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Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival: Amplifying Black Voices in Entertainment

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10 months ago

May 2, 2024

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: Jess Hilarious speaks on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

This past weekend, the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival returned to Atlanta’s Pullman Yards with the goal of highlighting, uplifting, and amplifying Black voices in the podcast industry. For the second yr in a row, the event brought together podcast fans and the network’s top talent for a day of live podcast recordings of the network’s hottest shows.

Hosted by B Daht and Pretty Vee, the day kicked off with a special live taping , during which Lex P and Drea took the stage to debate dating in 2024 and the financial requirements of a relationship. Additionally, the event featured two thought-provoking and informative panel discussions: “Podcasting 102: Money & Marketing” and “Content Authenticity x Brand Partnerships.”

As the day progressed, viewers were treated to live renditions of the song , in addition to special guests John Hope Bryant and Dr. Joy Harden-Bradford. TI also made a surprise appearance throughout the live taping hosted by Ferrari Simmons, Byron Turner and Octavia March. The hosts talked to TI about several topics, including his first big purchase after rising to fame and the key to an extended, successful marriage.

Off the principal stage, festival sponsors AT&T, Nissan and State Farm hosted activities for families and fans, including The Trap Nerds Grand Prix Showdown Gaming Tournament, and for the second yr in a row, emerging creators had the chance to pitch their Black Effect podcast ideas. networks on the Pitch Your Podcast booth.

Nissan’s head of multicultural marketing Lanae Williamson and HBCU fellows Amber McKnight, Folusho Adeyemi and Nyla McPherson participated in the “Nissan Thrill of the Possibility Summit Panel,” moderated by Charlamagne Tha God. The group discussed their experiences on the Thrill of Possibility Summit 2023 sponsored by Nissan and the worth of attending an HBCU, including the sense of community, mentoring opportunities and unique, wealthy cultural experiences that may contribute to academic and profession success.

Adding an exclamation point to the evening, Philadelphia duo Gillie Da King and Wallo267 excited the gang by playing a hilarious game of “Do You Know Each Other?” with couples and friends, which caused hysterical chaos. Mandii B and WeezyWTF closed the show with a special live recording. The hosts began their live show with a surprising acrobat who performed impressive moves on a raised hoop on stage. Later, Weezy and Mandii kept the party going, gathering some fans for a twerk-off and teaching the audience the “kinky ABCs.”

In case you missed it, take a look at some photos from the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival: Amplifying Black Voices in Entertainment

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Lex P and Drea Nicole speak on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Weezy WTF and Mandii B speak on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

Gillie Da King and Wallo267

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Gillie Da King and Wallo267 speak on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: TI speaks on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

Lanae Jackson, Amber McKnight, Folusho Adeyemi, Nyla McPherson and Charlamagne tha God

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Lanae Jackson, Amber McKnight, Folusho Adeyemi, Nyla McPherson and Charlamagne tha God speak on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

Joy Harden Bradford, Devi Brown and John Hope Bryant

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: (L-R) Joy Harden Bradford, Devi Brown and John Hope Bryant speak on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 27: Will Lucas speaks on stage throughout the Black Effect 2024 Podcast Festival at Pullman Yards on April 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartMedia and The Black Effect Podcast Network)

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Ici: Keke Palmer’s Beauty appearance and more – Essence

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2 days ago

March 4, 2025

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Ici: Keke Palmer and Sheryl Lee Ralph's Naacp Beauty look and more

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Time is now for essentially the most fashionable moments in celebrity between Fashion Week, a season of prizes and magazine covers. Meanwhile, some glances required a full GLAM team once we finished a month and Valentine’s Day, sleeping hair and romantic manicures are still strong.

For example Black flexible headband. With an analogous volume Honey Afro Janet Jackson was entwined with a red gel manicure to enhance the golden accents. Then the model Alva Claire attended Baft in a fragile UPDO, which combined her curved, thin eyebrows and a blue-winged insert.

Makeup Artist Dee Carrion was chargeable for the golden lips and teeth in the quilt. Then Coco Jones’s hair was soaked in water – glass lids and lips added to the appearance. As for TEMS? The shiny French manicure was cherry on its siren and hot chocolate gloss.

And those that participated within the NAACP rewards didn’t come either. Keke Palmer has turn into viral not only due to touching speech of “Artist of the Year”, but additionally due to her to knock out beauty: elegant red hair and gothic makeup makeup.

Sheryl Lee Ralph was on her “suit and draw” that night. Saisha Beecham Saisha Beecham worked on shiny magic, as she put it, “Sixty Fine” within the years. Finally, the hair artist Larry Sims gave the Gabrielle Union museum by some means Bobów. He wrote within the signature “It gives a film star”. And we couldn’t agree more.

If you missed this, take a look at the very best moments of beauty from the week.

