Tiffany Haddish And 8 Other Celebs With Braids
Tiffany Haddish Rocks Stunning Braids In New Cover Story And 8 Other Celebrities With Braided Moments
Jason Kim
Tiffany Haddish is a figure of beauty in braids in her most recent cover story.
In a new feature for Byrdie‘s latest Digital Issue, the beloved comedienne and actress rocked three hairstyles that slay.
Haddish dons her signature short blonde hair on the cover and shows growth from the shaved head the actress debuted in July 2020.
“Baby, best feeling I ever felt in my whole entire life,” the actress told Byrdie about those first few days with her shaved head. “The most sensations I ever felt. The most alive I ever felt. And then I was jealous of every bald-headed man I’ve ever seen.”
Haddish’s second look was the cover story’s most dramatic. The braided hairdo fell just past the star’s shoulders and was adorned with cowry shells and beads.
Los Angeles-based hairstylist Ray Christopher worked with protective hairstylist Brea Nicole Ervin to achieve the vision for the braid look. Both stylists praised one another for achieving Haddish’s look in posts shared on Instagram.
Haddish isn’t alone in rocking stellar ancestral braid styles — peep these eight notable celebrities who wear braided crowns.
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Brandy
It’s no secret that Brandy is considered the queen of braided hairstyles in Hollywood.
“The Vocal Bible” has been rocking braids since she hit the scene in the early 1990s, and her love affair with the look has continued since in virtually every version imaginable.
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Venus and Serena Williams
During their meteoric rise in a predominantly white sport, these tennis champions and sisters rocked the iconic beaded and braided look in the 1990s.
Lest to say, they paved the way for other Black girls to do the same.
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Beyonce
While Beyonce is often credited with popularizing Fulani braids in a mainstream way following the release of 2016’s Lemonade, the style originates from the Fulani people of West Africa.
Every time Bey rocks them she slays!
RELATED CONTENT: “12 Beautiful Fulani Braid Styles To Inspire Your Next Hairdo”
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Snoop Dogg
Snoop D.O. double G sports locs these days — but the rapper will go down in history for how suavely he rocked his old-school single-plaits and braided piggy tails back in the day.
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Janet Jackson
The mainstream representation that stemmed from Janet Jackson’s box braids in Poetic Justice continues to impact culture and the style’s popularity to this day.
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Erykah Badu
Miss Badu is known for many things — one of them being her unique, expressive and eclectic style.
While she’s rocked many hairstyles in her day, Badu’s braided looks are always on point.
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Alicia Keys
From her “Fallin” days until now, no one does braids like Alicia Keys!
RELATED CONTENT: “Hairspiration: Alicia Keys’ Most Iconic Braided Looks Over The Years”
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Drake
The Certified Lover Boy caused quite a stir online when he popped out with these cornrows earlier this year.
Twitter users even speculated that because Drake’s hair was super short in the days before he debuted the look, the artist may have asked his stylist to use extensions when braiding — or glue down a lace front braided wig.
