Lauryn Hill’s Second Diaspora Calling! Festival Came With a Powerful Stage Look

Lauryn Hill Reminds Us Plum Is The Ultimate Transitional Lip Color

There’s one more item that Lauryn Hill should add to her list of iconic things she’s known for. In addition to the out of this world vocals and lyricism, acting skills, head-turning natural hair looks, and impeccable eclectic fashion sense, her signature makeup look is one to note as well.  In recent times, a plum lip shade has become her go-to. And, as we’re planning our late summer, and early fall, style moodboards, a deeper-toned lipstick is …

Lauryn Hill’s Second Diaspora Calling! Festival Came With a Powerful Stage Look

“The goal of Diaspora Calling! has always been to highlight, reflect and reveal the creative abundance of the diaspora,” says Hill, who wore a custom Kids of Immigrants.

Ms. Lauryn Hill Packs London Streets For Diaspora Calling! Festival – Afrotrax

Diaspora Calling! took place on August 7 at Milton Keynes National Bowl, where Ms. Lauryn Hill delivered her only confirmed U.K. show of 2026 by performing the full 30th-anniversary run of The Fugees’ landmark album The Score alongside Wyclef Jean. The event, conceived and curated by Hill and hosted by Dave Chappelle, drew on her established role as a cornerstone of hip-hop and neo-soul whose work with the group reshaped the genre’s reach. Thous…

What South African Creatives Could Learn from Lauryn Hill’s Diaspora Calling!

Lauryn Hill has spent years being understood primarily through her music. Diaspora Calling! asks us to look at another part of her creative practice: her ability to build a world around the work. First launched in Brooklyn in 2016, Diaspora Calling! was conceived as a multidisciplinary celebration of artists and ideas across the African diaspora. The inaugural edition transformed the historic Kings Theatre into a three-day cultural programme, br…

‘Diaspora Calling Festival’ Organized by Lauryn Hill for The Second Time

Grammy Award-winning singer Lauryn Hill has staged the second edition of her “Diaspora Calling!” festival, bringing together music, art, culture and conversations celebrating the global African diaspora during a landmark event at Milton Keynes National Bowl in England. The festival attracted an estimated 35,000 attendees, making it the largest edition of the event since its debut in Brooklyn in 2016. Hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle, the one-da…