FIXED!!!
For anyone that has the same issue I was able to fix it by doing the following steps:
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Follow this article’s step to download and create font-config
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/enable-color-emoji-linux-google-chrome-noto -
Unzip folder from Raspberry Pi’s Download Folder
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Open Terminal and type the following:
cp *.ttf ~/.fonts/
fc-cache -v -f -
Reboot Raspberry Pi
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Verify that you can see emoji (https://eosrei.github.io/emojione-color-font/full-demo.html)