EVENT PICS: CELEBS AT 2011 ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL VIP LOUNGE (DAY 1)

July 2nd, 2011

On Day 1 of the annual Essence Music Festival, many celebrities came out to celebrate contemporary African-American music and culture. While artists like Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson took the stage, others were backstage mingling and chatting it up. Check out who showed up in the Belvedere VIP Lounge on Friday night! Stay tuned for upcoming exclusive pictures for Day 2…

( Photos: Taj Washington )
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    ETHANMAMAMA

    TAMEKA LOOKS LIKE A FEMALE

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    Geo

    Tika.. with her sexy self lol.

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    Denim

    Only jealous females try to get others to believe that Tameka looks like a man.

    The woman looks better than your average female out there in America(let’s face reality – most are fat).

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    Kris

    This isn’t Tameka Foster, Usher’s ex wife. This is Tika Sumpter, who is significantly younger and more attractive. Just saying…

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    Prettypinkat

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    Katiebones

    I live in New Orleans. I used to go to essence fest every year with my family or friends, but the line up has gotten quite boring.

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    Janet

    Tameka Foster is a beautiful woman. Plus she looks more youthful than a lot of 20 and 30 something. You all better take care of yourselves so you can look this good.

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    Im Going To Hell

    Hosea Chanchez can get it from the late night to the early morning, LAWD ha’ mercy.

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    essence adkins is beautiful!

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    ONYX!

    Shawnie brought/bought a male model(who isn’t even that cute). She is such a meanie! grrr lol

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    ONYX!

    P.S…what the hell is up with the chick with the bandana? She looks like she just escaped!

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    nat

    Hosea Chanchez and Carl Anthony Payne look like brothers….

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    April

    These comments are from a bunch of haters!

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    CANDI_RENEE

    New Orleans! All I care about is money and the city where I’m from!

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    idomind

    Shaunie, stop trying to be sexy and the black Demi Moore. You look like that escorts mother! Nothing is attractive about you or you being a sugar momma. Stop trying to be seen. I can’t believe Shaq lasted that long with you.

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    • Quarter Water Dawtah

      Shaunie is such a C-U-N-T in person. She is nobody’s Demi Moore; she is more like a Late Wh0re. Sit down you trashy Strawberry’s outfit wearing b!tch.

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    @IDOMIND I so agree Shaunie is also exploiting all her Basketball wife friends on the show, she knows exactly what she is doing

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    • idomind

      She is exploiting them, but it is entirely their fault for agreeing to be her puppets. They are all idiots and ducks, following behind their mother hen Shaunie. All of them are desperate and they are just prostitutes. Evelyn, Meeka, Royce, Jen & Tammi are just more desperate then their pimp Shaunie bc Shaunie has that alimony secured from Shaq. Evelyn left and returned when Shaunie increased her salary to 20K a show and thought she was the business but what she fails to realize is that her Mexican cousin Snookie makes 4-5 times as much as her per episode on the Jersey Shore. These girls think their smart but even those guido kids know how to demand money & get their own reality show after Jersey Shore is over.

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    hollywood!!!

    everybody looks nice….wait… the guy in the pink polo and the blue 80′s belt…. did he really have to ‘tie’ the belt

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    • pierre

      I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83
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      only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff,
      Bids Hit.com

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    YEAH I SAID IT....

    OMG COLE LOOK LIKE BOBBY V. DADDY….LOL

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    Indigo

    Tika is pretty… but why did she come with that Aunt Jamima head rag?

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