That was the last time Billboard tackled the monumental feat of ranking the top R&B artists, dating back to the ‘50s. Michael ...

Diamond Packaging won five awards in the 32nd Annual FSEA Gold Leaf Awards Competition which showcases foiling, embossing, and other specialty effects.

The three have been intrinsically linked for more than two decades, when in 1994, the first festival was hosted there to celebrate ESSENCE Magazine’s 25th anniversary. The location made sense ...

Even before it published its first issue in 1971, Ms., the feminist magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem, had vocal critics.

Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles and Jamaican Olympic bronze medalist Junelle Bromfield posed for a vintage Italian charm themed photo shoot with Essence magazine. Majority of countries have ‘no ...

Upending decades of precedence, the Trump Administration will exclude key information from reports on human rights.

Speakers included scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, former WNBA player Maya Moore, historian Dylan Penningroth, trans activist ...

As ESSENCE Magazine celebrates 55 years of shaping the narrative of Black womanhood with unapologetic grace, the second wave of its festival lineup was announced today—and it is nothing short of ...

Doug E. Fresh, the “Human Beatbox,” is slated to lead a tribute to Essence magazine’s 55th anniversary. Additionally, Essence has announced the return of its popular “Superlounge ...

Clarence O. Smith, who as one of the founders of Essence magazine helped advertisers realize the potential of the long-ignored market of Black women consumers, has died. He was 92. The death ...

Smith, who convinced skeptical advertisers of the power and worth of the Black female consumer market in becoming a founder of Essence, the first general-circulation magazine directed at Black ...

Clarence Smith (R) and Ed Lewis (L) at "The 2002 Essence Awards" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Ca. Friday, May 31, 2002. Photo by Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Fox. 31,129 people played ...