Not true. His hair was fine back then, but I do woonder about the Musicology era.

Good Gawd-not this again

loadsa people with afro Caribbean hair have weaves n things its cause there hairs so hard to manage but his hair didnt look fake, but he musta had a pretty good hairdresser on stand by, even beyonce wears wigs

johno2 said:

OMG.....that is not true. There is no such thing as "Afro-Caribbean" hair. Absolutely not. I am of Caribbean descent, although I identify with being African-American because some of my siblings and I were first generation born within the states. My mother has gorgeous thick long, black hair all her life, one to make any woman jealous, and has been mistaken to be from various races from East Indian to Hispanic. Thick hair is hard to manage even if it is of a straight quality, and whether you are White, Black or hispanic. And no, johno2, people from the Caribbean don't wear hair weaves because their hair is hard to manage, Women from every single race wear hair weaves mostly for fashion these days, it's more of a fashion trend.

Black women who "choose" to wear hair extensions may do so because weaves in general are definitely easier to work with, and gets you out the house faster especially when you want to go to a club, etc., and not worry about your hair sweating, frizzing or getting flat, and also easier to deal with during bad weather, but they don't necessarily wear them because they don't have hair. Black women have hair. This is not back in the 60s or 70s where they don't have good hair products for Black women, they do and that is why since the 90s you see more Black women with long hair. I believe there's been a stigma attached to everytime you see a black women with long hair, everyone thinks she's wearing a hair weave. Not true.

All the members of my family have either straight, curly, kinky, or wavy hair, because of the many mixtures of races in my family, but please, there is no such thing as "Afro-Caribbean" hair...Whew! just wanted to clear that up and not mislead people. Hair is Hair. I know white people with kinky and frizzy hair, so you can never judge what type of hair a person from a particular race may have.


As far as Prince, if you look back at his younger pictures, the brotha always had a headful of hair. When a man perms his hair, well a black male anyway, of course it becomes a different texture because it is permed. I do think in the Musicology video, he put on a wig for that one, but the hair he wears now you can see it is definitely his own hair. A Black guy with long hair does not necessarily mean he is wearing extensions.Sorry for the long post guys.
[Edited 10/5/08 10:12am]

2elijah said:

for Christ sake im a hair dresser and at college afro hair was classed as afro carrabean ok, and thats what prince has and it is true some people with this hair type wear weaves or wigs, and yes it may b the fasion, but if some with afro hair say wanted a straight sleek bob for what ever reasons your telling me it wouldn't be easier for that person to wear a weave or wig than either having their hair chemically straightened or even trying to blow dry her hair straight every day. no need to get funny, btw i think prince's hair is cool, i liked how he had it in the lovesexy era and parade era best
[Edited 10/5/08 10:22am]

johno2 said:

OMG.....that is not true. There is no such thing as "Afro-Caribbean" hair. Absolutely not. I am of Caribbean descent, although I identify with being African-American because some of my siblings and I were first generation born within the states. My mother has gorgeous thick long, black hair all her life, one to make any woman jealous, and has been mistaken to be from various races from East Indian to Hispanic. Thick hair is hard to manage even if it is of a straight quality, and whether you are White, Black or hispanic. And no, johno2, people from the Caribbean don't wear hair weaves because their hair is hard to manage, Women from every single race wear hair weaves mostly for fashion these days, it's more of a fashion trend.

Black women who "choose" to wear hair extensions may do so because weaves in general are definitely easier to work with, and gets you out the house faster especially when you want to go to a club, etc., and not worry about your hair sweating, frizzing or getting flat, and also easier to deal with during bad weather, but they don't necessarily wear them because they don't have hair. Black women have hair. This is not back in the 60s or 70s where they don't have good hair products for Black women, they do and that is why since the 90s you see more Black women with long hair. I believe there's been a stigma attached to everytime you see a black women with long hair, everyone thinks she's wearing a hair weave. Not true.

All the members of my family have either straight, curly, kinky, or wavy hair, because of the many mixtures of races in my family, but please, there is no such thing as "Afro-Caribbean" hair...Whew! just wanted to clear that up and not mislead people. Hair is Hair. I know white people with kinky and frizzy hair, so you can never judge what type of hair a person from a particular race may have.


As far as Prince, if you look back at his younger pictures, the brotha always had a headful of hair. When a man perms his hair, well a black male anyway, of course it becomes a different texture because it is permed. I do think in the Musicology video, he put on a wig for that one, but the hair he wears now you can see it is definitely his own hair. A Black guy with long hair does not necessarily mean he is wearing extensions...and what does his hair have to do with his music anyway, doesn't make any sense....but sorry for the long post anyway.
[Edited 10/5/08 10:16am]

As a hairstylist, I will give my professional opinion on Prince's hair. During the Purple Rain era, I am not sure if he had hair weave mixed in, but in the 80's, many male pop/rock stars wore hair extensions (especially many of the Heavy Metal groups). I wouldn't be surprised if he had a few tracks during the Graffiti Bridge era. I am, however, almost certain that he currently wears a hair replacement system.

2elijah said:

sorry i did miss read u said Caribbean people don't do it, and i know people from the Caribbean don't necessary have this hair type, it's also known as African Caribbean hair, and i think it is a stupid name cause it can be misleading but i dont know another name for it i shoulda just called it afro hair.....

2elijah said:

sorry i did miss read u said Caribbean people don't do it, and i know people from the Caribbean don't necessary have this hair type, it's also known as African Caribbean hair, and i think it is a stupid name cause it can be misleading but i dont know another name for it i shoulda just called it afro hair.....

johno2 said:

What johno2 stated "Afro-Caribbean hair" and "African-Caribbean" are the acceptable words used in UK hairdressing.
2elijah this may help you understand.
http://www.itzcaribbean.c...ourses.php

http://www.ucb.ac.uk/asp/...A8DC097%7D

http://www.blackukonline....&task=view

http://www.itzcaribbean.c...onsbarbers
[Edited 10/5/08 14:42pm]

Prince has been wearing extensions/wigs since Purple Rain, people...

thequiet1 said:

Okay, thank you! I didn't see this before my last post to johno2. I was wondering what johno2 was talking about. First time I have ever heard anyone refer to black hair as "Afro-Caribbean" when in America, not all Blacks have roots in the Caribbean. In America, Black hair texture is referred to as just "Black Hair" which pretty much includes all the ethnic groups within the Black family hair group. Thanks for explaining that and I'm sure johno2 will be happy that he/she doesn't have to see anymore posts from me on this subject..

I dount Prince had bits of fake hair during the controvery /purple rain days. He always had alot of thick hair. Look at when he was a teen, he had alot hair but it was an afro.
As for "Afro-caribbean hair" I never heard of that. Black hair is Black hair. I am Jamaican and never heard of that term. People wear weaves for many differnt reason. "Hard to manage" is just one of the many reason why people use weaves. Black people are not the only one who uses weaves.

ThreadBare said:

But he still had a nice, full head of his own natural hair.

2elijah said:

few someone helped

johno2 said:

I am talking about his afro when he was younger, which was his own hair. I am not talking about during his purple rain days. I find it funny though, how some people believe if they see a Black male or female with a head of their own hair, that they automatically assume it is false hair. But you go ahead and believe what you want.

I remember my own mother swearing at a woman because she thought my mother was wearing a wig.
[Edited 10/5/08 15:37pm]

loadsa people with afro Caribbean hair have weaves n things its cause there hairs so hard to manage

Prince has been wearing extensions/wigs since Purple Rain, people...