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00:00:00that you've been waiting for is back online and live in new orleans july 1st through july 3rd
00:00:05the essence festival of culture presented by coca-cola is bringing the heat with experiences
00:00:09you love including essence beauty carnival and essence wellness house we've got something for
00:00:15everyone meet and greets shopping panels workshops performances and more it's the
00:00:21black joy from me get your tickets now at essencefestival.com
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00:01:10Whether this is your first festival or your 20th, this year's Essence Fest will be like no other.
00:01:34Land among the stars at Essence Studios Center Stage, where you can hear from your favorite celebrities and even meet them in the fan zone.
00:01:43And there's even more. You gotta see it to believe it.
00:01:47Start mapping out your weekend now.
00:01:49It's all going down June 30th to July 3rd at the Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola.
00:01:56More information at EssenceFestival.com.
00:02:04My brands are both New Voices portfolio companies.
00:02:19They invested in the Lit Bar very early on and have provided a ton of mentorship in addition to capital that allowed me to grow my businesses and target stores across the country.
00:02:34I would absolutely recommend the New Voices family to any founder seeking investment, seeking partnership, seeking advice, seeking mentorship.
00:02:51I can't say enough how helpful it is to feel like you have a partner when you're on the startup journey.
00:03:04One of the greatest things we can do in our lives is to have a mentor and a coach.
00:03:13We use it every person that has made it to a certain level.
00:03:15There's always been somebody along their journey to say, hey, they helped me out.
00:03:19I know for a fact that New Voices have become that for me.
00:03:22Meet Essay, a community finance platform.
00:03:38Borrow money when you need it, on your terms, and lend it when you have it, and make a return.
00:03:45We're people helping people.
00:03:47Join us.
00:03:47After two years, Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola, is back on the ground in New Orleans, June 30th to July 3rd.
00:03:58It's the black joy for us.
00:04:00The 2022 Essence Fest is everybody's welcome home.
00:04:05See all stars, including Kevin Hart, Nicki Minaj, Janet Jackson, New Edition, and more on stage every night.
00:04:12Plus, fill your days with community, culture, and connection at over 30 unique events over the weekend.
00:04:19Revisit your faves like Essence Marketplace, Essence After Dark, and Beauty Carnival.
00:04:24Or make new memories at debut experiences like Essence in His Zone, Men's Experience, the Black Boy Joy headquarters.
00:04:32With fun, interactive activities, as well as experiences around entrepreneurship, business, self-care, and relationships.
00:04:40All fit for a king.
00:04:43Essence Tech Summit.
00:04:44Step into the future and explore a world of cutting-edge technology.
00:04:48Celebrate black women in tech, as well as learn from industry leaders on all things cryptocurrency, NFTs, and more.
00:04:55Essence Eats Food and Wine Festival, the ultimate foodie destination, is bigger and better this year.
00:05:02Featuring the all-new immersive Food and Wine Festival.
00:05:06Enjoy recipes and tastings from world-class chefs and mixologists, and so much more.
00:05:11This is your official taste of Essence.
00:05:14For the full list of experiences, and to get your tickets, go to EssenceFestival.com.
00:05:25Whether this is your first festival, or your 20th, this year's EssenceFest will be like no other.
00:05:36Here's what you need to know before you go.
00:05:39Every night is a party in the Superdome, but don't skip the day vibes.
00:05:43Meet us around the EssenceFest campus for a wealth of free events curated just for you.
00:05:48Land among the stars at Essence Studios Center Stage, where you can hear from your favorite celebrities and even meet them in the fan zone.
00:05:58Make sure you stop by the all-new Essence Film Festival, where you'll not only get a sneak peek of the most anticipated Hollywood projects,
00:06:05you'll also be introduced to the work of up-and-coming black creatives.
00:06:10Take a load off and recharge at Essence Wellness House, your weekend's self-care sanctuary.
00:06:16Put yourself first with tips and tools from health experts to help you wherever you are on your wellness journey.
