Homegrown hip-hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller’s “farewell” performance at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome was a big production with many guest stars.

But it wasn’t his farewell.

Even as the No Limit Records founder focuses more on his duties as the University of New Orleans’ president of basketball operations , Master P still has a show or two left in him.

Including what will be, for him, a unique presentation Saturday night during the 2025 NOLA Funk Fest at Spanish Plaza.

For the first time, Master P will be backed by the Soul Rebels, who for more than 30 years have synthesized New Orleans brass band music with hip-hop attitude. The Soul Rebels have extensive experience backing hip-hop emcees onstage, including Wu-Tang Clan and Nas, among many other m

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