The 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® presented by Coca-Cola® is making its return to the Crescent City this summer, and it’s bringing with it a message stitched in legacy, rhythm, and resilience: We ...

Over the past two years, I’ve had the pleasure of attending ESSENCE Festival of Culture — the ultimate celebration of Black womanhood. But never did I imagine that journey would take me from London to ...

'The Ebony Canal' has ignited conversations surrounding Black maternal health and mortality rates. The Ebony Canal, a groundbreaking documentary spotlighting the lived experiences of Black mothers ...

At midnight Friday during the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome, hitmaking R&B producer, songwriter and singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds confessed that he was "tired as hell.” ...