Ice-T Defends Coco After the Internet Comes for Her for Wearing Cornrows
She named her 'do the "Coco Swoop."
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Coco Austin has a new hairdo and it's attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. We're about to embark on a wild ride, so let's unpack, shall we?
Two days ago, Coco debuted a new look on Instagram. Her long, blonde hair had been styled into braids, more specifically cornrows. "I call um Da Coco Swoop," she wrote. Well, while her creative name may be new, nothing else about the cornrows is. Appropriating a style that belongs to Black culture is one thing, but some Christopher Columbus-esque whitewashing of the name of a style that's been around for ages really was the nail in the coffin for Coco. A commenter noted, "Them is corn rows aka lemonade braids try again," signaling that if this hairstyle was going to be named for any one person, it would certainly be Bey and not Coco.
Matters only got worse when her husband, Ice T, came to her defense. In a tweet addressed to Ice, someone wrote, "I blame black men for allowing their white significant other to even remotely think this was ok." Ice's response? "Wrong for what? Braiding her hair?? You sound Dumb." The internet responded swiftly, reminding him that above all, Coco did not invent this hairstyle and shouldn't pretend as such.
17 Jul
ICE T ✔@FINALLEVEL
Wrong for what? Braiding her hair?? You sound Dumb. https://twitter.com/LafayeGallagher/status/887047307195297792 …
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Dopenerys Chillborn @DopeMsNoirI think it's the fact they're naming this style after CoCo lol...she certainly didn't invent it
5:10 PM - 17 Jul 2017
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17 Jul
ICE T ✔@FINALLEVEL
Wrong for what? Braiding her hair?? You sound Dumb. https://twitter.com/LafayeGallagher/status/887047307195297792 …
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@LafayeGallagherThese aint no damn "Coco swoop braids" & I get so mad when they rename & act like they invented it. Knowing dam well they're called lemonade
4:58 PM - 17 Jul 2017
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Some pointed out that Coco's been wearing similar braided styles since the early 2000s, but that doesn't really help her case at all. Sorry, Coco, but both this hairstyle and its name don't belong to you. As Solange said, some s**t is for us.
Written by Lainey Sidell
- instaglamnewsSoooooooooo Coco Austin just got braids done and has decided to call the style 'Da Coco Swoop'
Here we gooooooooo!
#GIRLYouCantNameBraidsAfterYourself#WTF#Coco#Braids#Hairstyle#CelebrityNews#InstaglamNews#BeautyNews#Beyonce#InstaglamNews - load more comments
- mliz640@popi718 Yes I do believe in accountability, but I feel that both Black women and men should recognize where we've failed and fallen short, instead of pointing fingers at each other. We'd be a powerful race of people. That doesn't mean hating other races, only self love and awareness. And yes I hope it gets better one day & you're welcome. Thanks for recognizing the lady I am. Stay blessed.
- ttt_tia_@breed111604 bitch wtf are you even talking about?
- breed111604@ttt_tia_ your previous comment.. u must be slow. . Bye
- ttt_tia_@breed111604 nah you slow. Nobody asked you to @ me anyway. Dumb broad
- ttt_tia_@breed111604 if you can't understand what my comment said then you need to get your young ass off Instagram.
- breed111604@ttt_tia_ I don't need permission troll. ..I commented to your butt hurt comment
- ttt_tia_@breed111604 boy I'm not a troll. You're a troll. Bye lil boy
- uncledrewdaughterShe was going good... smh
- mordecaixlugosi@breed111604
- __lucy.kPlayed af she tired
- jordynadimeMan that's like putting ur hair in a ponytail and calling it "coco's tail"
- politics_and_yogaSo
- kortne_slaughterShe can call it whatever she wants! We don't own that style ?
- intellmindsIt's cornrows. I guess she can name it what ever, but it has a name already.
- morris_therealFunny bc when you google "beyoncè braids " those braids come up.
- washington_janaeOf course the variety of braids comes from the black culture, and the woman I feel in the music industry that should be recognized for wearing the different variety of braiding styles is " Alicia Keys" .... she would always wear braids in her head as a signature style but now in this day and time certain people want to " " give the braids a name that's been in for centuries... get tf outta here
- ttt_tia_@mia_m0nr0e okay her daughter is black.... What now? Stfu.
- mia_m0nr0e@ttt_tia_ smd bitch dont tag me hoe
- mia_m0nr0e@ttt_tia_ blocking your corny ass Slouch
- callingqueensFunny cuz I'm sure Alicia did these way way before
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