Essence Festival shows support for Lauryn Hill in a lengthy statement following her delayed 2 a.m. performance on July 5.

Lauryn Hill performed for a handful of fans in the middle of the night, hours after she was originally scheduled to take the stage. The real headline here, however, is that it wasn’t her fault. The notoriously tardy singer was added as a headliner for New Orleans’ Essence Festival of Culture just a few days ago,