Teyana Taylor

  • Keep That Same Energy: Teyana Taylor Channeled Medusa and Donatella for Versace

    When you think of Versace, inevitably, a few things come to mind, chief among them creative director and muse Donatella and the Medusa that adorns the Italian fashion house’s logo. And these are exactly the icons Teyana Taylor was channeling when she dressed to impress for Sunday’s Versace Pre-Fall 2019 show at the American Stock…

  • Our Bodies Are Not Ready: Teyana Taylor Keeps That Same Energy for Agent Provocateur

    Forget “Fade”—Teyana Taylor is now taking lingerie to the next level as the star of Agent Provocateur’s Autumn Winter 2018 campaign, titled, “The Power of Provocateur.” In the 90-second spot, wearing nothing but the label’s yellow Anna Padded Plunge Underwired Bra ($215), matching brief ($130), a lavender-tinged, blunt-cut silver bob wig and body chains, Taylor…

  • A Study in Contrasts: Teyana Taylor & Ruth Negga Stun on Separate September Covers

    What do multihyphenates Teyana Taylor and Ruth Negga have in common? Aside from both being well known and extremely talented black women, it would seem not much … except the two were both raised as only children, both worked at their crafts for decades before making a major breakthrough, and each is a style icon…

  • Fade 2 Focused: Why Teyana Taylor Turned Off IG to Turn Up for Her New Album

    Fun fact: We still haven’t gotten used to the idea of Teyana Taylor being grown. Yes, we know she’s a 27-year-old wife and mother to toddler Iman Tayla (aka “Junie”). And of course we also vividly remember feeling sick with envy over her sleek and slicked-up post-baby body (and ridiculously sexy dance moves) in the…

  • Teyana Taylor Officially Launches Online Workout Series Fade2Fit

    You could be 90 days away from changing your life now that Teyana Taylor has finally officially released her online workout series Fade2Fit. If you admired Taylor’s intense snapback after having baby Junie and the fact that she gave everyone life when she appeared in Kanye West’s “Fade” video, all abs, sculpted arms and legs,…

  • 17 Wishes for 2017

    If I squint with my good eye and drink something potent out of a red Solo cup, 2016 doesn’t seem so bad—from an entertainment perspective, anyway. So, as we move forward into the new year, here are some things I’d very much like to see. That is to say, if 2017 doesn’t end early because…

  • The 10 Best (And Worst) Moments From The Blackest VMAs I've Ever Seen

    The realization occurred during Rihanna’s extended dancehall set. As I watched her emerge from a sea of dozens of niggas from Flatbush grinding and winding and puppy-tailing on the VMA stage, I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d ever seen that many Black people on the VMAs at the same time. (No.) Which then made me…

  • Hits and Misses From VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors

    Who run the world? Girls. With hip-hop being a male-dominated industry, the accomplishments of female artists who have pioneered the industry are often forgotten. But not Monday night. After a six-year hiatus, VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors returned with a star-studded program dedicated to female rappers. “All Hail the Queens” was special, mostly because it was a…