ESSENCE Festival of Culture® lineup with Babyface, Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle, Erykah Badu, and Master P’s final show.

As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation ...

Taylor, former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, said of Smith ... His accolades include various awards, including the A.G. Gaston Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He is survived by ...

including the ESSENCE Awards, ESSENCE Television and the ESSENCE Festival of Culture On social media, EBONY magazine honored Smith's legacy on X, writing, "Clarence O. Smith, co-founder of ESSENCE ...

Smith, visionary co-founder of ESSENCE magazine and a pioneering force in ... including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Publishing in 1994 and the A.G. Gaston Lifetime ...

Clarence Smith (R) and Ed Lewis (L) at "The 2002 Essence Awards" at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, Ca. Friday, May 31, 2002. Photo by Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Fox. 33,623 people played ...

Taylor, the magazine’s former Editor-in-Chief and ... His work helped lay the foundation for an empire that included the ESSENCE Awards, ESSENCE Television, a line of Essence-branded eyewear ...