Cardi B Shares the Emotional Story Behind Her Natural Hair Journey

A VERY CARDI HAIR STORYCardi B Shares the Emotional Story Behind Her Natural Hair JourneyThe rapper posted photos paired with full paragraphs about her struggle to style and embrace her hair texture. 

By Sara Miranda

November 15, 2021

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Celebrities aren't always the most relatable people on the planet, but Cardi B's hair journey is something that will resonate with many. The rapper took to Instagram on November 13 to share a slideshow of nine photos of herself from various stages of her life, spanning from when she was a little kid to a young adult. 

This photo and video montage were accompanied by a paragraph of a caption. Cardi prefaces the story of her hair journey by saying how people have historically perceived her hair as being "always long and curly." In fact, the rapper reveals "that wasn't my case," and proceeds to say that she's had issues with finding effective methods of styling her hair since childhood. 

Not all hope has been lost, though. She writes that she discovered some ways to gain more inches on her kinky-curly hair a few years ago, and her hair has succeeded in getting longer. 

Cardi concludes the tale behind her hair journey by emphasizing how time has certainly healed things in the hair-care department. She notes how the quality of hair products for curled and coiled hair has progressively gotten better — along with the rise of natural hair YouTube and the natural hair community on TikTok — for making hair care better and easier. 

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The rapper ends her caption on a very sentimental note. She writes, "I want women of color with tighter curl patterns to know that you don't have 'BAD HAIR' there's no such thing as bad hair. And 'good' hair don't mean a certain texture. ALL HAIR IS GOOD."

Moral of the story? Finding effective products and styling methods for natural hair is not a walk in the park, even when you're a celebrity that has access to some of the finest hair-care products and hairstylists in the world. Most importantly, regardless of texture, all hair is beautiful. 

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