00:00Joining me now on the carpet, the beautiful and talented Chrisette Michelle and Justin
00:08Guitar Slayer Lions.
00:09How are you guys doing tonight?
00:10Wonderful.
00:12Okay.
00:13So we're celebrating 45 years of Essence, empowering women and celebrating their stories,
00:17as well as many decades of music and really pioneering new sounds and empowering women.
00:22What does this night mean to you?
00:23It means everything.
00:24I've had a spread in Essence, I've been supported by their love, and so have all of my sisters.
00:29This is the premier place for us to express ourselves and be accepted in the community.
00:35And it's always nice to have a male point of view, we haven't had too many of you stop
00:37by on the carpet tonight.
00:38What does this mean to you this evening?
00:40I'm here to support, and I know that women are life, so I have to give thanks to that.
00:46Thank you so much for that.
00:47So tell me, who are you looking forward to seeing this evening?
00:50I'm looking forward to seeing Brandy, but I don't want to say that out loud, because
00:53if somebody else is watching...
00:54It's okay, you're in a safe space, it's just us and everybody on Essence.com watching.
00:58I'm thinking of Brandy.
01:00This will be my second time seeing her before I'm in Los Angeles.
01:02Really?
01:03Yeah.
01:04Do you have a favorite of hers?
01:05What's your...
01:06Sitting up in my room and mine is...
01:07I want to be down.
01:08Yeah.
01:09Did you used to do the dance?
01:10The little hand dance?
01:11I used to practice that dance.
01:12I never quite got it right.
01:14Me and dancing is not the best idea.
01:17Okay.
01:18Yeah.
01:19So something that we've been asking our Essence audience using hashtag black women in music.
01:24What do you feel?
01:25And of course we had to pick the number 45.
01:26Over the last 45 years has been one of the most influential moments in music or one of
01:30the most influential artists, male or female.
01:32I know everybody said the same thing, but so I'm going to say Lauryn Hill and I'm also going
01:36to say Janna Jackson.
01:37I absolutely...
01:38That's the first we've heard of both of them.
01:39I do...
01:40Oh, it is really?
01:41Yes.
01:42Oh, did I say the wrong thing?
01:43No, girl.
01:44There are no wrong answers here.
01:46And what about you?
01:47The same.
01:48The same, yeah.
01:49Are you just copying?
01:50Are you looking at her paper?
01:52He's looking at her paper.
01:53I must say Chrisette Michelle.
01:55She's my favorite.
01:56She's my favorite.
01:57Thank you guys so much.
01:58I will see you on the inside and have a wonderful evening.
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