Beauty Babble: Rihanna's Weird Bikini Wax on essence.com ›

There you are, splayed out on a table with your nether regions are on full display, while a total stranger rrrrips out the hairs with hot wax. Now, imagine how awkward the wax would be if you were wildly, internationally famous, like Rihanna.

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If Jay-Z Were President… on essence.com ›

what Jay-Z's Presidential Cabinet would look like …

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'FNL Stud': Happy Monday, Ladies! on essence.com ›

This morning we pay a visit to the P.Y.T. club and spotlight “Friday Night Lights” actor Michael B. Jordan. With those luscious soft lips and piercing eyes, Jordan is sure to have us planted in front of our TV sets each week for the series' final season.

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Rock the Vote, Get a Vibrator on essence.com ›

Here's another incentive to get out and vote in the mid-term elections this coming Tuesday — a little self pleasure.

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'Black Marriage Negotiations' Video Goes Viral on essence.com ›

A new animated video on relationships between Black men and women has quickly gone viral.

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Sesame Street Teaches Girls To 'Love Their Hair' on essence.com ›

“Don't need a trip to the beauty shop/'Cause I love what I got on top/It's curly and it's brown and it's right up there/I love my hair.”

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Protect Your Moneymaker: Celebs' Insured Body Parts on essence.com ›

Find out what celebs have body parts worth more than our combined bank accounts, and what celebs need to take out an insurance policy quick…

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Rihanna Gets Waxed on essence.com ›

The pop vixen is the latest celebrity to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington D.C.

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Trend: Celebs Taking Over the Radio on essence.com ›

Move over Ryan Seacrest! These celebs are playing radio DJs!

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