00:06:23Join us at the Essence Wealth Empower Stage, where you'll hear empowering conversations from today's top thought leaders and activists.
00:06:31This experience will also feature global black economic forum moments,
00:06:35where business moguls and inspiring entrepreneurs will illuminate the path on how to build economic equity and generational wealth within our communities globally.
00:06:46You know it wouldn't be New Orleans without some good food.
00:06:49Taste and sip your way through the all-new Essence Eats Food and Wine Festival, your daytime culinary destination with top chefs.
00:06:57And this year, we got your late-night cravings covered.
00:07:01Stop by Essence Eats, the let-out edition.
00:07:04This food truck block party will keep you fueled as you head to all that Essence Fest late-night has to offer.
00:07:10Get your power suit ready.
00:07:12Essence Eats Suite is back.
00:07:14From panel conversations featuring leading black women in business to recruitment,
00:07:18it's the number one destination for your career advancement.
00:07:22Essence After Dark returns.
00:07:25Join us for late-night comedy shows featuring Fat Tuesday and special music curations,
00:07:30featuring Afro Beats and classic R&B curations.
00:07:33And there's even more.
00:07:35You gotta see it to believe it.
00:07:37Start mapping out your weekend now.
00:07:39It's all going down June 30th to July 3rd at the Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola.
00:07:46More information at EssenceFestival.com.
00:07:49This is Janet Jessen, everyone.
00:07:51And this is you, Sarah.
00:07:52Welcome to my Essence cover shoot.
00:08:09Kevin, it's a wrap.
00:08:23Thank you so much.
00:08:27Thank you, everyone.
00:08:28As males get older, we become more distinguished, for lack of a better word.
00:08:40And for females, it's more like, y'all get names like Cougar and Auntie and things of that nature.
00:08:45They count y'all out way too early, man.
00:08:48Because if Angela Bassett is a testament to what an older woman, more mature woman can be, man, then I want to go that route.
00:08:56What's good, y'all?
00:08:59This is Method Man right here.
00:09:01And this is my Essence uncovered.
00:09:04My Essence stays covered, though.
00:09:05But this is my Essence uncovered.
00:09:08Yeah, I'll be good.
00:09:08Having an Essence cover mean to me?
00:09:14When I get one, I'll let your ass know.
00:09:16This is the digital cover.
00:09:17The physical copy magazine that I grew up on?
00:09:21That would mean the world.
00:09:22This is great.
00:09:23I love the fact that you guys even thought of me for this, and I am truly honored.
00:09:27I've won a Grammy, and I recently got my first acting award.
00:09:31And that was from the NAACP, Image Award.
00:09:34But I covet that award more than the Grammy any day because that came from my audience, my people, and they love me.
00:09:42And I'll take that over anything.
00:09:44So for Essence, after all these years of me being in the business, to be here right now speaks volumes, volumes to my journey as well as, you know, the classiness of this magazine.
00:10:00It just got a little bit more classy.
00:10:02Yes.
00:10:04You can't do both.
00:10:12I tried it, and it didn't work out for me.
00:10:14That's why I took a long hiatus from acting, or acting took a long hiatus from my ass.
00:10:19Let's put it that way.
00:10:20There were shows being missed, of course, studio albums not being made because I was way more into my acting than music.
00:10:29I haven't met one person that's acting and singing, and they're doing both, and it's working for them, with the exception of J.Lo, because J.Lo does every thing.
00:10:37She's the best at it.
00:10:39Don't at me.
00:10:40I was in a group that meant a lot to its audience.
00:10:45We never compromised ourselves, and they respected that, so why not 25, 26 years from there still have a career because, you know, you kept it a buck.
00:10:56I mean, I've always been myself, and nothing's changed, so the audience should still be there, and we're blessed to still have the audience there.
00:11:04That's all I can say.
00:11:04How important has physical fitness been to my overall well-being?
00:11:10When I started, big depressed, insomnia, a bunch of things going on.
00:11:14For me, it was, if I'm going to get my mind right, my body might as well be right.
