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John Legend Dazzles At Stripped-Down, One-Night-Only Performance In Atlantic City
John Legend shined his light at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City as June came to a close, regaling the intimate crowd…
The Multi-Generational Joy Of ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
When ESSENCE Festival kicked off in 1995, featuring main stage performances from artists like Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, and Frankie Beverly & Maze, several of…
Night One Of The 2024 ESSENCE Festival Concert Series Was A Cross-Generational Party
The 30th edition of the ESSENCE Festival of Culture nightly concert series set the tone for a stellar celebration of Black joy! True to form,…
EFOC 2024: Ava Duvernay Talks The ‘Origin’ Of Her Success At Essence Film Festival
Day two of the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture feels like a family reunion. The first-day jitters have evaporated into the NOLA humidity, the vibe…
Spoiler Alert! Fan Favorites Serena Page And Kordell Beckham Crowned Winners Of ‘Love Island USA’ S6
Love Island USA fans are elated as show favorites Serena Page and Kordell Beckham have claimed the coveted $100,000 cash prize as the winners of…
Mamoudou Athie’s Next Act
Though he’s already quite a familiar face, Mamoudou Athie is just on the precipice of becoming a household name. The Mauritania-born, New Carrolton, MD-raised actor…
2012 U.S. Olympic 400m Hurdler Lashinda Demus Will Finally Get Her Gold Medal Moment in Paris
“‘I should have won this.’ That was what I was thinking after that race in 2012,” former Olympic and Team USA 400m hurdler Lashinda Demus…
Meet Lynnzee Brown: The Woman Who Made History As Haiti’s First Olympic Gymnast
Former college gymnast and current Penn State women’s gymnastics coach Lynnzee Brown made history during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games when she became the first…
Jordan Chiles Reportedly Has ‘No Plans’ To Return Her Bronze Medal
On Friday, Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu was formally awarded the bronze medal in floor exercise originally allocated to Jordan Chiles. However, Chiles’ original physical medal…
How Hip-Hop May Help Harris Win The Presidency
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last half-century, it’s evident that Hip-Hop culture is internationally influential. A genre conceived in the boroughs…