Taking the time to research about your hair and investing in books is a great way to go through information without the background noise of the internet. You'll be able to take your time and meditate on things that you've read and discover things you never knew about your hair. Do not limit yourself to [...]
Locs are the manifestation of melanin magic materialized through the hair follicles of blackness to bloom beyond boundaries and limitations.Jason Williams, Trudreadz.com As you begin to go deeper into the wonders of melanin and how melanated people are physical manifestations of the infinitely expanding creative force of the universe you start to see how magical our hair really is. Melanin is the black, transmutable, [...]
Where I'm from, I didn't see a lot of people with locs growing up. Nowdays, it wouldn't be hard to find a dreadhead in even the most non-urban communities. Dreadlocks are everywhere: freeform, manicured (twisted) and everything in between. Is growing locs in America a trend? Or is there something deeper going on here? Well here's [...]
What if you could cure slow hair growth and baldness by becoming a stoner? Is it possible? Let's find out.
Timothy "Mozzy" Patterson is a West Coast Emcee that has earned his crown not only as a major contributor to Bay Area Hip-Hop culture, but as a Freeform Loc Legend. Last year in a Dj Smallz interview Mozzy says his dreads symbolize a 'beautiful struggle' because he started his locs while he was in jail. [...]
The Beginning When I first started my loc journey I was oblivious to all the wonders of the dreadlock community, completely clueless. All I knew was that I wanted to grow my hair out and experience the loc journey. I've heard people say things like, dreadlocks or locs are like spiritual antennas. Or things like, [...]
