PowerPage Nightcap August 25, 2026: Lil’ Kim, Ciara, DJ Shadow, and Prince Paul

Lil’ Kim, Ciara, DJ Shadow, and Prince Paul lead the PowerPage Nightcap for August 25, 2026.

The PowerPage Nightcap August 25, 2026 closes the day with three announcements built for the stage. Lil’ Kim is giving Hard Core a black-tie orchestral celebration in Brooklyn, Ciara has joined one of radio’s biggest festival lineups, and DJ Shadow is bringing Prince Paul into the East Coast chapter of his Endtroducing..... anniversary run.

Lil’ Kim will present Hard Core Symphony at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre on November 19, marking the 30th anniversary of her double-platinum debut with her first orchestral performance. The official announcement pairs the Queen Bee with Thee Phantom & The Illharmonic Orchestra, an all-Black ensemble known for joining hip-hop and R&B with strings, horns, woodwinds, and live rhythm. The planned program reaches into “No Time,” “Crush on You,” “Big Momma Thang,” and “Not Tonight,” recasting a fearless 1996 album for a formal room without sanding down its attitude.

Ciara is the newest R&B addition to the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. iHeart’s official Tuesday update places her on the September 18–19 bill alongside newly added acts The Smashing Pumpkins and Stella Lefty. Ciara brings a catalog engineered for movement, but the booking also gives the multigenre festival a performer whose choreography and pop-R&B control can turn a short festival slot into a real event.

DJ Shadow announced Tuesday that Prince Paul will open the Philadelphia and New York stops of the Endtroducing..... 30th Anniversary Tour. The dates land October 9 at Franklin Music Hall and October 10 at Terminal 5. It is a sharp pairing: Shadow’s landmark album expanded the emotional range of sample-based production, while Prince Paul’s work with De La Soul, Gravediggaz, and his own projects helped prove that hip-hop albums could be cinematic, strange, funny, and meticulously constructed. Putting both architects on the same bill makes the anniversary feel like a living conversation instead of a museum piece.

Together, Lil’ Kim, Ciara, DJ Shadow, and Prince Paul show four different ways a catalog can stay active: reconstruction, performance, celebration, and collaboration. Revisit the August 24 PowerPage Nightcap, then keep Power 104.7 Baltimore | Power1047.com on after dark for the stories moving culture into tomorrow.