00:11:18Why, you know, exercise the mind and not exercise the body?
00:11:21It doesn't make sense.
00:11:22It was just a transition for me.
00:11:23I feel like if I can do it, anybody could do it.
00:11:34Hey, this is Summer Walker, and we're on set for my Essence Magazine cover shirt.
00:12:04I feel like I'm going to get my mind right now.
00:12:34I feel like I'm going to get my mind right now.
00:13:04I feel like I'm going to get my mind right now.
00:13:34What does it mean to me to be on the cover of Essence?
00:13:57I prayed for this moment.
00:14:00Literally all of my life as a kid, I literally said, I'm going to be on the cover.
00:14:04Essence, I'm going to be a star.
00:14:06And being on this cover is bigger than just saying Pinky Cole.
00:14:11Being on the cover is every single entrepreneur who has big dreams to make it,
00:14:16to make their business go viral and make multi-million dollars and just really realizing their dream.
00:14:21And people get to see it through me, a girl from East Baltimore who had big dreams and big visions
00:14:27and was able to manifest them that landed me to this opportunity here.
00:14:31And that's what we're going to ask them.
00:14:32So I'm excited.
00:14:33I feel good.
00:14:34How are you?
00:14:35I'm still living in the moment.
00:14:37You know, it's funny because as entrepreneurs, we always talk about being on big platforms
00:14:43and letting the world know about our organizations.
00:14:45And now they're about to see, you know, that two entrepreneurs that have restaurants,
00:14:50what we stand for, the mission that we're on.
00:14:52And it's so, you know, we're so grateful that.
00:14:53Yeah, it feels like a dream.
00:14:57And to be able to have my friends and family witness this moment and to be able to walk
00:15:02into a store and we pick ourselves up off the shelf, like that's priceless.
00:15:06You can't pay for that.
00:15:07So I'm excited that what we've built has gotten us here.
00:15:11And I'm even more excited to know that this is only the beginning.
00:15:14Yeah.
00:15:14And for me, I get to see, well, my 88-year-old grandmother, she get to see, you know, me in
00:15:20the markets.
00:15:21You know, she raised me.
00:15:22I told her when I started this business, when I was losing all my family, that she
00:15:26would see her grandson break barriers.
00:15:28And that's what I'm doing.
00:15:29You know, you got to try to figure out, you know, what's important and still try to keep
00:15:33time for everything in your life that you love.
00:15:35But this is the part that's building the part that's going to take care of what you love.
00:15:39So you got to leverage that out.
00:15:40So when people say, make time and do this and do that.
00:15:43Yes, you have to make time for your loved ones because that's important.
00:15:46But I also got to get to this bag so I can help my loved ones when I ain't here no more.
00:15:49So I think that is the most important thing right now is managing and leveraging the time.
00:15:54And that's what we're both working on.
00:15:56I think we're doing a good job at, you know, what we got in our lives going on.
00:15:59You're doing a great job.
00:16:00Yeah.
00:16:12Can't ball in our lives, man.
00:16:18Go on with it, but go on with it.
00:16:20Yo, AJ, are you kidding me?
00:16:23Do us.
00:16:23Yeah.
00:16:24Yeah, we give things like we need it the most
00:16:27We have to give things like we really supposed to be thankful
00:16:30Blessings all for my life and
00:16:33My thank God for the journey, the earnings, a trust for the plus
00:16:37Gratitude is a must
00:16:40Blessings for all by my right hand
00:16:43Bust a toast with the friends, we'll take off
00:16:45We'll be low, one time they sit down in a class
00:16:48And we'll go dead, only set the road
00:16:49And we'll go on with the road
00:16:51To us
00:16:52Ain't no party like an Essence Fest party
00:17:19The cultural reset you've been waiting for
00:17:22Is back online and live in New Orleans
00:17:24July 1st through July 3rd
00:17:26The Essence Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola
00:17:28Is bringing the heat with experiences you love
00:17:31Including Essence Beauty Carnival
00:17:33And Essence Wellness House
00:17:34We've got something for everyone
00:17:36Meet and greets, shopping, panels, workshops, performances
00:17:40And more
00:17:41It's the black joy from me
00:17:43Get your tickets now at EssenceFestival.com
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00:18:59Whether this is your first festival or your 20th, this year's Essence Fest will be like no other.
