Lauryn Hill and Stephanie Mills are slamming the narratives surrounding their performance delays during Essence Festival.

The stage became a sanctuary for truth-telling and storytelling during the “Songs in the Key of Life: Navigating Identity and Dreams in Modern Fiction” panel at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in ...

ESSENCE Festival of Culture celebrated Black excellence through music, entrepreneurship, and community—while responding to ...

Free programming during the celebration in NOLA provided tools, support, and access to care for festivalgoers trying to live ...

The singer says scheduling issues and "lack of technical preparedness" negatively impacted both her show and attendees' ...

Meanwhile, hair beads are one of the most preserved hair decals in the African diaspora, connecting us to our ancestors while preserving the communal culture of braiding. Wearing her daughter’s black ...

From the Superdome to the Convention Center, the stars aligned in the Crescent City for a weekend of unforgettable Black ...

"This will be the last time l'll allow production challenges to look like the fault is mine alone, when they aren't,” the ...

Food critic Keith Lee gets candid at ESSENCE Fest about fatherhood, faith, mental health, and why New Orleans holds a special ...

I vividly remember the very first National Fried Chicken Festival opening its gates in 2016 at a tiny park in New Orleans ...

Titles are rented. The thing that will be my love letter to life will be the impact I had,” said Laysha Ward, author of Lead Like You Mean It and […] ...

The most recent edition of Essence Fest earlier this month sparked several controversies. What needs to happen for it to rate ...