Coverage of Essence Black Women in Hollywood 2016 with Zendaya Coleman, Chris Rock, Keke Palmer, Kelly Rowland, Serayah, Thandie Newton, Garcelle Beauvais, Tia Mowry, Shonda Rhimes, Estelle, Lorraine Toussaint, Jurnee Smollett, Evan Ross, & Meagan Good, https://youtu.be/wi1W1XYH8zk source: Joy105.com

Time Inc.’s Essence announced the exceptional honorees for its 9th annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon.  It’s about the spirit of diversity in one of Oscar…

  Mason Betha, founder of El Elyon International Church and Mason Betha Ministries who is known in the hip-hop world as rapper Ma$e, closed out…

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Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Debbie Allen, Mara Brock Akil and Issa Rae all grace the cover of the May edition of Essence Magazine for their “Game Changers”…

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Roland Martin talked with “Essence” Editor-in-Chief Vanessa K. Bush about challenges of being the voice of Black women. Bush also discusses how important African American women’s voices are in…

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In the October issue of Essence, cover girl Viola Davis says she prayed for a certain type of man to come into her life – and just…

Remember when we shared the behind-the-scenes video of Olympic gold medalistGabby Douglas getting glam forESSENCE‘s December issue? Well, we finally have a look at the…

Ellianna Placas has been fired after a controversial two year run as fashion director for Essence magazine, reports the New York Post. When Placas was…

On “The Game,” Wendy Raquel Robinson’s character may have trouble when it comes to men, but that’s not the case for the actress in real life.

Kem opened up day 3 of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. While performing “If It’s Love” Kem brought out New Orlean’s own Ledisi to cover what Chrisette Michele’s part from the original studio version of the record. Check it out below! SOURCE: @ITSYAGIRLAC ALL ACCESS PASS Kyte.Embed.path=”http://media.kyte.tv”;Kyte.Embed.altpath=”http://www.kyte.tv”;window.kyteplayer=new Kyte.Player(“”,{appKey:”default”,width:416,height:312,p:”1763″,s:1402415,tbid:”421″}); MORE ESSENCE MUSIC FESTIVAL COVERAGE: […]

While in New Orleans this weekend for the Essence Music Festival, Big Daddy Kane caught up with AC of HOT 102.7. AC was taking questions via twitter and received one from @jrbang asking Big Daddy Kane if he was to battle Rakim while they were each in their prime who would have killed it. As […]

KISSDETROIT – Fantasia opened her set at the 2011 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana with a bold statement “F*** It”. Watch the video below for her message to the critics as well as a tribute to Prince.