Aldis Hodge attended Congressional Black Caucus week events including the White House Black Excellence Brunch and the CBC Phoenix Awards while promoting his new Prime Video series 'Cross.' He discusses the new series in an interview with BOSSIP posted inside!
Click inside to check out photos from this amazing event that highlighted the unique contributions of women to the sneaker community!
To celebrate 30 years of loving us, ESSENCE announced a special one-night-only 20th Anniversary of Confessions Milestone Moment with Usher! The four-day festival that has spanned generations, both in-person and virtually takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The epic event will feature performances by Janet Jackson, Charlie Wilson, Victoria Monét, Birdman & Friends, a special […]
Aunties attending an annual fest should already be icing their knees ahead of some “azz” backing up in New Orleans. ESSENCE Festival is officially taking over for the ’99 and the 2000 by announcing a Cash Money Millionaires reunion. A press release reports that during the 30th ESSENCE Festival of Culture, “Birdman & Friends Presents […]
During a “From Revolution to Evolution” themed Convention & Career Fair, a CEO boldly and unabashedly acknowledged a previous controversy surrounding an annual festival. “We are going to continue to diversify the talent in the Superdome to represent a spectrum—nobody is getting kicked out,” said the cultural architect. The National Association of Black Journalists […]
An affair that took place in New Orleans recently paid tribute to Black female bosses in entertainment and business. Shea Moisture’s Women En Blanc Honors & Smirnoff’s All-White affair went down during ESSENCE Fest weekend and celebrated the leadership and global accomplishments of women. Over 300 stunners showed up dressed in all-white to honor luminaries […]
We’re happy Janelle Monáe is “much happier” when she’s showing skin, but she sparked some outrage when she flashed the crowd during her performance at Essence Fest on Friday night. The free-spirited singer broke the internet with her barely-there outfits to usher in the Age of Pleasure with her new album. After the “Lipstick Lover” […]
In honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary, the Essence Festival of Culture will bring out a star-studded list of artists to celebrate the genre's global impact over the last five decades.
Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance recently hosted an exclusive experience to drive the impactful and important conversation surrounding Black breast cancer and clinical trial participation. and BOSSIP was in attendance. During Essence Fest, Ricki Fairley, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor and Co-Founder of Touch BBCA, filled a room with fellow survivors also knowns as Breasties to reflect on their individual experiences battling the disease and being victorious.
Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris being interviewed by KeKe Palmer at the at New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center members of President Biden's Cabinet participated in a special sit-down on the Wealth and Power Stage. Dubbed the "Global Black Economic Forum – A Sit Down with President Biden’s Cabinet", it featured Sec. Pete Buttigieg. Ahead of the panel, Sec. Buttigieg told BOSSIP about his new "Reconnecting Communities" program which addresses infrastructure planning mistakes of the past and offers a way for communities to rebuild. The program in part centers around transportation inequity in America, in particular in Black and brown communities where lack of transportation meant a lack of career and economic advancement.
The music legend was in attendance at the her Be Bold Dinner party for AT&T Dream In Black at Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans.
Essence Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola is back and the lineup is crazy! Here’s your ultimate guide to one of the best events of the summer that’s currently heating up New Orleans! Essence Festival began in 1995 as a one-time event to celebrate Essence Magazine’s 25th anniversary and grew to be what […]