You understand the snap back [Yeah] you’re coming out
a new man, different identity.
Job interview, durag? [LAUGHS]
[EVERYONE LAUGHS] It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok.
We are back again for another Culture Capsule.
A show where we journey through black space and time to decide
which items from our culture earned their keep in our future.
Yes yes fam, that deserves a bluku!
Yes, you heard it correctly, that’s D Double E, he’s
our in house brain in a box. He’s like Siri, just facesty.
Let’s move on with the show.
Joining me for this episode we have Tik Tok superstar Ehiz,
rapper Avelino and actor and comedian Hemah K.
We’re zoning in on headwear. Which one of these iconic pieces of headwear will win?
Oh my gosh. It’s the fashion episode.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Avelino, I’m gonna start with you.
What did you bring? And why should it go into the capsule?
As you can see the item I’ve got here today is a snapback.
From I was born I’ve seen snapbacks, to now
I’ve seen snapbacks so the kids of the future need snapbacks.
Hemah, what have you brought?
So I have brought the lovely headscarf. It should go into the capsule
because this is a representation of Black women united.
Alright, Ehiz, what have you brought?
Alright, so enough of the waffle, right [EVERYONE LAUGHS] we have a durag. [Ok]
The people need to know how to style their hair, the waves are waving,
cowabunga as they are doing and this, right here, is the future.
Round one, the debate.
I’ve heard some strong arguments from all you guys
but I think the only thing we can do is debate it, yeah?
So the floor is anybody’s, why should your item go in
because if you don’t debate it strong enough, it’s not going to the future.
Right we have got a velour durag,
they come in silk, velour and many other forms and materials.
What you should realise is that with a durag, the durag is
not only used for the styling of hair but it can also be a fashionable statement
as opposed to wraps, very much ratchet. Very much -
Wow.
Out of date, you know, so -
Wow ok.
First of all is like a lot of Black women can’t sleep without it.
Now are you gonna take the one thing that we need to sleep?
Is that what you’re gonna do so we can’t,
so we can’t sleep, you don’t want Black women to sleep.
You could sleep with that.
Ok me can’t, me can’t sleep without this so...
Well me affi tell ya, ya can. [EVERYONE LAUGHS]
The hairline pandemic
is eternal. This is protection, this is security -
That’s not protection, this is, this is protection.
This is, this is a safe haven blud. [CROSS SPEAKING].
No no no no no [CROSS SPEAKING].
Ok but do you know what?
This is a friend when a friend’s in need blud.
I want my friends with the mad hairlines to start feeling
comfortable and secure in themselves [CROSS SPEAKING].
Nah because you’re gonna make them go Turkey every time - [CROSS SPEAKING]
Let go of your hat. No because, no no no no no.
Every time ’cause you’re getting rid of the snapback.
Let me, let me speak, I ain’t finished.
Snapbacks are Decepticons really because -
Why why why?
I’ve seen certain people
looking certain ways with their head ting then [CROSS SPEAKING].
So you’re, so you’re, that means they look good with it.
Every boy, cat, dog, girl, whatever, needs one of these.
This right here will
secure the hair texture, keep it intact [Yes] after a fresh trim,
a fresh cut, a fresh perm [Yeah] whatever you wanna call it. [Yeah]
The waves will be waving.
OK I don’t know why it’s like that but they will be... [Yeah]
You’d wrap it differently?
You can wrap it in
different ways, different variations, that is not one of the variations
[Yeah] because it’s not actually really doing me any justice.
You can re-wrap that how you would like it to be wrapped.
This headscarf needs to really be in the Culture Capsule
just because of even the history
behind headscarves, now many of you may not know [Mm mm]
but there was a time that Black women were made to keep their hair in headscarves
because their hair was too beautiful and they wanted to keep
their kind of beauty under wraps,
they were made to, there was laws, it was called the Tignon Laws,
so Black women weren’t allowed to have their hair out,
back in the days during slavery
the Black women used to tie their headscarves in certain ways
to communicate so that the slave owners couldn’t see what they were saying,
so the way they would tie it would communicate a message.
I’ve done my research on headscarves, y’all don’t know.
