NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: Dreka Gates speaks onstage during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: (L-R) Jasmine Brown DeRousselle, Iam Christian Tucker, Eric Morrisette, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Brenda Guess, Stephanie Hartman and Aaliyah Haqq attend during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: (L-R) Jasmine Brown DeRousselle, Iam Christian Tucker, Eric Morrisette, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Brenda Guess and Stephanie Hartman attend during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: (L-R) Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, Derrick Johnson, Ron Busby Sr., Shavon Arline-Bradley and Melanie Campbell speak during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: (L-R) Al Sharpton, Marc Morial, Derrick Johnson, Ron Busby Sr., Shavon Arline-Bradley and Melanie Campbell speak during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: Bill Relford attends the 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: DJ Raj Smoove performs during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 05: (L-R) Eric Morrisette, Iam Christian Tucker, Brenda Guess, Stephanie Hartman, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Jasmine Brown DeRousselle speak during 2024 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ Presented By Coca-Cola® at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)