Shenequa A. Golding Archives - Essence

Watch Common’s Electrifying ESSENCE Festival Performance

Watch Common's Electrifying ESSENCE Festival Performance

Estelle Reminds Everyone She’s a ‘Conqueror’

Estelle Reminds Everyone She's a 'Conqueror'

Full Force Is Back with ‘Thank You For Leaving Me’

Full Force Is Back with 'Thank You For Leaving Me'

Family Day Is the Only Way to Kick Off the 2014 ESSENCE Festival

Family Day Is the Only Way to Kick Off the 2014 ESSENCE Festival

Donnie McClurkin Spills the Beans on the Yolanda Adams Gospel Tribute

Donnie McClurkin Spills the Beans on the Yolanda Adams Gospel Tribute

Jagged Edge’s Return to Music Is Just What R&B Needs

Jagged Edge's Return to Music Is Just What R&B Needs

Watch Maya Angelou Recite the Poem That Won Her a Grammy

Watch Maya Angelou Recite the Poem That Won Her a Grammy

The Purple One Reigns Supreme On ‘The Hit And Run Part II’ Tour

The Purple One Reigns Supreme On 'The Hit And Run Part II' Tour

August Alsina Gives His Testimony on How His Mother’s Love Catapulted Him to Success

August Alsina Gives His Testimony on How His Mother's Love Catapulted Him to Success

Road To ESSENCE Festival: The Chi

Road To ESSENCE Festival: The Chi

Meet 7 Young Girls Changing the World, One Code at a Time

Meet 7 Young Girls Changing the World, One Code at a Time

Road To ESSENCE Festival: Atlanta

Road To ESSENCE Festival: Atlanta

Uplifting Quotes from Our Hall of Fame Empowerment Speakers

Uplifting Quotes from Our Hall of Fame Empowerment Speakers

Relive The Moment: Ashanti on Tributing Luther Vandross Tribute

Relive The Moment: Ashanti on Tributing Luther Vandross Tribute

Big Sam’s Funky Nation Gives The Low Down On Everything Essence Fest and New Orleans

Big Sam's Funky Nation Gives The Low Down On Everything Essence Fest and New Orleans