu performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Erykah Badu performs at the Essence Music Festival on Sunday, July 6, 2014, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

August Alsina performs at the Essence Music Festival, Sunday, July 6, 2014, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

Erykah Badu performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson performs at the Essence Music Festival, Sunday, July 6, 2014, in New Orleans. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Erykah Badu performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Dave Chappelle introduces Erykah Badu at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lionel Richie performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lional Richie performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Charlie Wilson, former lead singer for the Gap Band, performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Sybrina Fulton, left, mother of Trayvon Martin, Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo, center, and Nicole Paultre Bell, wife of Sean Bell, present the Essence Icon Award to Al Sharpton at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Mary J Blige performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Jill Scott is seen performing on stage at the 2014 Essence Music Festival Concert - Day 3 at Superdome on Saturday, July 5, 2014 in New Orleans, La. (Photo by [Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

Fans react as Tevin Campbell performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 5, 2014. R&B singer Campbell, who thrilled fans as a teenager when he asked "Can We Talk," is performing for the first time at the Essence Festival as he seeks to re-ignite his career. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ledisi performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Black Thought and Common are seen performing on stage at the 2014 Essence Music Festival Concert - Day 3 at Superdome on Saturday, July, 5, 2014 in New Orleans, La. (Photo by [Donald Traill/Invision/AP)

Ledisi, who will be performing at Symphony Hall in Atlanta on March 29, is seen here at last year's Essence Festival in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Lionel Richie performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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