The Essence Fest is always an event event, and 2024 was no different. Unfolding over the course of July 4 weekend, the concert series saw everything from epic rants to memorable reunions. Here’s a quick rundown.

At this year’s festival, Birdman led a set commemorating 30 years of Cash Money Records with Juvenile, Mannie Fresh and B.G. While it was dope to see Cash Money veterans show out, Lil Wayne was noticeably absent. For reasons that went unexplained, he never took the stage, only hitting it to perform a solo set about 20 minutes after the CM show concluded. Oh well. On the positive side, 2 Chainz and Bun B pulled up. You can peep the Cash Money reunion below.

This is as close as we got to a full Cash Money/Hot Boys reunion at Essence Fest. Mannie was on stage, but not in this shot

Everyone thought Wayne was a no show, but he came & did a solo set after everyone left. He never appeared on stage w/ BG & Juvy. Turk wasn’t there at all😢 pic.twitter.com/ov4ZaN0jfH

— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) July 6, 2024

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