I’m not gonna lie... [EVERYONE LAUGHS]
Rah, straight facts from Hemah right there you know?
I ain’t really got much better things
to say about that, you know what I’m trying to say?
[Yeah] But she gave us a history lesson [Yeah] we’re here
to talk about the future, you understand?
Oh. [CLAPS] OK wait wait wait wait wait [CROSS SPEAKING].
We’re gonna let him, we’re gonna let him, we’re gonna let him, land.
No because, no because you landed and I was kind of rude,
let me say my thing real quick -
[No no no no no, come on]
Because what is the future without your history?
I don’t know what’s going on over there. [BOOM]
So [CLAPS] now that everyone’s snapped out of it let’s talk about the snapback.
This is the most important piece here [Yeah] you get what I’m trying to say?
Men worldwide, for a long time, look at my brother here, no hair.
[Beautiful]
There was a time, nah nah come on bro-
Beautiful bro.
I'm sure there was a time?
There was a time...
Or there’s been times where the snapback - [CROSS SPEAKING].
You understand, the snapback [Yeah] you’re coming out a new man,
different identity.
You guys went in, I think there was strong arguments from everyone, yeah,
can it meet these three important criteria, yeah?
Can you wear any of these items
to a first date? No. Job interview? No.
No.
Job interview?
No.
Place of worship?
No, no.
No.
Yes.
Alright, hold on.
If you put your hair down like that
and you just have it around, you can do little styles
you know like in the sixties and the eighties
and all them times there, they used to do the little...
[CROSS SPEAKING]. A headscarf, that’s gangster on a first date, 100%.
I know but the future,
fashion always repeats itself and you know that, try to deny that.
Can a durag come to the first date? [CROSS SPEAKING]
I genuinely feel right now, I genuinely feel right now -
If a man turns up with a durag first date, that’s mad innit?
We’ll ask the lady, we’re gonna ask a woman.
If a man turns up in a durag, it depends on how sexy he’s looking. If he’s looking good I don’t mind -
[CROSS SPEAKING] Aren't you gonna feel like he didn't even try?
No but it, certain guys look so nice in a durag.
In the future though
are you really pulling up to a job interview with the headscarf or not?
Yes.
That’s a straight up no, that’s a straight up no. [CROSS SPEAKING]
Huh, hold on, why are you talking for me? Why you talking for me?
Do you know me? [EVERYONE LAUGHS] Um from before today did you know me?
Trying to take away my voice.
What job -
And my head wrap!
What job do you know...?
Ok first of all if I wanted to have a, any job that you need hair
protection from, if I’m a chef you need me to wrap my hair, no?
Well I’d employ someone with a cap on.
[EVERYONE LAUGHS] Come work at my company, you get what I’m trying to say?
What is your company? What is your company?
Sync Music, Sync Music, you get me. [CROSS SPEAKING]
[What's your company?] Publishing Company.
Job interview, durag.
Yes.
You going to a job interview with that it's saying,
I couldn’t even be bothered to get out of bed.
Yeah, I literally,
I may have not bathed right now is what he’s saying to me.
[LAUGHS] But, but then again, but then again...
[EVERYONE LAUGHS]
It’s ok, it’s ok,
you tried so hard, you tried so hard.
Time for me to put my foot down right now. Hemah gave me history, yeah
and then we went into the criteria thing and then not everything met the criteria,
yeah and not only that is I’m a bald man,
I’ve always wanted to have waves, it’s never happened.
There you go! There you go.
No, I mean there it will go, for all the folically challenged men
this is one for you lot yeah, we’re getting rid of the durag, I’m so sorry.
How can you -
I’m so sorry.
It’s round two. Where’s your head at?
Avelino and Hemah, you’ve got to dress the mannequins in your chosen headwear
and see how many ways you can rock these. Three, two, one, let’s rock.
Start.
Let’s start with a classic, you get me?
What’s your first look?
This ones called 'grime', you get me?
Grime?
Very simplistic just sits on the head, yeah.
Trust me man. Heat FM you know what I mean, he’s got some bars. [Mm mm]
You’re heading over there and you’re about to shell it down.
That’s the one there, you need a trackie with that one, Air Maxs on. Right.
