Brooklyn White
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Considering A Nose Job? Here’s What You Need To Know.
In 2020, more than 1.7 million African-Americans reportedly received cosmetic surgery procedures in 2020. That’s also the year that nose reshaping reigned supreme as the...
How Did Hip-Hop And R&B Become One Genre?
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports...
Exclusive: Whitney Houstons Estate Releases Fragrance In Singers Honor
Ten years after the passing of superstar Whitney Houston, the singer’s estate has released a fragrance in her honor. Through executor Marion “Pat” Houston, the...
How Much Money Do R&B Artists *Really* Make?
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editors Jasmine Browley...
Black Witches Debunk Witchcrafts Biggest Myths
An old, common misconception of witches is that they’re all white. Another is that they’re associated with the devil. African and Black American culture has...
5 Years Of #MeToo: Tarana Burke On Cancel Culture, R. Kelly And Whats Next For The Movement
Tarana Burke’s MeToo was never about misandry. MeToo is a call, and a space, for Black survivors of sexual violence to be surrounded by love....