when did african americans esp. hood nikkaz start with the dreadlocks thing

[Ronnie Lott]

I've noticed in football, damn near every dude is dreaded. College & NFL. Nyggaz are startin to lock their harir up in high school so by the time they hit college, their dreds hang out their helmets. I don't know about other regions in the US, but out here in Cali. Especially in Oakland, ridin around with dreds puts a bullseye on u, from law enforcement and other nyggaz tryna see what your about. Popos will be quick to pull yo azz over and employers be lookin at nygaz like

 

[livindajetlife]

Well since im a younger dude i aint speaking for everybody.. but when lil wayne got hot is when lil nikkas everywhere I went got dreads...

 

[Chris.B]

 

[beenz]

I understood what he meant, and I still think that locks were popular before the early 2000's.

Not everyone is going to agree on this though.

I say the popularity if dreads in the hood directly corresponds to the rise in lil Wayne's popularity. Most nikkas in the hoods with dreads look straight bummy like chief keef. They don't even keep the look up like the Afrocentric earthy cats who rocked dreads since whenever.

 

[j7thirty]

It's a time period thing for young nikkas

Everyone was rocking braids when A.I was at his peak with all his designs and what not

Then nikkas start cutting they hair and getting waves it was all about the 360

Then strangely enough whe the Gucci mane era got going because all the Lil hood nikkas love Gucci and he put on waka who was making music people wanted to shake their dreads to like him

That's the way I see it in Chicago and its also a what the girls liking type thing a couple nikkas switch it up and the girls like it then its a crowd of people with it

 

[Fmju]

When I was in middle - high school when lil Wayne was blowin up, everyone and their mama in DC and PG had dreads. I started mine a few months ago.

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

 

[Ooh Marty]

Locks been popping in chicago since the early 2000s but it was usually with the older guys like 25+. But around 07 was when I started seeing a lot of guys with the baby dreads in my school and hood and shyt. Now its hard to find a guy with OUT dreads in Chicago

Lil Wayne and Waka Flocka had a huge influence in chicago, and once Chicity found out that weezy's hairstylist is from chicago, nikkas went ape shyt with the dreads.


Plus a lot of them don't even take care of them. I.E. getting them retwisted, washing and conditioning them, getting a lining etc.

But hey its their choice

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

early post 2000 it was lil wayne and that snap ya fingaz ass movement from A that really put on for it in mainstream music videos i think


mine is gettin nice an long tho

 

[intruder]

Since Lost Boyz

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Werent they Jamaican?

I think the trend started around 1998ish among americans.

Anyway i cut my dreads when too many people started wearing them. And the worst thing to me is black americans tend to have these highly maintained dreads that are like so feminine IMO. I prefer the neglect style dreads. Not those highly manicured shyts

 

[yeahisaidit]

Apparently you dont understand what he means.

Like I said, not everyone is going to agree, depending on where you're from. I don't remember dreads not being popular growing up, and I'm 26. That just maybe a Florida thing...

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

I thought shyt started out with Bob Marley. Everybody in New Orleans has dread shyt looks dirty to me. I kno these dudes don't wash their hair

 

[69 others]

Like I said, not everyone is going to agree, depending on where you're from. I don't remember dreads not being popular growing up, and I'm 26. That just maybe a Florida thing...

where are you from cause as far as i know it's only popular down south, north east, and maybe oakland out west, and chicago. and except for the northeast caribbeans i've never seen it popular in the 90's or early 2000's in most of those places.

 

[Money Be Green]

After Wayne started growing em

 

[JoelB]

Damn near every black male was rockin caesars until A.I made cornrows hot, and everybody was dikkridin that wave... Then around 2006 ish...its seemed like everybody had locks

Yes people had locks for decades, but not like it is now.