Ebony April 1996 Appraisal

Ebony Magazine - April 1996 Issue featuring Babyface

This is a physical copy of the April 1996 issue of Ebony Magazine, a prominent American monthly publication focused on African-American culture. The front cover features a portrait of R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, who is depicted wearing a dark, double-breasted pinstripe suit, a white dress shirt, and a vertically striped tie. The cover art utilizes a color palette of deep red backgrounds, white masthead text, and yellow highlights for secondary article headlines. Notable headlines include 'BABYFACE! HOT HITMAKER HAS IT ALL', 'EXHALING AND INHALING: Was The Movie Fair To Black Men And Women?', and 'New Millionaire Hunks Of The NBA'. The magazine displays a physical mailing label on the bottom left corner addressed to an individual in Jamaica, New York, which is a standard detail for subscription copies from this era. The condition appears to be moderately used with visible shelf wear, including softening and slight fraying at the spine, minor creasing at the corners, and some light surface abrasions on the glossy paper finish. As a Johnson Publication, it represents a specific period in 1990s media history, priced at $2.25 on the original cover. The printing is standard mass-market magazine quality with a glued binding and glossy paper stock for the exterior wrap.