Cornrow Braiding
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Hip
Hop Hair
In the 1990s hip-hop artists from Ludacris to Lil’ Bow Wow could
be seen with cornrows, and stylists continued to develop new innovations
in cornrow braiding, best known from celebrity styles like those of basketball
star
Allen Iverson. The complex geometric
emphasis in new cornrow styles—perhaps reflecting the new
AfroFuturist movement—is again an important reminder that math
is as much a part of African heritage as Black hair.