Azealia Banks feels like a new woman after shaving off all her hair to free herself of ‘stress and breakup energy’.
The 212 rapper has worn wigs for years and relaxed her real hair underneath but, after researching the possible effects of using chemicals to straighten her natural hair, Azealia decided to go for the chop and start afresh.
In a series of Instagram story videos, the rapper explained: ‘All this stress energy and breakup energy… I’m about to have my Britney Spears moment. I feel like Britney, b***h on some 2007 s**t, I’m gonna shave my head b***h, just to feel fresh again.’
Azealia was referring to Toxic singer Britney famously shaving off her hair while battling with mental health issues.
The rapper continued: ‘That s**t got me wanting to shave all this relaxed hair off. I’m sitting here reading all the dangers of relaxers.
‘Is that why I’m crazy? ‘Cause of the hair relaxer and pink lotion? No, I’m shaving this s**t off. I’m shaving all this stress out of my head. I’m shaving the man off.’
After taking the clippers to her hair, Azealia admitted: ‘I feel so f*****g free…I had to get all that energy off. Yes!’
Pointing to one spot on her now-bald head, she went on: ‘That feels so f*****g fresh and free. You see this? Scalp burn from relaxing my hair. No.
‘I’m just going to be bald under these wigs until the end of coronavirus and then I’m going to grow my hair back in… by the time coronavirus ends, I’m going to be nice with these clippers… spiritually, I just feel like…years of trauma and energy just came off.
‘That was cleansing, b***h.’
Azealia, 29, isn’t the only celebrity to go for the chop recently as Girls Trip actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish recently shaved off all her hair.
But while Azealia’s head-shaving was for personal reasons, Tiffany, 40, explained that she made the bold choice for an upcoming role.
‘I actually have this movie that I am working on and my character has to wear wigs,’ she explained. ‘So it would be easier if I don’t have any hair on my head. The wig will fit better.’
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