2024 Primetime Emmys: Full List Of Winners – Essence
Photo by VALERIE MACON The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards was a night of celebration, triumph, and recognition of excellence in the television industry. Held at the LA Live Peacock Theatre…
Paramedic’s 5-Year Sentence Overturned In Elijah McClain’s Death
The paramedic convicted for fatally overdosing Elijah McClain during an arrest only received the minimum five-year sentence, but a judge ruled to release him after just six months. Source: Hyoung…
Black Residents Say No To Climate Gentrification in Charleston
Black people in Charleston, South Carolina are no strangers to gentrification. Over the past several decades, due to “overtly racist policies and practices” to turn Charleston into a tourism hotspot,…
Pharrell Pushes Back Something In The Water Festival To 2025
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman September 15, 2024 Pharrell announced the Virginia Beach event will now take place in April 2025. Pharrell Williams has canceled this year’s Something In the Water Festival.…
“Imagine Thinking All Eight Billion People Gon’ Get Along” [Video]
Nicki Minaj held a pop-up in Cleveland, Ohio, to celebrate her Loci sneakers collaboration with DTLR. During the event, she shared a few words of wisdom about unity amongst the…
Rickey Smiley New Book Sideshow Addresses Grief, Loss, More
In this image released on August 3, 2024, Rickey Smiley speaks onstage during the 39th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on July 20, 2024, in Las…
Law Roach And Naomi Campbell Respond To Rihanna Snub
The fashion faves are at it again! Law Roach and Naomi Campbell recently took to social media with a message. Fans and social media users have begun to speculate the…
Young Daughter Of Slain Marine Sues Savannah Businesses
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman September 15, 2024 The 12-year-old, named Serenity, hopes to hold the local businesses owners of Congress Street corridor responsible. The daughter of a Marine killed in Downtown…
Times Singer Took Us To Church
Jennifer Hudson performs onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024, in Hollywood, California. | Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Before there was the…
Junior Bridgeman Reportedly Buys 15% Stake In Milwaukee Bucks
by Daniel Johnson September 15, 2024 The former Milwaukee Bucks player is set to purchase 15% of the team. In a full circle moment, former Milwaukee Bucks swingman Junior Bridgeman…