Yes, Girl!

On a day off from taping their hilarious sitcom, The Carmichael Show's Tiffany Haddish and Amber Stevens West walks us through their respective lives before and after the hit show. Not to be missed: Tiffany, who's starring in this summer's Girls Trip, sharing how she won over Will and Jada Pinkett Smith with a Groupon swamp tour. How important is it to be intentional in choosing a romantic partner who shares your spiritual beliefs and life passions? Former ESSENCE Bachelor Greg Corbin and his girlfriend Helanah top by to share their love story and discuss the power of intentional love. #WokeBaes

Love him or hate him, Charlamagne Tha God—radio’s favorite agitator—sits in the hot seat for Yes, Girl’s first live recording at ESSENCE’s New York City offices. He answers audience’s burning questions about “disrespecking” Birdman, loving Black women (“I don’t hate Black women") and sharing his surprisingly affirming life lessons from his book Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It.

Fresh off the release of her latest album, "Strength of a Woman," Mary J. Blige checks in with Charli and Yolanda about life after divorce, finding real love again, and what fans can expect from her sure-to-be epic performance alongside Chaka Khan, Jazmine Sullivan and Monica at the 2017 Essence Festival.

Long before producer-turned-actress Lena Waithe mined her personal coming out story for Master of None’s best episode ever (“Thanksgiving”), she stopped by Yes, Girl studios and chatted about growing up in the Chi, breaking into Hollywood and falling in love with the girl of her dreams. Publicist Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes and her husband, pastor Andrew Wilkes, are young, married and ministering other 20 and 30-something couples on how to blend faith and love. Find out their secrets to "Christian coupling" and faith-based Love!

Luvvie Ajayi is not only one of ESSENCE’s 100 Woke Women and featured on the May 2017 cover, she’s a New York Times bestselling author (I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual) and she’s developing a show with Shonda Rhimes. Her life right now: WINNING. Luuvie chats with Yolanda and Cori about her blogger beginnings, hooking up with Hollywood go-getters and why even when she’s judged, she’s gracious. Plus, ESSENCE's resident intimacy expert, Abiola Abrams, is in the house to answer reader's sex questions and offer advice for some of those "sticky" situations that occur between lovers. She's keeping it all the way real!

After the last 100 days with Trump, we need a good laugh. Thankfully, comic and actor Bill Bellamy (@billbellamy) gives us the levity our spirits craved as he tells Cori and Yolanda how he coined the term “booty call.” (fact.) Is it possible to meet a keeper while traveling the world? Travel blogger, Oneika the Traveler found her husband doing just that. We're talking international dating do's and dont's and how to find your happy ending overseas.

Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin are relationship goals for real. We chat with the power couple about how they build each other up by maintaining their faith and love in Hollywood, plus gems from their book "The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love."

Tameka "Tiny" Harris sets the record straight on how she really felt when T.I. called their marriage "a distraction," their impending divorce and what's next for her (hint: Xscape is reuniting). Plus, we chat with Tiny's daughter Zonnique about the inspiration for debut EP, Love Jones, and how she fell in love with her NFL star boyfriend Damian Swann

Insecure’s breakout star Yvonne Orji takes us on her bumpy journey to Hollywood, which includes a one way bus ticket to NYC (with no place to stay) to awkwardly hiding in HBO’s lobby after her audition (in a blonde wig no less). Afterwards, Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell and his wife Asia Lee share their love story and baby joy!

The Walking Dead's Danai Gurira is a super busy woman. Between writing stage plays, filming this season's TWD and going off to start Black Panther, she came by our studio for a chat about everything good in her life and although it was a few months ago, we're still inspired. The Internet’s go-to girl for all relationship and life advice, Demetria Lucas D’Oyley, stops by to set the record straight on whether or not Black women need as much help finding love as the news headlines suggest. So, what is the current state of Black love? D’Oyley breaks it down!

The Shade Room is one our guiltiest pleasures (The New York Times calls it "The Black TMZ") and on this week's episode of Yes, Girl! we talk with its founder Angie Nwandu, who's rag to riches story will have you in tears. Plus, we’re now officially obsessed with Insecure show-runner Prentice Penny and wife Tasha Penny’s sweet (yet unbelievably real) “how we met” story. The college sweethearts turned power couple know the secret to balancing success and love in Hollywood. Meet your new couple crush.

Besties Sanaa Lathan and Gina Prince-Bythewood share the magic inside their real-life bond in Hollywood and discuss their new show, Shots Fired. Plus, professional matchmakers The Matchmaking Duo reveal why professional Black women really have so much trouble finding love. (Sips, tea!)

Cori Murray and Yolanda Sangweni laugh it up with Niecy Nash, who we’ve adored since her days on Reno 911!, Clean House and Soul Man. Niecy tells us about her upcoming dramedy Claws, befriending Karrueche Tran, laughing through grief and meeting her husband at a party (yes, there’s love in the club). After that, Charli Penn and Beyoncé’s dance captain Ashley Everett talk about how Ashley’s man put a ring on it with a surprise engagement on The Formation Tour.

Long before actress and activist Uzo Aduba was a two time Emmy award winning star of Orange is the New Black, she was a doubtful young woman ready to call quits on a career in Hollywood. A fateful phone call from her agent turned her work life around. However, looking back on her life in Yes, Girl's premiere episode, Uzo shares that the constant encouragement from her family - Nigerian immigrants - and teachers kept her hopeful on her best and worst days navigating her career—including a run-in with the police. PLUS, reality TV’s most loyal married couple, Love and Hip Hop New York Stars Remy Ma and Papoose open up like never before and reveal how they fostered their unbreakable bond with prison bars between them, what it feels like to be #BlackLove goals for millions and what really goes down in the Mackie home.

"Yes, Girl!" launches March 9th!