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Teyana Taylor Opens Up About Filler Injections: ‘It Was Super Quick And Wasn’t Even Really That Painful’
Teyana Taylor has done it all. Actually, she’s doing it all. From the early days of appearing on MTV’s My Sweet Sixteen and choreographing Beyonce’s...
The Science Backing One Mothers Decision To Not Spank Her Son
As Black parents raising a Black boy, my husband and I made an agreement. In a world saturated with brutality against Black boys and men,...
R&B Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Different Now
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Imani Mixon takes on...
Considering A Nose Job? Here’s What You Need To Know.
In 2020, more than 1.7 million African-Americans reportedly received cosmetic surgery procedures in 2020. That’s also the year that nose reshaping reigned supreme as the...
How Did Hip-Hop And R&B Become One Genre?
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports...
Exclusive: Whitney Houstons Estate Releases Fragrance In Singers Honor
Ten years after the passing of superstar Whitney Houston, the singer’s estate has released a fragrance in her honor. Through executor Marion “Pat” Houston, the...
How Much Money Do R&B Artists *Really* Make?
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editors Jasmine Browley...
Never Too Much? A Look At Sexually Explicit R&B Lyrics
Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Jaelani Turner-Williams addresses...
When Is True Crime Content Inappropriate? Fans, A Legal Expert, And A Psychologist Weigh In
True crime is a phenomenon. From television shows and films to podcasts and publications, stories exploring the details of real crimes, especially cases of missing...
Black Witches Debunk Witchcrafts Biggest Myths
An old, common misconception of witches is that they’re all white. Another is that they’re associated with the devil. African and Black American culture has...