The 20th Anniversary 2014 Essence Festival Brings Out The Stars! Prince and More Headline

Photo Credit: Maya Washington Essence hit it big again this year for their 20th anniversary. The Essence Festival’s 20th anniversary set a record for annual attendance, with more than 550,000 participants celebrating four days of R&B music, community, and black culture between the New Orleans’ convention center and the Mercedes Benz Superdome. The festival attracted […]

Jill Scott Assists Pharoahe Monch In “Still Standing” Video; Nominated For NAACP Image Award

(AllHipHop News) Grammy-winning singer Jill Scott has joined up with rapper Pharoahe Monch in the new video for his single “Still Standing” off last year’s Duck Down release, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades). The Terence Nance-directed clip, which depicts a young Monch getting injured and regaining his strength and power, premiered exclusively on the music page of Red […]

Stars Attend BET Honors After Party In Washington, DC

A variety of stores gathered Saturday evening (January 15) in Washington DC, to celebrate the BET Honors. Hennessey hosted the “Hennessey Vs BET Honors After Party” at The Park on Fourteenth and at The National Portrait Gallery. Celebrities like Common, Aretha Franklin, Raekwon, Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, India Aire and DJ D-Nice, all came out […]