“Few things blend together as perfectly as the worlds of music and fashion, so it’s no wonder that we find singer and bassist for UK band The Noisettes, Shingai Shoniwa, so explosive. This English-Zimbabwean stunner definitely steals the spotlight from her bandmates with her beautifully melancholic voice, commanding stage presence and unique fashion sense. While there are certainly a myriad of reasons to love her, here are the three reasons we simply can’t get enough of Shingai Shoniwa.”

“As an attractive black woman with 36-27-40 measurements, burgeoning model Wahidah Fowler shouldn’t have a problem getting cast in any hip-hop video. But she also wears locs. During the course of her career, the Brooklyn native has been faced with directors who wouldn’t feature her as a lead because of her hair. Still, Fowler has been able to find work on her own terms.

“I have never put on a wig just to suit a casting agent’s liking. I am a package, if you don’t like what I have to offer, you can pick the next girl,” she says. “However, thanks to my hair and diversity I have managed to brand my image more effectively than women that wear a more traditional hairstyles, like a perm.”

Despite the hurdles, Fowler has appeared in a range of videos from Juelz Santana to Maino, worked as a TV correspondent for CBS and appeared in Black Hair Sophisticates magazine. She represents a rising number of professional women who have decided to grow locs and celebrate the ancient style while dispelling common public misconceptions in the process.”

Check out the full article, it’s a great read. Major props to @GangStarrGirl for approaching this topic with so much poise.