They are formed based on one brushes their hair.ĭurags preserve this hair style. There are many different patterns of the wave hairstyle like 180 waves, 360 waves, 540 waves, 720 waves, and a combination of multiple patterns. The materials in a good durag keep the hair from fizzing up and drying out. Waves are a hairstyle where curls or combed brushed down and flattened in order to create ripple like patterns simulating the waves at sea.ĭurags are also used protect and prolong hairstyles like dreadlocks and braids. They are used to lay down the curl patterns in ones head to form the waves in their head. What are Durags used for and what are waves?ĭurags are mostly used to preserve, protect, and to help create hairs styles especially for black people and other races with curlier to kinkier hair.ĭurags help form the hairstyle waves. The invention of the durag is attributed to black culture. There is not one person who is responsible for inventing the durag. This item has become a cultural staple for the modern black man at Drippy Rags our core belief is it is the durag is like wearing a crown it helps us express ourselves, feel great, and be the best we can be. Recently the MLB TV announcer, Bob Brenly, mocked Marcus Stroman, a Black baseball player for the New York Mets, for wearing a durag but the result of this action from the announcer brought more popularity to this hair accessory and the players brand throughout social media. The impact of the piece of head cloth has also cause controversies through out society from schools to in the media. His nickname is Durag B.I.Įven white men such as WWE owner and wrestler star Vince McMahon and Rapper Eminem wore a durag on tv. NBA star Brandon Ingram frequently wears durags in his interviews and his pregame outfits. Famous African American women like Rihanna and Solange Knowles can be seen in these head wraps on billboards and magazines. In recent years wearing durags have been a fashion trend and you can see many people wear it across social media. Black men started to wear wear durags to differentiate themselves. The late 1960s the Black Power Movement added power to this accessory. The durag was used for hair protection and to create and maintain black men's wave patterns. However, it was in the 1930s, during the era of “Great Depression” and “Harlem Renaissance” the usage of the durag started to change.Īfrican Americans men started using durags for their hairstyles throughout the united states. The Durag originally worn to keep hair and sweat out of the faces of African-American laborers and slaves in the 19th century. They are also worn for fashion to match or reveal one’s outfit and fashion sense. The Durag (other names: do-rag, du rag, dew rag, doo rag, or wave cap) is a scarf that is tied down to one’s head to create, preserve, or and style one’s hair style. I tried to make this for anyone who's heard of a durag but don't actually know what it is and for those just curious in the origin of the durag.

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Two great rappers at their goofy and serious bests. Keem’s eccentric squeaks and mouth sounds are matched by Kendrick’s dorky tone switches (“My mental is amazing, brother ,” he says, like Hank from King of the Hill ). The song is loaded with clever quotables and infectious flows, but it’s also a showcase of silliness. Although the duo’s verses are separated on this song both lyrically and sonically-there’s not really an overarching theme, and they each rap over radically different beats-it feels like they were in each other’s brains making this. Keem’s high-pitched, wavering tone makes a great foil to Kendrick’s stern, forceful inflection, and vice versa.

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