Boris Kodjoe stopped by the Black Voices booth at the 2010 Essence Music Festival to talk about his new movie ‘The Confidant,’ his clothing line, World Cup soccer and more!

Actress Kenya Moore took time out of her busy schedule to stop by the Black Voices booth at the 2010 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. She chatted with us about her new movie ‘The Confidant,’ which she stars in and produced.

AOL Black Voices and BV Hair Talk report live from the Essence Music Festival.

Ms. Gladys knight graced the crowd at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans at the 2010 Essence Music Festival to announce her new jewelry line, new album and sing a snippet of one of her best-known songs.

Melanie Fiona brought the house down at the 2010 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans! She performed a series of hits from her debut album “The Bridge”, and a few classics including Tina Turner’s What’s Love Got To Do With It. In an exclusive interview, she spoke one-on-one with Sound-Savvy about her upcoming 2nd album!!

R&B singer Joe took over the Coca-Cola Superlounge at the 2010 Essence Music festival and performed an hour-long set of his biggest hits.The crowd was packed beyond capacity in the lounge as Joe opened with “Where You At”, and performed “If I Were Your Man” as well as “I Wanna Know” (all in the video).

Rapper MC Lyte took over the Coca-Cola stage on Day 1 of the 2010 Essence Music Festival at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, performing a variety of her biggest songs for the crowd. Among the songs she performed were Poor Georgie, Keep On Keepin On, Cold Rock A Party, and her verse on Brandy’s I Wanna Be Down Remix.