“Like I’ve worn weaves and wigs and pieces and clip-ons and clip-outs and clip-downs and around since I was 17, 18 and I wanted to show the real me — I wanted to show the raw me, and I just got out of the shower — beat the face first of course, y’all—and then came out of here — on this stage, and this is me, you all. This is me.”
Letting King run his fingers through her hair, she explained,
“My natural hair texture is very kinky. You felt my real hair texture. This is straightened. This part is straightened. This part is not, inside…I felt it was my responsibility to show as much of my real hair as possible.”