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"Hello everyone Duke Carter here at the convention center where we are for essence fest you can see we got a crowd the crowds are Getting a little bit bigger as the day progresses of course This is significant because we're talking about black culture black beauty pretty much women empowerment here now This is significant because of course we've been hearing some speculation about this possibly in the last one But a lot of members we spoke to they don't care Essence is still going to be here at least that's what they claim So we're gonna have more on this tour for you coming up tonight you"
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