Beyonce gives fans an intimate look Jaÿ-Z’s hair transformation from locs to afro in a new mini-documentary.
On Monday (June 22), Bey’s hair brand Cécred shared the captioned video The Blueprintto their YouTube channel. The seven-minute clip documents Hov’s decision to comb out his signature locs after growing them for more than eight years. He ditched them for the afro instead debuted at the Roots Picnic last month.
“Everyone wants to know the details of Jay’s hair transformation,” Bey begins, before revealing that the decision was made as a tribute to Hov’s late father.
“Jay told me a few months ago that he was planning on combing out his locs for the Philly show with The Roots,” she said. ‘He wanted to do this in honor of his father. His name was Adnis Reeves and his favorite sports team was from Philly. His dad was always a rocker, so he wanted to be a rocker in his honor.”
The superstar singer initially didn’t believe her husband’s hair could actually be undone, but said the family eventually worked together, along with the help of Cécred products, to carefully remove it. The process became a shared experience, with Bey, their daughter Blue Ivy and others participating in what she describes as a “labor of love.”
Bey also revealed that the reason Jay grew his hair out in the beginning was to show Blue that “her hair looked like his hair,” after the then-five-year-old said she was self-conscious about hair texture.
“Hair grows. People grow. So the transformation can be emotional,” Bey said.
Watch the full video below.
Watch Beyoncé share Jaÿ-Z’s hair journey
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