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Smino on Luv 4 Rent, Hair, J. Cole, Denzel Curry

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The rapper and singer on his new album Luv 4 Rent, working with J. Cole, and getting inspiration from his grandparents.

Photo: Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Images for IGA From the outside, there’s no perceivable rhyme or reason to the pathways of greased fingers kneading a thirsty, wanting scalp. The goal, it’s said, is to moisturize the entirety of the Black dome from follicle’s tip down to the root, to provide pleasant comfort to oneself or another through grooming, and to, of course, look fly as fuck. This is a generational practice of stewardship, a small daily dose of self-determination that can be both personal and shared. One that helped us to stay alive and look absolutely gorgeous doing so. The St. Louis musi

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