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Parkwood Entertainment, owned by megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, issued a statement on Thursday that it had acquired 100 percent of Ivy Park. In 2014, Knowles-Carter and British billionaire Philip Green combined to create the line of athleisure clothing, which uses the star power of Beyoncé’s name and image in its advertising to sell leggings, sports bras, and […]

I always stop scrolling on his face. I always stare into those puppy dog eyes, aged far beyond their years by hell itself. They stare back in my direction but not at me. Like he was looking for something and I got in the way. Like everything got in the way of what he was […]

Beyoncé just gave everyone, especially Black women, more to buzz about. This year, Coachella, the celebrated, historically white music and arts festival of nearly 20 years, became dubbed “Beychella” as the artistic phenom, businesswoman and humanitarian brought continental African and African American culture, and some comedic relief, to the stage. And while attendees undoubtedly were […]

Beyoncé and Parkwood Entertainment, her management company, are celebrating Women’s History Month and World Water Day through partnerships with a humanitarian organization and luxury brand to provide clean, safe water to people in the East African nation of Burundi. As Essence reported in an exclusive interview with Ivy McGregor, Parkwood’s director of philanthropy and corporate relations, […]

Disney’s live-action remakes of their classic animated films have generally been met with a mixed reaction—anywhere from joy to confusion to anger. But when the announcement of the official cast of Lion King was made public, there was only joy. First, James Earl Jones, the OG Mufasa, is reprising the same role he played in […]

In far too many cases, American race relations parallel the “I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I” childhood taunt.  The taunt stems predictably: The pot shouldn’t call the kettle black. It takes one to know one. But, now there’s “if you are a Black professional athlete, you better not protest state-sanctioned killings of Black people, lest you anger state actors who will […]

Celebrities have started to come out to offer their support to Houston residents following the flooding of Tropical Storm Harvey. One of the most notable to do so is a daughter of Houston herself – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. 

Many contemporary Black people feel a disconnect when it comes to indigenous cultures despite coming from them. This is likely a direct result of history [read: slavery]. To help reestablish this connection, a 6-year-old girl named Vanae James-Bey and her mother have created a coloring book that highlights indigenous Black cultures, according to The Atlanta Black […]

Beyoncé’s visual album LEMONADE has officially been a part of the public consciousness for a year. To celebrate the project and all of its critical acclaim, Beyoncé didn’t drop a new album or even a song. Instead, she’s changing the lives of four women seeking a higher education, according to CNN.

Beyoncé is already commonly known as royalty to her millions of adoring fans. However, a new development could transform Queen Bey into a whole new kind of royalty. Variety reports that director John Favreau has Beyoncé’s name at the very top of his list of people he’d like to play Nala in the upcoming remake […]

As they are every year, the Grammys were full of more than a dozen moments worth focusing on. However, unlike every year, 2017’s Grammys saw a handful of moments that reached peak Blackness and had us all standing and yelling at our televisions and laptops. 

This week, Beyoncé fans (collectively known as The Beyhive) were excited to hear that she would be performing her surprise country song “Daddy Lessons,” at the Country Music Awards. It was of course empowering to hear that Beyoncé, a black woman who is dominating music, was branching out into country, a genre that is a […]