00:19:06Land among the stars at Essence Studios Center Stage, where you can hear from your favorite celebrities and even meet them in the fan zone.
00:19:15And there's even more. You gotta see it to believe it.
00:19:18Start mapping out your weekend now. It's all going down June 30th to July 3rd at the Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola.
00:19:26More information at EssenceFestival.com.
00:19:29My brands are both New Voices portfolio companies.
00:19:50They invested in the Lit Bar very early on and have provided a ton of mentorship in addition to capital that allowed me to grow my businesses and target stores across the country.
00:20:01I would absolutely recommend the New Voices family to any founder seeking investment, seeking partnership, seeking advice, seeking mentorship.
00:20:22I can't say enough how helpful it is to feel like you have a partner when you're on the startup journey.
00:20:28One of the greatest things we can do in our lives is to have a mentor and a coach.
00:20:44We give every person that has made it to a certain level, there's always been somebody along their journey to say, hey, they helped me out.
00:20:50I know for a fact that New Voices have become that for me.
00:21:05Meet Essay, a community finance platform.
00:21:09Borrow money when you need it, on your terms, and lend it when you have it, and make a return.
00:21:16We're people helping people. Join us.
00:21:20After two years, Essence Festival of Culture, presented by Coca-Cola, is back on the ground in New Orleans, June 30th to July 3rd.
00:21:29It's the black joy for us.
00:21:31The 2022 Essence Fest is everybody's welcome home.
00:21:36See all stars, including Kevin Hart, Nicki Minaj, Janet Jackson, New Edition, and more on stage every night.
00:21:44Plus, fill your days with community, culture, and connection at over 30 unique events over the weekend.
00:21:49Revisit your faves, like Essence Marketplace, Essence After Dark, and Beauty Carnival.
00:21:55Or make new memories at debut experiences like Essence in His Zone, Men's Experience, the Black Boy Joy headquarters.
00:22:03With fun, interactive activities, as well as experiences around entrepreneurship, business, self-care, and relationships.
00:22:11All fit for a king.
00:22:14Essence Tech Summit.
00:22:15Step into the future and explore a world of cutting-edge technology.
00:22:19Celebrate black women in tech, as well as learn from industry leaders on all things cryptocurrency, NFTs, and more.
00:22:27Essence Eats Food and Wine Festival.
00:22:29The ultimate foodie destination is bigger and better this year, featuring the all-new immersive Food and Wine Festival.
00:22:37Enjoy recipes and tastings from world-class chefs and mixologists, and so much more.
00:22:42This is your official taste of Essence.
00:22:45For the full list of experiences, and to get your tickets, go to EssenceFestival.com.
00:22:50Whether this is your first festival, or your 20th, this year's EssenceFest will be like no other.
00:23:07Here's what you need to know before you go.
00:23:10Every night is a party in the Superdome, but don't skip the day vibes.
00:23:14Meet us around the EssenceFest campus for a wealth of free events curated just for you.
00:23:19Land among the stars at Essence Studios Center Stage, where you can hear from your favorite celebrities, and even meet them in the fan zone.
00:23:29Make sure you stop by the all-new Essence Film Festival, where you'll not only get a sneak peek of the most anticipated Hollywood projects,
00:23:37you'll also be introduced to the work of up-and-coming black creatives.
00:23:41Take a load off and recharge at Essence Wellness House, your weekend self-care sanctuary.
00:23:47Put yourself first with tips and tools from health experts to help you wherever you are on your wellness journey.
00:23:54Join us at the Essence Wealth Empower Stage, where you'll hear empowering conversations from today's top thought leaders and activists.
