
Watch 'The OverExplainer' React To The Met Gala's Good, Bad And Ugly
Lena Waithe's jacket said it best: Black drag queens invented Camp.

How Much Do Diddy's Sons Know About Diddy?
Watch Christian, Quincy and Justin get most, if not all of Diddy trivia right!

Watch 'The OverExplainer' React To Taylor Swift's Beyoncé-Inspired Performance
Maybe Kanye West shouldn't have let her finish a few years ago...

'Ain't Too Proud': Temptations Musical Gets 12 Tony Nominations
Broadway is breathing new life into the classic group, The Temptations.

Does The World Ignore Black Pain?
Why does Paris get the fullness of humanity and empathy from the world?

Why Morris Chestnut Would Never Want 'The Best Man' To Be A TV Series
"It'd be too challenging. I wouldn't want to do it," he tells ESSENCE.

Nina Parker Explains How She Dug Herself Out Of Depression To Win On TV
"I felt handcuffed," Parker tells ESSENCE.

Did You Know "Maxine Shaw" Inspired Stacey Abrams, Ayanna Pressley And Marilyn Mosby?
And this is why representation matters.

Kendrick Sampson Explains Why We're Ready For A Black Woman President
"In order to liberate all of us, we have to aim at liberating the most intersectionally oppressed," Sampson said.

Taraji P. Henson Believes That Hatred Can Be Reformed
"Through love, that's the only way change could come about," she told ESSENCE.


The OverExplainer: Is There A Such Thing As Reverse Affirmative Action?
Yes there is. It's privileged parents paying and scamming their kids' way into college

The OverExplainer: We Are Only Just Now Stopping Black Hair Discrimination
Black people’s hair has always been a war-zone.

Alfre Woodard’s Husband Had The Secret Sauce To Make Her A Sexy, Adventurous Leading Lady
"I knew that he would be able to find Juanita in a way that I could really inhabit her," Alfre Woodard told ESSENCE.

If You Could Wake Up To A New Life Tomorrow, What Kind Of Life Would It Be?
In Netflix’s movie “Juanita,” Alfre Woodard stars as a woman who seeks to answer that question and transforms her life.

Watch Kelly Price Share That She's Now Focused Primarily On Acting
"I stopped taking singing engagements," Kelly Price said.

Watch Alfre Woodard, Blair Underwood And More Hilariously Share Their Fantasies
"Girl, I don't fantasize!" Alfre Woodard tells ESSENCE.

Watch Tyler Perry Explain Why He Actually Does Care About The Black Women Characters He Writes
"I'm very, very proud of the women that I write," Perry told ESSENCE.

The OverExplainer: What Do Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marsha P. Johnson And Tarana Burke Have In Common?
These are all women who disrupted history with their activism.