Lil’ Mama Talks Natural Hair, Haters & More

By Jenell — July 24, 2012

This past weekend, LoveBrownSugar.com contributor Kisha caught up with female rapper & America’s Best Dance Crew judge Lil’ Mama backstage at the Global Fusion Festival in Philadelphia.

She was rocking a brand new fro-hawk ‘do (which was quite cute) and we got into asking her about her new style. You may recall that Lil’ Mama recently posted a Twitpic of herself rocking out with a natural ‘fro (see below), which garnered tons of attention when she put it up in May.

She chatted with us about the commentary she received after boldly posting the photo and she had quite a lot to say about it.

“I posted the picture of my hair and people were like ‘Omg you look like a shocked slave!’ I didn’t get one comment from a white person about my hair. All of them came from the sisters that had these bullsh** helmut weaves looking like a fake a** Nicki Minaj. They don’t know who they are. And the people they’re looking to for guidance don’t know who they are either, which sucks.”

Aside from going all-natural with her hair, she’s also decided recently to spring for natural nails. She no longer uses acrylic nails. A recent mishap actually led to an allergic reaction and what Lil’ Mama believes was a message from God about being natural, in the form of a blister shaped like Africa.

Watch the video interview by LoveBrownSugar!

Thoughts on Lil’ Mama’s new do?

Or her stance on being natural?
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About Author

Jenell Stewart, formally known as BlakIzBeautyful is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Kinky Curly Coily Me. Jenell has a MS in special education and dedicates her time to educating and uplifting women with kinky, curly, coily hair. She big chopped on March 26, 2010 and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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http://blacknaps.org/ Ariane

That’s a shame that a lot of the hate came from black women, I am not surprised at all though. I think it came from those who were unfortunately brainwashed to think that there is something wrong with black hair in its natural state.
- http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful
  
  Yup! And the sad part is, they don’t realize that they are the “slaves”.
http://celebrateyournaturalbeauty.blogspot.com/ Natural Beauty

Awesome, I love it; I always hated her weaves. The fro hawk is too cute.
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http://twitter.com/NaturalQueen86 Shanay

Love her natural hair. Glad that she’s not letting the haters bring her down.
- http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful
  
  I would love to see her rocking a twist out, don’t you?
  - http://twitter.com/NaturalQueen86 Shanay
    
    Yeah!
Candy Coated Cashmere

I never pay attention to the negative opinions regarding my hair. To each it’s own. I don’t ate on relaxed women because I used to be of them.
- http://kinkycurlycoilyme.com/ Jenell : BlakIzBeautyful
  
  Can’t we all just get along?
Tiffanythomas4

Like I said before and I’ll say it again, I pity these women who feel like this because all it is, is a direct result passed down from our ancestors as a result from the dehumanization of slavery. We were hard wired to think we’re ugly, less than and to hate ourselves and we still carry those characteristics around today unfortunately.
mzTill

people always gon be negative smh. i really do love her hair without a doubt. yeea i see her rocking them twist too.
Starling

All of the negative comments about my natural hair have come from my fellow African Americans, and if rushing spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on relaxers and weaves is not a form of slavery, I don’t know what is.
Turtle

such a shame how much ignorance come from our people. The haters were conditioned to despise their identity.