00:24:02This experience will also feature global black economic forum moments,
00:24:06where business moguls and inspiring entrepreneurs will illuminate the path
00:24:10on how to build economic equity and generational wealth within our communities globally.
00:24:17You know it wouldn't be New Orleans without some good food.
00:24:20Taste and sip your way through the all-new Essence Eats Food and Wine Festival,
00:24:25your daytime culinary destination with Top Chefs.
00:24:28And this year, we got your late-night cravings covered.
00:24:32Stop by Essence Eats, the let-out edition.
00:24:35This food truck block party will keep you fueled as you head to all that Essence Fest late-night has to offer.
00:24:41Get your power suit ready.
00:24:43Essence Eats Suite is back.
00:24:45From panel conversations featuring leading black women in business to recruitment,
00:24:49it's the number one destination for your career advancement.
00:24:53Essence After Dark returns.
00:24:56Join us for late-night comedy shows featuring Fat Tuesday and special music curations,
00:25:01featuring Afro Beats and classic R&B curations.
00:25:04And there's even more.
00:25:06You gotta see it to believe it.
00:25:08Start mapping out your weekend now.
00:25:10It's all going down June 30th to July 3rd at the Essence Festival of Culture,
00:25:15presented by Coca-Cola.
00:25:17More information at EssenceFestival.com.
00:25:20This is Janet Jessen, everyone.
00:25:22And this is you, Simon.
00:25:23Welcome to my Essence cover shoot.
00:25:34It's a wrap.
00:25:54Thank you so much.
00:25:55Thank you, everyone.
00:25:59As males get older, we become more distinguished, for lack of a better word.
00:26:11And for females, it's more like, y'all get names like Cougar and Auntie and things of that nature.
00:26:17They count y'all out way too early, man.
00:26:19Because if Angela Bassett is a testament to what an older woman, more mature woman can be, man,
00:26:26then I want to go that route.
00:26:29What's good, y'all?
00:26:30This is Method Man right here.
00:26:32And this is my Essence uncovered.
00:26:35My Essence stays covered, though.
00:26:36But this is my Essence uncovered.
00:26:39Yeah, I'll be good.
00:26:39Having an Essence cover mean to me?
00:26:45When I get one, I'll let your ass know.
00:26:47This is the digital cover.
00:26:48The physical copy magazine that I grew up on?
00:26:52That would mean the world.
00:26:53This is great.
00:26:54I love the fact that you guys even thought of me for this, and I am truly honored.
00:26:58I've won a Grammy, and I recently got my first acting award.
00:27:01And that was from the NAACP, Image Award.
00:27:05I covet that award more than the Grammy any day, because that came from my audience, my
00:27:12people, and they love me.
00:27:13And I'll take that over anything.
00:27:15So for Essence, after all these years of me being in the business, to be here right now
00:27:21speaks volumes, volumes to my journey, as well as, you know, the classiness of this magazine.
00:27:31It just got a little bit more classy.
00:27:33Yes.
00:27:35You can't do both.
00:27:43I tried it, and it didn't work out for me.
00:27:45That's why I took a long hiatus from acting, or acting took a long hiatus from my ass.
00:27:50Let's put it that way.
00:27:52There were shows being missed, of course, studio, albums not being made, because I was way more
00:27:58into my acting than music.
00:28:00I haven't met one person that's acting and singing, and they're doing both, and it's
00:28:05working for them, with the exception of J.Lo, because J.Lo does every thing.
00:28:09You're the best at it.
00:28:10Don't at me.
00:28:13I was in a group that meant a lot to its audience.
00:28:17We never compromised ourselves, and they respected that, so why not 25, 26 years from there still
00:28:24have a career because, you know, you can't pay the buck.
00:28:27I mean, I've always been myself, and nothing's changed, so the audience should still be there,
00:28:33and we're blessed to still have the audience there.
00:28:35That's all I can say.
00:28:35How important has physical fitness been to my overall well-being?
