- Shout out to my boy, Xenny.
He was rocking that rat tail for a minute recently.
- Really?
- Recently?
- The first time I saw him like what
the (bleep) was on your head, you feel me?
But he just really stuck to his guns.
- Yeah
- He rocked it and rocked it
until I was damn near like,
you damn near a visionary with this shit.
(hip hop music)
♪ I was born on the South Side ♪
♪ I was raised on the South Side ♪
♪ Everybody stick together like we in the lab ♪
♪ 'cause they ain't no side like the South Side ♪
- Welcome to another episode of Cooler by the Lake
- Yeah!
- The only show where we talk about South Side
and ask the important questions like,
Does Kevin Garnett shake up Vice Lords
when he picks up his kids from preschool?
- Probably.
- I think so, right?
- Maybe, if the preschool teacher's a Vice Lord.
- They probably are.
- I'm your host, Will Miles.
- I'm your host, Langston Kerman.
- Today, we are joined by esteemed guest,
rapper,
actor,
musician,
beloved,
friend of the show,
known him 20 years,
make some noise
for Vic Mensa everybody.
- (Langston) Vic Mensa!
- And of course, actress, star,
lovely person,
beloved again,
Chandra Russell.
- Beloved again, Chandra!
- Tonight's episode of South Side,
we saw the struggles as officer Turner
tried to transition herself
from a small head, bald head.
- It's bad.
- And so, the question we want to ask is
what are some of the worst decisions
you all have ever made with your hair?
- I had this hair style, man, when I was about 20,
and I was one of the first (bleep) since Sisqo
- Okay.
- But of my era, to dye they hair like, white, platinum.
- Platinum blonde.
One of the first (bleep) to do that shit.
It was cool, like, right when it
came out the dye, you feel me.
- Yeah, yeah.
- It was like short, kind of wavy.
Lookin' kind of like Protozoa from Zenon: Girl
of the 21st Century.
It was like
- I don't know none of those words.
- That's some real millennial type shit
- Yeah, yeah.
- You know what I mean, but, it was slick though.
- He frontin' anyway.
- You know what I mean, it was some outer space
(bleep) type shit.
As time passed though, you know,
there's always that weird stage between
having your hair down to your heard,
then having like a mini fro.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Or something like that.
The in between phase is real, real bogus.
So just imagine going from white hair
that also starts to turn kind of
Cheeto orange, yellow,
and it's gettin' longer,
and I thought I was finna get it twisted up,
- Yeah.
- You know, cause I thought I was
finna have some spikes or something.
So I end up with these off brand
Cheeto Puffs on my head,
like individuals,
and I had a girlfriend.
- And she didn't say anything?
- Why she aint tell me that shit was bogus as hell?
- She didn't really love you, the whole time.
- She was the one dyin' the shit.
- Well, so there's that.
There's that.
She stood by her work.
- You're not together anymore, I hope?
- No, we, I actually,
I actually left her
and got a whole new girlfriend
with the same hair style.
- As you? - Jesus.
- As me!
(laughter)
- Okay, so let's talk about this.
As a collective, can we make a decision
about what the worst hair styles are in history?
- I think the Jheri curl was a mistake.
I think
- Jheri curl's a bad one.
- it was definitely created by conservative whites
to make blacks look bad.
I'm sure, it's a conspiracy.
- It's a trickle down effect,
and it's trickling down into your head.
- Oooh.
- Way to bring it to Reagan.
- All right.
- Now, he's a Republican.
(laughter)
See, I love the Jheri curl though.
I would do the Jheri curl again.
I'm a proponent of bringin' the Jheri curl back.
- You would?
- Ice Cube was like,
when he had a Jheri curl with the hat, that was cool.
- No, 'cause people always bring him up like
that was a good Jheri curl.
He, no!
No, there's no such thing.
- He doesn't even like his Jheri curl.
He calls it a mistake.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Ice Cube, you're wrong.
(laughter)
- Jheri curls are dope.
- I think this is a good question.
Who are some of the greatest hair legends?
People who like iconic hair, when you think about hair,
you think about these people.
- Killmonger (bleep).
- That's true.
- Three dreads, right up front.
- Yeah.
Michael B. Jordan.
- Wow, this is different.
- Everybody can't have three dreads.
- Ew, that shit was different.
- Dread bands.
You never had dread bangs?
- For one eye.
- Yeah.
- Swoop it like Aliyah.
- Swoop it.
- Who else?
- Rihanna. - Rihanna?
- Rhi. - Which one?
- Yeah, who, which Rihanna?
- What makes her most iconic?
- Oh, I was like, what?
There's only one Rihanna.
I love the red period.
The first red period.
Right now she's in, like, like a copper, burgundy period.
- Yeah.
- But I'm talking about the original red.
This one's good too. - Sure.
- Now that she's a Saudi Princess, she
- Oh, she's so thick, she is so good.
- She's dating someone?
- Yeah, she's dating a billionaire, billionaire.
- She's done.
She's done.
She looks so happy and healthy.
- She ain't going to make music no more.
She's just going to be on yachts now.
- I don't blame her.
- I don't either,
but I'm upset,
and a
- Both of us are married, but both of us would love to.
- I ain't married.
(laughter)
I'm just engaged.
That could change.
Call me girl.
I ain't got no money, but,
I got an after show on Comedy Central.
Well, I guess that's how we're going to end it.
We want to thank our guests.
Let's thank our guests.
- Thank you Vic Mensa, Chandra Russel,
for coming to the show.
- Yay!
- Thank you for having us.
- Thank you for having us, man.
- Of course, of course.
- This been another episode of Cooler by the Lake.
I'm Langston Kerman.
- And I'm Will Miles.
- And we leavin'.
- Goodnight you all.
We love you!.
- We don't feel shit for you!
- Yeah.
What he said!
(hip hop music)
♪ I was born on the South Side ♪
♪ I was raised on the South Side ♪
♪ Everybody stick together like we in the lab ♪
♪ 'Cause ain't no side like the South Side ♪