Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jazmine Sullivan are stressing the importance of telling Black stories. For Essence magazine’s split-cover summer issue, the Emmy-winning actor and Grammy-winning singer co-star on its two covers dedicated to the “Summer Screen Kings” and “ESSENCE Festival of Culture”, respectively.
Sullivan, who uses her platform in music as a way to tell Black women’s stories, chats with “Insecure” co-creator/writer/producer Issa Rae about joining the “ESSENCE Festival of Culture”. “Before now, I had really just been concerned about expressing myself and getting my story out there—and people have connected to that,” Sullivan said. “But for this project, it was important for me to share the stories of the women I love and hold
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