by Adaora Nwangwu
If you think it is impossible to get spontaneous with your dreadlocks, look at Burnaboy. Burnaboy rocked a fade when he debuted in the Nigerian music scene. But since he switched to locs, he regularly gives his hairdo a new spin in music videos or live performances. With the help of his hairstylist, the Grammy award-winning artiste has evolved into a hair chameleon.
Due to dreadlocks’ inflexible nature, some people are often clueless about how to style their locs. But with the help of a creative loctician and tremendous confidence, your locs can be revamped into any superb style. From pretzel-looking locs to curly tresses tied into a bun, here are ten ways Burnaboy altered his locs.
Thick Rolled Locs
Burnaboy knows how to keep us on our toes. You never know what hairstyle he is going to wear next. For his Way Too Big music video off his Grammy award-winning 2020 album Twice As Tall, Burna spun his hair into large individual tresses.
Pretzeled locs
Who said men in dreadlocks couldn’t be entertaining? For Evening Standard magazine in 2021, Burnaboy took his hairstyle up a notch (pun intended). He is not just looking great; his hairstyle is a work of art.
Locs in bantu nuts
While he looks great with his letdown, Burnaboy’s locs swaddled into small Bantu nuts for his performance at Athens, Greece, in 2021.
Wavy locs
Unlike the regular straight dreadlocks, Burnaboy opted for single wavy locs while serving face and looks on the Black Sherriff’s Second Sermon remix set.
Fade + Braided locs
You can never go wrong with combining a fade and dreadlocks. For Burnaboy’s performance at the Coko festival in Manchester last year, he rocks a fade and dyed braided locs, which he knotted at the tip of the protruding ends with ribbons.
Curled locs in a bun
If you ever feel stuck with dreadlocks, throw your tresses into a bun, and you are good to go. Still sporting a fade, Burnaboy gives his bun an exciting spin with his curled locs for his performance in New York last year.
Locs in space buns
For the On the Low video in 2018, Burnaboy opted for a laid-back look. He looked simple and trimmed, with his locs wrapped into two buns. In Leonardo Da Vinci’s words, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Twisted locs
Why leave your locs hanging around individually when you can twist them up? Burnaboy’s locs were perfectly twisted and secured at the bottom with a ribbon.
Braided locs
Similar to the previous picture, this time, the hair of the multi-award-winning artiste was styled into thin individual braids for the Flow Festival and Afronation in 2021.
Locs in cornrows
Burnaboy looks excellent and simple in his dreadlocks braided into medium-sized cornrows. This hair looks good at any time of the day.
