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Kanye West Headlines Essence Festival, Gives Us A Sneak Peek At New Video

by JOKESTA

MONDAY MARCH 10, 2008

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Chicago Mc Kanye West has been tapped to headline this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.

According to the Chicago Sun Times,  the announcement was made Thursday for the July festival, which celebrates African-American music and culture. An estimated 200,000 people attended last year.

The event, which will take place from July 4- July 6, will also feature performances from Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Morris Day and The Time, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. 

In related news, Kanye has granted fans a sneak peek of his upcoming video for the single "Home Coming"  featuring. Chris Martin off "Graduation."

You can check out the stills of the video below.  

 

 

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sneakerman5

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sneakerman5
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— 3 months ago

yooo i am the first one people dont hate on me kanye needs to put out more videos from this album str8 fire 1!!!! LOSERS

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be4unvme

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be4unvme
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— 3 months ago

first bitches yay

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bigdicric

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bigdicric
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— 3 months ago

Kanye is nice but my sister works for essence and she lemme know he wasn't they first pick.they wanted to go with weezy but he wanted more money and they refused

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frank_white

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frank_white
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— 3 months ago

^^^ your namem should be RicIsaLilWayneBigDickRyder! fuck your week lil whoopi goldberg cock swinging bias comments Wayne doesnt even have an album or hit single to headline any show. Are you stupid or mentally retarted or have you lost your rabbit ass mind!

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pSmurf954

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pSmurf954
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— 3 months ago

that just goes to show how much of a puss ass bitch made slob that dope head iz. how u want more more money for doing a show in ya own city. after all that shit.....man fuck wayne. Chi-Town Stand Up.i miss that city

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Piff Me

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Piff Me
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— 3 months ago

ITS OFFICAL LIL WANYE HAD TA FUCK DIS DUDE EVERY THREAD AINT BOUT WEEZY FUCKIN FAIRY GUMP SISSY FAGGIT BENT WRIST HOMO DICK SUCKING ASS HOMO NO HOMO U A SISTER AS FAR AS IM CONCERN AND IM SURE MORE D.S.S AGREE HINTS COMMENTS FROM THEM EVERBODY CALLING U HOMO TA DA CORE

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Chitown 312

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Chitown 312
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— 3 months ago

thats good for West.... keep bringing the Chi up homie

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jaybee925

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jaybee925
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— 3 months ago

Mr. west is in da building ya dig

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JustaRealDude

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JustaRealDude
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— 3 months ago

3rd... wat happened to the official releases of flashing lights though?

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chimere

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chimere
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— 3 months ago

yea thats what i was thinkin, i at least hope these two videos are interconnected cuz

1. i liked the theme
2. ...yea i enjoyed watchin rita g's booty meat lol

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Educated Ear

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Educated Ear
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— 3 months ago

that flashing lights video was the official one

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ScRiLLsTaR

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ScRiLLsTaR
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— 3 months ago

do you really gotta let us know your 3rd?? Do you think we can't see that?? Do you think that Jokesta is keeping a tally and at the end of the month the ppl who were 3rd get a prize?? U suck.

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D-South

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D-South
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— 3 months ago

West representin da Chi. Do ya thang homie

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DamnCam

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DamnCam
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— 3 months ago

i thought that shit said Mase was going to be performing the fist tym i read it...i was like hell naw...but thats good for Kanye, stay on top big homie...

=Cam=

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skillz

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skillz
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— 3 months ago

uhmmmmm.....ok lets just wait for the video.

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second son

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second son
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— 3 months ago

'ye is the motherfuckin man. beats and rhymes. he a one man band.

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kingml213

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kingml213
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— 3 months ago

kanye album was fire so.this should follow
and to be honest he and amy whinehouse got snubbed in the grammy for best album of the year

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thegreenmonster

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thegreenmonster
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— 3 months ago

might as well release a video 4 every song on graduation every track was bangin. u know kanye would do somethin that crazy!

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pSmurf954

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pSmurf954
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— 3 months ago

o yea this better be your hardest video yet.

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N.O.504

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N.O.504
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— 3 months ago

cant wait til the essence fest this year, last year was ok

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Educated Ear

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Educated Ear
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— 3 months ago

i see he's got chris martin up in the video...that's a good look for bridging the divide between hop-hop and other genres of music

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ScRiLLsTaR

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ScRiLLsTaR
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— 3 months ago

Kanye make good music... I just can't stand his actual character... He is arrogant and he whines too much... U MAKE MILLIONS STOP CRYIN!!

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Piff Me

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Piff Me
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— 3 months ago

SHUT DA FUCK UP DONT KNOW GIVE A FUCK WHAT U THINK WHITE BOY BITCH

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BigSteve

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BigSteve
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— 3 months ago

Shut up cockstar, dont you know Mo money mo problems, you dont know shit!

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EZEMarx

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EZEMarx
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— 3 months ago

Just because there have been other ppl who have turned into pieces of shit after getting a fat check or two doesnt make it acceptable (assuming kanye wasnt such an asshole before). Fuck kanye west for being an arrogant racist who nevers misses an opportunity to bitch and/or suck his own cock

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kevinxkush

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kevinxkush
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— 3 months ago

homecoming is the best song on that album good job yeezy

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2Real

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2Real
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— 3 months ago

dta video looks hot

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Scooter_Banks

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Scooter_Banks
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— 3 months ago

I was real disappointed that Kanye put this song on his album. The song is crazy!!! And I love it. But this shit is like 4 years old. Niggas that listen to Kanye know that it came out before College Dropout. He just changed the hook and beat. Exact same verses....

The original song was 10x better than the one on Graduation.

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EAzyy

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EAzyy
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— 3 months ago

homecoming was in my top 3 song off that graduation album
so i cant wait 4 the video to drop....i know its gonna confuse alot of niggaz, cuz of the creativity that the nigga is gonna put into it

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wizewun

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wizewun
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— 3 months ago

That's good, Kanye's gonna tear up Essence Fest. THat'll be a good show.

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Piff Me
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KANYE A HIP-HOP DUDE HE MUSIC IS GOOD TELL U SHIT U NEED IN PERSPECTIVE

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