00:28:41When I started, big, depressed, insomnia, a bunch of things going on.
00:28:45For me, it was, if I'm going to get my mind right, my body might as well be right.
00:28:49Why, you know, exercise the mind and not exercise the body?
00:28:52It doesn't make sense.
00:28:53It was just a transition for me.
00:28:54I feel like if I can do it, anybody could do it.
00:29:05Hey, this is Summer Walker, and we're on set for my Essence Magazine cover sheet.
00:29:35We're on set for my Essence Magazine cover sheet.
00:30:05We're on set for my Essence Magazine cover sheet.
00:30:35We're on set for my Essence Magazine cover sheet.
00:31:05what does it mean to me to be on the cover of Essence? I prayed for this moment. Literally
00:31:31all of my life as a kid, I literally said, I'm going to be on the cover of Essence. I'm
00:31:36going to be a star. And being on this cover is bigger than just saying Pinky Cole. Being
00:31:42on the cover is every single entrepreneur who has big dreams to make it, to make their
00:31:47business go viral and make multimillion dollars and just really realizing their dream. And
00:31:52people get to see it through me, a girl from East Baltimore who had big dreams and big
00:31:58visions and was able to manifest them that landed me to this opportunity here. So I'm
00:32:04excited. I feel good. How are you? I'm still living in the moment. You know, it's funny
00:32:10because as entrepreneurs, we always talk about being on big platforms and letting the world
00:32:15know about our organizations. And now they about to see, you know, that two entrepreneurs
00:32:19that have restaurants, but we stand for the mission that we own. And so, you know, we're
00:32:24so grateful that. Yeah, it feels like a dream. And to be able to have my friends and family
00:32:31witness this moment and to be able to walk into a store and we pick ourselves up off the
00:32:35shelf, like that's priceless. You can't pay for that. So I'm excited that what we've built
00:32:41has gotten us here. And I'm even more excited to know that this is only the beginning. Yeah.
00:32:46And for me, I get to see, well, my 88 year old grandmother, she get to see, you know, me
00:32:51in the markets, you know, she raised me. I told her when I started this business, when
00:32:55I was losing all my family that she would see her grandson break barriers. And that's
00:32:59what I'm doing. You know, you got to try to figure out, you know, what's important and
00:33:03still try to keep time for everything in your life that you love. But this is the part that's
00:33:08building the part that's going to take care of what you love. So you got to leverage that
00:33:11out. So when people say, ah, make time and do this and do that. Yes, you have to make time
00:33:15for your loved ones because that's important. But I also got to get to this bag so I can help
00:33:19my loved ones when I ain't here no more. So I think that is the most important thing
00:33:23right now is managing and leveraging the time. And that's what we both working on. I think
00:33:26we're doing a good job at, you know, what we got in our lives going on.
00:33:29You're doing a great job. Yeah.
00:33:32Kimballi na life, man. Go on with it. Ma go on with it.
00:33:39Can't ball in a life, man
00:33:45Go on with it, ma go on with it
00:33:51Yo, EJ, are you kidding me?
00:33:54Do us, yeah
00:33:55Yeah, we give things like we need it the most
00:33:58We have to give things like we really supposed to be down for
00:34:01Blessings all for me life, man
00:34:04Ma down cut for the journey, the earnings, the dust for the plus
00:34:09And gratitude is a must
00:34:11Yeah, we see blessings for all by my right hand
00:34:14Buster to us with the friends who take off the below
00:34:17One time they sit down in a class
00:34:19Don't go and then only set the road
00:34:20And we go on with the road
00:34:22Do us, yeah
00:34:24Yeah, we give things like we have to give
00:34:27Just so we have blessings upon me
00:34:29And say me be tell them story
00:34:31Just so we have blessings upon me
00:34:34And that's why we give him the gold
00:34:36Blessings for all by my right hand
00:34:38Buster to us with the friends who take off
00:34:40If you love one time they sit down in a class
00:34:43And we put it
00:34:43Only set the road and we go with it
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