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Cosmetic school: Expert for additional long nails – essence

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4 days ago

March 3, 2025

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“At that time we only had acrylic,” Angie Aguirre says Essence, who puts ESPY-Jones in the primary episode. “We didn’t have a number of things we have today.” Starting the series, in honor of the Black History of the month, Aguirre, nail artist Sha’carri Richardson, resembles a black story for extremely long nails-at the identical time spreading techniques from the past.

From memories of curved acrylics on Flo Jo of the Eighties to the red manicure in Donn Summer, and even the nail of Stiletto from the Nineteen Thirties about Queen Nenzim from the Democratic Republic of Congo, manicure for construction has a wealthy history hidden behind every decorating extension.

Using the attention shadows as a substitute of the airbrush machine (which within the Nineteen Nineties was a big, loud pedal machine), she recreated one of the vital popular styles that has since appeared today as a preferred look.

Often appropriated in popular culture long, loud nails are historically called “ghetto” as an offensive statement after they wear black women. Meanwhile, they are sometimes seen as fashionable after they wear white celebrities.

“We usually set up trends [and] People kick, “says Aguirre within the film while painting about traditional nail art visible within the Nineteen Nineties.” When pop culture gets it, they change what they want to be like that. ” However, “black women wore these nails long before social media.”

Now that the nail industry is to succeed in USD 36.27 billion until 2032Aguirre explains the influence that black women have on beauty and what the longer term of those historical manicures will seem like. “Nail game has become very innovative,” he says, with latest products reminiscent of Gel-X. “[It’s] It is very different from what was during the day. “

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ICEM: Black Love was all over the blue carpet during ABFF HONORS

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5 days ago

March 1, 2025

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ICEM: Black Love was all over the blue carpet during ABFF HONORS

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On Monday, at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills A Who’s Who of New Stars, Hot Talent and Legends was at hand to honor the best in black talent on the screen for the American Black Film Festival awards. Honores for the Night to Aaron Pierre, who received the Rising Star award (while the crowd sang: “Aaron Pierre, to Mufasaaaa”), Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honree Marla Gibbs, who received the Hollywood Legacy award, Keke Palmer caught the Renaissan prize. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received the same honor for girls.

Many people got here out to have fun, including presenters Ava DuverNay, Anthony Mackie, Boots Riley, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Regina King. But in Hollywood there have been many stars and massive names, which also got here out with their partners to enjoy the annual event. They began a blue rug with sweet PDA and good vibrations, able to enjoy an important night.

From Larenz Tate and Tomasina’s wife to Dondre Whitfield and Salla Richardson Whitfield, Loretta Devine and husband Glenn Marshall, Lance and Rebecca Gross, and newlyweds Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis, Love was in the air. (Another essence of black women in Hollywood Honore, Teyana Taylor, was a supporting Aaron Pierre there, and there are rumors that these two enjoy their company, which, for which we’re here.) More couples appeared to this event than since the prize season. Scroll to see and feel all love.

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Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Sophia Rose McDowell

Los Angeles, California – 17 February: Kelvin Harrison Jr. And Sophia Rose McDowell take part in the seventh annual American Festival Black Film Festival in SLS Hotel, the luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Loretta Devine and Glenn Marshall

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Loretta Devine and Glenn Marshall attend the seventh annual awards of the American Black Film Festival in the SLS Hotel, luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Anthony R. Davis and Yvette Nicole Brown participate in the seventh annual American festival Black Film Festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Salli Richardson Whitfield and Dondre Whitfield

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Salla Richardson Whitfield and Dondre Whitfield are collaborating in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Founders of ABFF Jeff Friday and Nicole Friday

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Nicole Friday and Jeff Friday take part in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in the SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Lance Gross and Rebecca Gross

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Lance Gross and Rebecca Gross attend the seventh annual Arman Black Film Festival awards in the SLS Hotel, the luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Lenengreen dies and Tomasinain Frig

Los Angeles, California – February 17: Larenz Tate and Tomasina Parrott attend the seventh annual awards of the American Black Film Festival in the SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Charles D. King and Stacey Walker King, founder and CBO Macro Media Company

Los Angeles, California-17 February: Stacey Walker-King and Charles D. King take part in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)

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Michael Jai White and Gillian White

Los Angeles, California – February 17: (LR) Michael Jai White and Gillian White take part in the seventh annual Honorary American Festival Black Film at SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, Kalifornia. (Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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WME COO Dan Limerick and Dawn Limerick

Los Angeles, California – February 17: (LR) Dawn Limerick and Dan Limerick, COO, WME take part in the seventh annual Honorary Film Film Film Film Film Film at SLS Hotel, Hotel Luxury Collection, Beverly Hills February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Chris Spencer and Vanessa Spencer

Vanessa Spencer, Chris Spencer during the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival, which took place at the SLS Hotel on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo of Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)