According to reports, comedian, actress, and host of The Real, Loni Love has been tapped to host the upcoming 2019 Essence Festival that is in New Orleans July 5-7th, 2019.
As it turns out, Love will be the first ever female host of the event, which is shocking because Essence is a Women’s magazine. Anyway, musical guests at this year’s festival include Mary J Blige, H.E.R., Pharrell Williams and Missy Elliott just to name a few of the star-studded event.
Watch the video below as Love discusses the gig with ABC;
