Jake Clapp is a Staff Writer at Gambit. He covers a wide range of themes including arts and entertainment, music, theater, and events, with a particular focus on concerts, festivals, and nightlife. Jake's work has been featured in The Advocate, Sun Herald, and NOLA.com.
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Jake Clapp's focus is primarily on entertainment news, specifically music and hip-hop within New Orleans. He frequently covers events, profiles local artists, and provides insights into the city's music scene. To effectively reach out to him, consider offering exclusive interviews with up-and-coming local musicians or providing unique perspectives on the intersection of hip-hop and New Orleans culture.
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By: Jake Clapp
While the Caesars Superdome will be busy at night with performances by Cardi B, Brandy & Monica, Patti LaBelle and a talk with former First Lady Michelle Obama, the evening concert series is only part of Essence Fest weekend. There’s a lot happening during the day over at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with hubs dedicated to beauty, fashion, health, business and other topics important to Black women and Black culture.
George Clinton and his band Parliament-Funkadelic landed their Mothership for the very first time in October 1976 at New Orleans' Municipal Auditorium. Fifty years later, Clinton is bringing a new Mothership back to New Orleans as part of the Essence Festival of Culture.
Funk vocalist and songwriter George Clinton celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership at this year's Essence Festival of Culture. The show will include the landing of a new Mothership. Meet the team working to bring the iconic funk spaceship back to life.
By: Jake Clapp
'It was that kind of party.'
By: Jake Clapp
La Reezy's new album is a party bus ride around the Black experience, the New Orleans-born rapper says.
Kanye West is bringing his Ye Live tour to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Aug. 28. But the tour comes after four years of the rapper and producer making antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements. He has recently apologized. What are the ethics of seeing Kanye West in 2026?
By: Jake Clapp
New Orleans singer-songwriter Keaton Schiller recently released her second EP, "The House That I Built," which turns vulnerability into energetic, cathartic rock.
New Orleans musician Gina Leslie has spent the last decade as a popular side musician for a number of singer-songwriters, including Esther Rose, Bella White, Sam Doores and Sari Jordan. Leslie recently released her first solo full-length album, the heartfelt "I Love You Always No Matter What Happens."
By: Jake Clapp
New Orleans singer-songwriter Keaton Schiller recently released her second EP, "The House That I Built," which turns vulnerability into energetic, cathartic rock.
By: Jake Clapp
New Orleans musician Gina Leslie has spent the last decade as a popular side musician for a number of singer-songwriters, including Esther Rose, Bella White, Sam Doores and Sari Jordan. Leslie recently released her first solo full-length album, the heartfelt "I Love You Always No Matter What Happens."
