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There’s no question that Aretha Franklin is our Aries Angel. The Queen of Soul—who performed at the first ESSENCE Festival in 1995—began her career in the church. She later bellowed into the music industry in the late ‘60s with the song “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You).” Franklin’s legendary vocals continued
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