“My thing is, I didn’t know she was bringing her whole crew,” JT exclaims, remembering when Natalie Nunn from the controversial franchise Baddies joined her on stage recently. We’re on set in New York ...

ESSENCE knows how to celebrate authentic Black joy, and there’s no better time to do so than during the holiday season. That’s why we’re excited to share that we’re doing just that with the 2025 ...

Crystal and Steve started out as friends, with his advice serving as a foundation for their friendship. Her candidness and attentiveness grabbing him from the beginning. Remembering their first ...

They came in as bright-eyed young girls with grown voices. Brandy Norwood from Carson, California, Monica Arnold from Atlanta. One raised in the West Coast suburbs, one straight out the Dirty South.

Actress and host Crystal Reneé Hayslett moves her talk series Keep It Positive, Sweetie to The Black Effect Podcast Network with season nine underway. Hayslett dropped the news during her recent stop ...

ESSENCE Fashion House gathered some of the biggest names in fashion for an unforgettable evening celebrating the creativity and impact of industry trailblazers. Hosted by June Ambrose, Quil Lemons, ...

As the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture comes to a close, the third and final day of Beautycon is a test on all the beauty lessons we’ve learned so far. First, Delina Medhin’s It Takes A Village ...

Caroline Wanga will not be returning from health leave, she and ESSENCE Ventures confirmed in a joint announcement this morning. In a statement shared on Monday, Aug. 25, the company announced that ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. It began, as most sacred things do, in the quiet. Before the language was polished into ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. It was the height of the Black Power Movement and the Vietnam War. This was an era when ...

In 1968, Jonathan Blount, Cecil Hollingsworth, Edward Lewis and Clarence O. Smith established Essence Communications, Inc. Since then, the publication birthed from that entity has served as a constant ...

One of the biggest events in Black America is the annual Essence Festival of Culture, typically held in New Orleans over the July 4th weekend. Essence Fest, as it’s usually called, typically brings ...