Over the weekend, ATF hit up the Heineken Red Star Show in NYC held @ Gotham Hall. This years headliners were Ludacris, Estelle and newcomer Wale, so you know we were excited.  The Heineken sponsored concert brought out the “who’s who” in the media and entertainment world.  The concert attendees ranged from Adrienne Bailon and Columbus Short to Tyson Beckford and Mario Lopez.

When we say everyone was there that is truly an understatement. That is what made the event more fun, because during breaks in performance we got the chance to mingle and network with some industry heavy weights.

The first person to hit the stage was DC’s own Wale. Most of the crowd didn’t know who he was but he made sure we would remember when he left that stage.

Wale’s performance was so not the best, he just left us wanting more. We will give him a pass because he is still pretty new to the game, but he better get it together fast. We barely could understand anything that was coming out of this man’s mouth.  Check out the video below and you be the judge:

Estelle shut it down! That’s all we can really say about this fabulous female. She made a lot of new fans that night. Estelle is just so raw and uncut when she is on the stage. She just says whatever she wants out her mouth and we love it, and also picked some great songs during her set.  At shows like this its best to just do your singles and call it a day. We love Estelle and she kept us entertained the entire time…

Estelle Performances:

Lastly, Ludacris came on the stage and shut it down!  He performed all of his hits, past and present, including “What’s Your Fantasy”, “Throw Them Bows” and more.  Not only that, the highlight of the night was when he brought Nas on the stage to join him.  Of course, you know the crowd went absolutely wild! Check out the footage below, via Defsounds:

More Photos from Heineken Red Star Soul (Additional pics courtesy of Stuff Fly People Like):

Thanks to Sowmya at Iced Media for the invite.