THE REST TOMORROW WHEN YOU JOIN US AT 10 A.M. FOR TAKE OUT TUESDAY. HE IS EXCLUSIVE. HE IS
FAMOUS AMONG THE FAMOUS. HE’S
THE GUY WHEN YOU SAY I GOTTA GO.
HIS NAME IS KENDRICK. BUT HE
GOES BY SHOOTS CUTS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA. AND YOU GO TO HIM TO GET
THOSE RAZOR SHARP DEFINING OF
THE LINES. HE IS MONEY TRUSTED
BY THE LIKES OF DETROIT PISTONS
PLAYERS. SO THEIR GAME IS ALWAYS
ON POINT OFF THE COURT, SO I
DECIDED TO CHECK HIM OUT. IN HIS
HANDS. THE STRAIGHT RAZOR IS A
STRADIVARIUS CLIPPERS A
SURGEON’S SCALPEL TO WATCH CUTS
, OR KENDRICK ON HIS LICENSE IS
TO WATCH A MASTER AT WORK. HE IS
DIVINCI, KOBE. THE AMADEUS
PRODIGY WHO HAS ONLY BEEN
CUTTING HAIR FOR FIVE YEARS.
CLEAN LINES, ARTISTRY EXACTITUDE
. THE MAN IS A GENIUS WITH
CLIPPERS. NO DETAIL GOES
UNNOTICED. NO HAIR TOO SMALL TO
BE LEFT UNCUT EVERY LINE TO BE
FREE HANDED, AS IF BY LASER. FOR
BEARD. IT’S 75, THEN JUST THE
HAIRCUT ALONE AT 60. ON THE
WEEKENDS. IT’S 100. SO MY PRICE
DURING THE WEEK IS NOT THE SAME
AS THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE IT’S
JUST HIGHER THAN MAN. CHARLES
HAS BEEN COMING TO THIS CHAIR
FOR YEARS. HE DRIVES 40 MILES,
ONE WAY. JUST TO GET HIS HAIRCUT
. WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK?
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST BARBERS
AROUND SHUT UP PROMISES. YOU
PROMISING ME THIS THAT IF YOU
GET A CUT, YOU CAN NEVER GO
ANYWHERE ELSE. DANG I NEED A
BEARD TRIM. I MIGHT HAVE TO SIT
IN THE CHAIR. THE SHOP IS COOL
AND INVITING AND NOT WITHOUT
HUMOR. THIS POSTER HANGS ON THE
WALL, BUT NO ONE’S CRYING. AND
YOU WOULD THINK IF YOUR REGULARS
WERE DETROIT PISTONS, THERE
WOULD BE MORE OBVIOUS POSTERS.
BUT KENDRICK THE BARBER IS WELL,
HE’S HUMBLE. HE’S LOW KEY. AND
MAYBE THAT’S WHY HIS CELEBRITY
CLIENTS TRUST HIM NOT ONLY WITH
THEIR FADES BUT THEIR PRIVACY.
THEY ENDORSE HIM. HE ENDORSES
THEM. SITUATION STREET. DID I
MENTION CHURCH CUTS HAS AN
ACTUAL BARBER POLE ROTATING
INSIDE THE SHOP? NOTHING ABOUT
THE PLACES PRETENTIOUS. I MEAN,
HIS CARICATURE IS RIGHT NEXT TO
HIS CHAIR, MY BACKGROUND. I’M
COLOMBIAN, AND SO FOR US IS
SLANG FOR LIKE OLD MAN. SO I WAS
OVERDUE AS A BABY, SO I WAS
REALLY WRINKLY AND MY OLDEST
SISTER, I’M THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR
AND MY OLDEST SISTER, SHE SAID.
I LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE COCOA.
OKAY AND I JUST TOOK WITH THAT
ONE DAY JUST ONE OF MY FRIENDS.
IT WAS LIKE NORMAL. SHORTEN THAT
UP AND HE JUST DECIDED CHURCH.
NOT LIKE THIS, SO I JUST STUCK
WITH IT. CUT SO YEAH. AND THEN
IT WAS YOURS. TRULY SITTING IN
THE CHAIR OF HONOR. CRISPY WHAT
IS IT? IS THAT GIVE ME SOME IS
THAT SLANG FOR BARBERSHOP? YEAH
PRETTY MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE
A NICE, CRISP BLIND. OH, CRISPY.
OKAY, I GOT YOU. MAKE SURE IT’S
CRISPY NOW. HMM LIKE I KNOW WHAT
I’M TALKING ABOUT SO RIDICULOUS
. I WAS GOING TO GET THAT KID
AND PLAY HIGH TOP FADE, BUT I
CHICKENED OUT A NEW MAN. HMM? AH
MICHELLE AND I HAD A GREAT TIME
SHOOTING THAT TOGETHER. THANK
YOU FOR EDITING. UM THANK YOU
FOR WRITING IT. I HAVE YOU. DID
YOU HEAR SOME OF THE PHRASES HE
HAD IN THERE? THAT WAS REALLY
CLEVER. WELL I LIKE YOUR STYLE
OF WRITING. THANK YOU. VERY
MUCH. SHOOTS CUTS IS OUT THERE
ON THE GRAM. YES SEARCH FOR HIM
TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT WERE
BEING SORT OF COY ABOUT IT
BECAUSE HE IS VERY SELECT. HE’S
VERY SELECT LIKE YOU GOTTA BE
KIND OF IN THE NO. NO, SO HE’S
ON THE GROUND SHOOTS CUTS AND
IT’S A COOL PLACE TO GET NICE
FADES NEXT TIME A FADE MAYBE. DO