- What up y'all this is Young M.A.
and this is how I do my locs.
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- I've had braids all my life
and my mom used to try to like put my head, like
in these little cute pony, tails and little stuff like that.
And I would get to a point where I would take it
out because it'd be like too high and cute like girly.
And then I guess my mom started to realize
that I did want braids.
So I started to get braids as I got older, like going
into middle school and stuff like that.
My mom always braid my hair.
The braids became like a standpoint for me, for my hair.
It's like, everybody knew me as Young M.A.
with the two, the braids coming down and
braids coming right here. So I just felt like
now I'm getting older, man. You know what I mean?
And I just feel like the braids has been something
that I've had since I was a child.
And I'm just getting into a point in life where I just feel
like I just need to kind of grow up.
Even during quarantine, my, my shape up was actually bigger.
I grew my shape up out as well.
My fucking tapeworm growing out.
I'm out here looking like I got a half,
half fro, half pony tail.
But I had braids all my life man.
That's why I just got to a point in life,
I just was like, I just want to switch it up.
I was thinking about cutting my hair.
That's what I got to a point where I was ready to
cut my hair into like a, like a mini fro and like tape it up
on the sides and like rock that.
I'm so used to long hair.
Like I've had like hair that like when, when
I didn't have my braids in and I like straighten it,
wash it, and my hair come like down here, like,
and like with the,
with the locs it's like, it's just here forever
but I'm just trying to keep my patience
because I knew it'd to get longer.
But that's the process man.
And what really made me get the locs.
I knew it was weird to say, but I had sprung my ankle
and I was just sitting around and I'm like,
I want to lock my hair.
I said it to my bro Keesh.
Shout out to Keesh.
She got, she actually got long locs
and I just looked at her,
I said, bro I think I going to get locs.
And we actually called her hair stylist on arrival,
And she came and started my locs. August 2020.
I wouldn't wash it.
I didn't wash it for a long time.
I just washed my hair
probably like two weeks ago for the first time since August.
I just wanted it to be dirty so it can lock.
And I finally washed it and
I really don't do too much to it.
Like I just kinda like let it be what it be like
and I liked the rugged look.
I've always been that way.
Even with my braids
I never had like perfect braids all the time so.
I don't even wrap it. It's just plain and simple.
I don't wrap. I just lay in it unless I got it styled.
If I got it styled, then I'll put a do rag on and silky.
To people that want to lock their hair
I would say, yeah, sometimes it depends
on like the journey and the texture.
Like, do you want the skinny locs?
Do you want thick locs?
Like me for me, this is why I got thick locs
because I have like a, a round face.
So like skinny locs will look a little too
like thin for me, whatever you prefer
whatever you feel like fits your face sometimes.
And that's that.
I'm just happy that I'm starting
a new journey here, I guess.
And I hope you all accept it.
Listen man, got a project out right now.
Make sure you go check it out.
It's called Off The Yak and yeah
you're going to see the dreads in that too.
You know what I mean?
Soundproof out like this ow bow boom.