{"id":2544,"date":"2016-09-20T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/?post_type=tpic&#038;nid=1016474"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:44:38","slug":"weddings","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/love\/weddings\/","title":{"rendered":"Weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"topics-header\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><div class=\"topics-header-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"pubstack-section-heading\">Black Weddings<\/h2><\/div><!-- .topics-header-wrapper --><\/div><!-- .pubstack-container --><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-essence-container alignfull essence-container essence-has-background-opacity-5 essence-has-background essence-height-normal essence-align-horizontal-full latest-videos\" style=\"--essence-text-color:#FFF;background-color:#161616\"><div class=\"essence-container__wrapper\"><div class=\"essence-container__content-wrapper\"><section class=\"essence-video-carousel\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><h2 class=\"pubstack-section-heading\">Watch<\/h2>\n<section class=\"essence-promo-block\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\">\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"essence-topics category-watch-topics WATCH\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><div class=\"essence-topics__inner\">\t<article class=\" essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"1344566\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z&#039;s Mom, Gloria Carter, Got Married In A Star-Studded Ceremony\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lifestyle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jul 05, 2023<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"1344566\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/jay-z-mom\/\">Jay-Z&#039;s Mom, Gloria Carter, Got Married In A Star-Studded Ceremony<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/victoria-uwumarogie\/\">Victoria Uwumarogie<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\" essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"1335577\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-scaled.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-scaled.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-scaled.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-scaled.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"We Were Guests At Pinky Cole And Derrick Hayes&#039; Star-Studded Wedding In Atlanta\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lifestyle<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jun 12, 2023<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"1335577\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/pinky-cole-wedding\/\">We Were Guests At Pinky Cole And Derrick Hayes&#039; Star-Studded Wedding In Atlanta<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/victoria-uwumarogie\/\">Victoria Uwumarogie<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\" essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"1219557\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2022\/08\/guests-at-Draymond-Hazel-wedding.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2022\/08\/guests-at-Draymond-Hazel-wedding.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2022\/08\/guests-at-Draymond-Hazel-wedding.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2022\/08\/guests-at-Draymond-Hazel-wedding.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2022\/08\/guests-at-Draymond-Hazel-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"All The Celeb Couples Came Out For Draymond Green And Hazel Renee\u2019s Wedding\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/love\/weddings\/\" rel=\"tag\">Weddings<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Aug 17, 2022<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"1219557\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/love\/weddings\/draymond-green-wedding-guests\/\">All The Celeb Couples Came Out For Draymond Green And Hazel Renee\u2019s Wedding<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/victoria-uwumarogie\/\">Victoria Uwumarogie<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"swiper-container essence-topic-carousal\"><div class=\"swiper\" data-js=\"essence-carousel-swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"essence-topic swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/jay-z-mom\/\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1440px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GettyImages-1188113567-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z&#039;s Mom, Gloria Carter, Got Married In A Star-Studded Ceremony\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"essence-topic__content\"><div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/love\/weddings\/\" rel=\"tag\">Weddings<\/a> <span>&nbsp; <time datetime=\"2023-07-05T08:00:00-04:00\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\">Jul 5, 2023<\/time><\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\"><a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"1344566\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/jay-z-mom\/\">Jay-Z&#8217;s Mom, Gloria Carter, Got Married In A Star-Studded Ceremony<\/a><\/h3><aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/victoria-uwumarogie\/\" rel=\"tag\">Victoria Uwumarogie<\/a><\/span><\/aside><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"essence-topic swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/lifestyle\/pinky-cole-wedding\/\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1440px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg?width=640 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fav-141-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"We Were Guests At Pinky Cole And Derrick Hayes&#039; 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