Posted by | Ray Cornelius 

Oscar nominated actress, Grammy Award winner and all-around-entertainer Queen Latifah has been added to this year’s ESSENCE Festival.

According to the website, Latifah will be celebrating her 30th Anniversary in the entertainment business by gracing the Festival’s main stage for her first-ever performance.

Her set will include such female empowerment anthems as “U.N.I.T.Y.” and “Ladies First” to the round-the-way classic “Just Another Day” and the house music jam “Come Into My House.” She also promises a few surprises as well.

Latifah joins a laundry list of iconic divas performing this year including Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Ledisi and Fantasia.

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