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Giveaway: Enter to Win 2 Tickets to See #Prince and #JanelleMonae at #ESSENCEFest
UPDATE: The winner is JESSE! Check your email!! Starting July 3, this year’s ESSENCE Festival will go down in New Orleans, Louisiana. Celebrating two anniversaries – 20 years of music, leadership and more as well as the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the theme is “Year of Empowerment.” In fact, as a part of their Empowerment Experience, they will be hosting a free workshop series titled Empower U. Topics including Love & Relationships, Healthy Living, Money & Power, Beauty & Style, Education, Technology and Careers are among the deep-dive workshop tracks. Additionally, many of our favorite celebs like Jill Scott, Mary J. Blige, Leela James, SWV, Alicia Keys will be…
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More Than a Vixen: Aaliyah Dana Haughton (1979 – 2001)
There will probably never be another Queen of Urban Pop, just as there will never be another King of Pop. It’s hard to believe that today, eight years ago, I was reading about her death in the overseas military publication, Stars and Stripes. I remember thinking that it was joke – that someone at Stars and Stripes just hated Aaliyah until I saw it on the news, on MTV, on BET…it was unreal. Music keeps me going so you can believe that Aaliyah’s music helped to inspire me…and keep on inspiring me. Like Charles Wade said, Aaliyah was “more than a woman” with the honeyed voice and the signature belly…
