Kelly Rowland definitely has been heating things up on the visual front with the releases of her ‘Lay It On Me’ and ‘Down For Whatever’ videos, so it comes as a fitting bill for the songstress to front Essence magazine’s fall ‘Hot Hair’ issue.

While we’ve shown you the cover, fans have now been invited to take a peek at the behind-the-scenes action.  More Miss Kelly awaits after the jump:

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