[CROSS SPEAKING] And we can’t, we can’t see the eyes right now is that on purpose?
That’s why, yeah man. [So it’s like very incognito]
Yeah man, incognito, you know what I’m trying to say.
Ok so right now I’m calling this one 'The Tupac Shakur'.
As you can see the way the knot lines up with the centre of her face [Ok] it’s very like -
Very creative.
It’s all about the symmetrics, do you know what I mean?
[Yeah] And um I like the way her hair is
just flowing with it and that’s what I’m saying, you can go anywhere, look at this, this is ready
for the festival, ready for the party.
Style number two, it looks a lot
like style number one, I don’t know if you, are you getting that?
Don’t worry, I’m just, you get me. I’m going in for another legend.
This one, you may have not heard of him, this one is called
'The Chris Kirkland' [EVERYONE LAUGHS] I’m gonna elaborate -
Who that is?
Boom, what it is man, protecting you from the sun. [OK]
You get what I’m trying to say, man’s in goal. You get what I’m trying to say?
[Ok] The cap, the angle is at a um 45 degree angle - [Mm mm]
so that the rays [Mm] you get what I’m trying to say?
[So you can, so you can save it] Reflect back into the other player's eyes.
Are there, are there any differences from number one to number two because -
Yeah it’s just higher up still, the angle, the other one’s 45 degrees.
This is not for shelling this is for saving.
Uh, that’s not for shelling this is for saving. Exactly.
So this one I only had to fold once. Again, we have it almost looking
like a durag with the tail [Yeah] on the back.
Let me just switch around for the camera, we got the tail on the back.
Love the variation [CROSS SPEAKING] how the silk is drooped from the back.
This is a real classic right now. [OK]
You get what I’m trying to say, we just flipped the script.
This one’s called 'The Fresh Prince'.
It just represents our ting innit [Yeah] you get what I’m trying to say. [Right]
We take, you get me, the rules and we do that with them.
We change it, we change it, we change it. [CROSS SPEAKING].
So this one is called either 'The modesty' [Ok] as you see there’s
no hair showing, this is a modest look [Yeah]
and we can, whether you’re going to you know something like religious
like a, like a church or if you’re going to a funeral,
something when you’re just kind of dressed down to. [Yeah].
Also call this 'The Lauren Hill' as well [OK] because she used to rock hairstyles
like this. [Yeah]
And then I also just want to show how you can also jazz it up
with some hoop earrings. [OK]
Just because, maybe you just don’t
wanna show your hair but you still wanna look cute.
You can just put some big earrings on that. [OK OK]
Bling it up and then it allows the focus to be on your jewellery [Right]
more than your hair.
I love what, I love what you’ve done there.
That has to be a winner.
We’re gonna move it on, we’re gonna move forward.
So you guys have given us a few looks, I’m gonna make my decision right now.
Ok, so you thought all these were great,
but the one we think is the most important for the culture
is the headscarf.
I mean...where’s my round of applause?
[APPLAUSE] Alright, that’s all I wanna hear, that’s all I wanted to hear.
So would you like to place that on the capsule?
Well this means a lot to me because um this is a representation
of how black women have just prevailed throughout the years. [Mm] people have tried
to lock down our hair, we said what, we’re gonna just show our hair in great ways,
we never let anyone hold us back, the haters, do you know what I mean?
Nah I’m with you, trust me. No no you’re not. [EVERYONE LAUGHS] [CROSS SPEAKING].
I’m with you, now that you’ve won, now that you’ve won, I’m with you.
[CROSS SPEAKING] Let them know that you actually wear a headscarf all the time.
Yeah, 100%.
Exactly, so he was just trying to win for, for show
but deep down he was always with me.
100%.
Alright well all I’m gonna say right now is bun the pagans, bun the vultures,
this is the capsule for all the culture...INSIDE!
Opening capsule, opening capsule.
That’s [CROSS SPEAKING] going inside. Ah bye.
Bun the pagans, bun the vultures, this is the capsule for all the culture.
And that’s it for another episode, thanks to all our guests,
they deserve a...
Ooerr! Ooerr!
Join us next time where I’ll be joined by more celebrity
guests to decide another artefact to go into...
The Culture Capsule.