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Relationships Joey Bada$$ & Serayah Reveals The Gender Of Their Baby On The Way In Essence Cover Story Joey Bada$$ and Serayah began dating in early 2023. The couple have gone viral several times in their relationship. By Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025
Music Vic Mensa Is Training 11,000 Young People To Become Street Medics The musician wants to help people develop skills to become first responders in urban neighborhoods. By Erika Marie July 02, 2019
Streetwear Halle Bailey Confirms She's In Love With DDG In "Essence" Cover Story With Big Sister Chloe "As much as people think I’m so confident, 80 percent of the time I feel the complete opposite of that," Chloe admitted in the duo's interview. By Hayley Hynes August 23, 2022
Streetwear Coi Leray's "Essence" Photo Shoot Shows How Much She's Grown As An Artist Her sophomore album is finally here, and now Coi is ready to kick back and enjoy life again. By Hayley Hynes July 11, 2023
Music Big Sean Recalls Nearly Getting Eminem To Perform Over A J Dilla Beat With Him This would've been huge for Big Sean. By Cole Blake April 24, 2024
Music Method Man Speaks On The "Changing Of The Guard In Hip Hop" The Wu-Tang icon explained his transition from artist to actor and spoke on the "so-called gatekeepers" not having "much use for a 44-year-old rapper." By Erika Marie February 03, 2022
Pop Culture Halle Bailey Looks Stunning In Post-Pregnancy Essence Cover Fans are hoping Bailey makes a return to music soon. By Lavender Alexandria March 05, 2024
Music Megan Thee Stallion Lets Tina Snow Run Wild In "ESSENCE" Feature She explained why she only keeps four people in her inner circle and detailed what fans can expect from her next album. By Erika Marie August 12, 2021
TV Rasheeda Frost Slams Critics Trashing Her For Taking Husband Back Rasheeda Frost and her husband Kirk will soon celebrate 20 years together, but the rapper has gone through serious trials to make it this far. By Erika Marie March 18, 2020
Pop Culture Daniel Kaluuya Almost Quit Acting After Dealing With Racism It was just prior to landing Jordan Peele's "Get Out" that Kaluuya almost went in another direction. By Erika Marie July 20, 2022
Pop Culture Brandy Boasts About "Queens" Co-Star Cam'ron: "We Just Had A Great Chemistry" These two have been bringing laughs with their behind-the-scenes skits, and Brandy says those videos are all Cam's doing. By Erika Marie January 11, 2022
Music Rae Sremmurd Says They're Ready To Drop Their Next "Classic" Album The brothers were the second artists to be the cover feature of "Essence" magazine's digital issue. By Erika Marie March 07, 2019
Music "Surviving R. Kelly" Episode 3 & 4: Murder Schemes & Child Pornography The 2nd installment of "Surviving R. Kelly" is difficult to bear. By Devin Ch January 05, 2019
Numbers WizKid & Tems Recieve Platinum Plaque For "Essence" WizKid and Tems have received a platinum plaque for their breakout hit "Essence." By Mitch Findlay October 05, 2021
Music Diddy Explains How Kim Porter Prepared Him To Be A Single Father Diddy discusses his family and how everyone's holding up after Kim Porter's death. By Chantilly Post April 23, 2019
Music Wizkid's "Essence" Becomes First Nigerian Song To Reach Top 10 Of Billboard Hot 100 WizKid's "Essence" with Tems and Justin Bieber has cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and subsequently made history. By Joshua Robinson October 12, 2021
Pop Culture Lizzo Finds It "Exhausting" To Keep Talking About Her Body She believes people should take a neutral stance in discussing body acceptance topics. By Erika Marie November 19, 2021
Gram Safaree Samuels Jokes About Nicki Minaj Poster Inside Of Vacation Home He's in New Orleans for Essence Fest—as is Minaj, who is headlining the weekend. By Erika Marie July 01, 2022
Relationships Damson Idris Gasses Up Lori Harvey's "Essence" Cover After Dinner Date Less than a year after ending things with Michael B. Jordan, the Memphis native seems to have found a new flame. By Hayley Hynes December 19, 2022
Music Rapsody Announces "Eve" Album For August, Complete With A Queen Latifah Duet Rapsody's next album "Eve" is steeped in the empowering image of Black Womanhood. By Devin Ch June 30, 2019
News WizKid Adds Justin Bieber To "Essence" For A Song Of The Summer Candidate WizKid's "Essence" with Justin Bieber and Tems may be the song of the summer. By Alex Zidel August 13, 2021
Relationships Omarion Kept Calm During Fizz & Apryl Jones Drama After "Self-[Reflecting]" Finding his zen. By Erika Marie January 14, 2020

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