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Grio Girls Trip Day 1: The Road to ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans

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Kevin Hart covers Essence, expecting new baby with wife

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Essence gets into trademark dispute over ‘Black Girl Magic’

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Essence Oscar gala puts black girl magic on full display

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Erykah Badu to be honored at Essence Black Women in Music 2017

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Paula Patton discusses dating post-Robin Thicke: ‘I have no idea what I’m doing’

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Ayesha Curry responds to Internet ‘memes,’ wonders why people are so ‘hateful’

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Tyra Banks, Misty Copeland, Iyanla Vanzant to empower at Essence Festival

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Meagan Good calls out ‘backward Christians’ for criticizing her wardrobe choices

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Chris Rock goes off about black women being dissed in Hollywood: 'It's a real problem'

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Usher celebrates Juneteenth instead of Independence Day at Essence Festival

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Essence magazine 'blacks-out' cover, dedicates issue to Black Lives Matter

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Alicia Keys empowers black women to end AIDS

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Tamron Hall: 'Essence made me confident in black beauty'

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'JET' magazine's final print issue hits stands Monday

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Prince opens up in rare interview with Essence Magazine

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'Jet' magazine ends print issues, will focus on digital

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Essence to honor African-American men in cinema

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Oprah Winfrey, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Forest Whitaker, Michael B. Jordan grace the cover of ESSENCE’s Hollywood Issue

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theGrio’s 100: Vanessa Bush, leading Essence into a brave new world

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