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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: Kevin Hart speaks on stage during the 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize For American Humor at The Kennedy Center on March 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images) By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 26, 2024
Kevin Hart has officially joined an elite class of comedians.
The comedian was honored in DC by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over the weekend, receiving their
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 25, 2024
Two of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ private residences have been raided by authorities in search of supporting evidence to an ongoing investigation.
According to Fox 11 LA, both the rapper/producer’s Holmby Hills residence in Los Angeles and his Star Island home in Miami were raided by Homeland Security officials, reportedly in search of flash drives, laptops, and any other materials that could support their ongoing investigation.
Both
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 25, 2024
It’s natural to think that one of music’s most legendary artists, approaching his fourth decade in music, Lenny Kravitz has seen and done it all, got the t-shirt, and has earned enough stripes to tell the rest of the world how it goes. But at age 59, the rockstar still feels he has much more to learn.
“I’m still the student,” Kravitz tells ESSENCE just
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 21, 2024
As some of the originators of the South’s signature Hip-Hop sound, both Jermaine Dupri and Uncle Luke know more than a thing or two about the spirit of Freaknik.
With both rappers/producers having had boots on the ground back in the 90’s when the collegiate Spring Break party was at its scandalous prime, each helped shape the cultural cornerstone that has now become the stuff
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 20, 2024
Megan Thee Stallion is officially taking her Hottie Party on the road! The three-time Grammy winner just formally announced her first-ever solo Global tour, aptly named the Hot Girl Summer Tour.
The Head Hottie in Charge will hit 31 cities across the United States and Europe between mid-May and late July, closing out her tour with an appearance at DC’s Broccoli City Festival and with
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 19, 2024
Beyoncé has officially set the 10-day countdown to the hotly-anticipated second act of her three-act renaissance, teasing fans with the stunning cover art for Cowboy Carter, her surprise Country project.
But in addition to the visual reveal, the songstress and beauty mogul opened up about her own experience of being highly successful, yet still shunned as a Black woman in a music genre that Black
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 18, 2024
Nicole Byer is quite literally bringing her own brand of Black girl magic to the screen with her latest role as the proverbial H.N.I.C. of The American Society of Magical Negroes.
Byer stars in the much-buzzed-about satirical comedy that follows Aren (Justice Smith) and his mentor Roger (code-switch in real life or on screen.
ESSENCE: When a script titled The American Society of Magical Negroes
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By Brande Victorian ·Updated March 15, 2024
Queen Latifah is returning to host the NAACP Image Awards for the second year in a row, and she admits she’s feeling the pressure.
“I put a certain amount of pressure on myself with every project that I do and with anything that I do because I want it to go well and I want it to be right,” she tells ESSENCE from her makeup chair
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Raphael Saadiq at the premiere of Marvel’s “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” held at the Walt Disney Studios Lot on February 4, 2023 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images) By Rivea Ruff ·Updated March 15, 2024
Raphael Saadiq has effortlessly soundtracked the lives of countless Gen Xers, Millennials, and Zoomers through his work with soul R&B outfits like Tony! Toni! Toné! or Lucy Pearl, as a solo