The 19th Ward of Rochester is home to a vibrant Jamaican community, whose cultural influence is seen throughout the neighborhood—especially in the widespread embrace of locs. Rooted in the Rastafari ...

On New Year’s Day, a new law took effect that prevented schools in the state of Illinois from creating hairstyle-based dress code requirements. Illinois Public Act 102-0360, also known as the Jett ...

Late last month, school officials at Deborah Brown Community School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sent 7-year-old straight-A student Tiana Parker home crying. Her offense? Wearing dreadlocks. The school’s ...

As a kid, John wasn’t allowed to grow out his hair. “My parents didn't want me to have long hair because, [in] their culture, that meant something negative,” he says. “Basically, you were a certain ...

Dreadlocks in the modern day are worn by many and in many variations. Today, dreads are mainly seen as a form of beauty and adornment, whereas they hold significant meanings across history. Thus, they ...

Well-groomed dreadlocks are common among Nigerian male celebrities. Burna Boy started keeping his long locs in 2018 and he hasn’t cut it since then. Burna Boy keeps his locs fresh by always trimming ...