Jill Scott covers the 2012 issue of ESSENCE magazine.

This is the simplest form of myself,” the singer said of her short-cropped natural do, “I look in the mirror and it’s like, ‘Hey, there you go. What’s up, girl?’ For me, hair is an accoutrement. Hair is jewelry. It’s an accessory. Tomorrow I may want a wig down to my butt and I’m gonna rock it, and the next day I may want a big Afro and I’m gonna rock that too…”

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