Erykah Badu To Lead Isis Brantley's Natural Hair Parade (VIDEO)

Here’s the chance to show off your lovely natural tresses to the nation (or, at least to Dallas).

Isis Brantley, also known as the "guru of natural hair care," is celebrating 31 years of natural hair prowess and, being a spokeswoman for black ancestral culture, is throwing the "Nation's First World Natural Hair Parade And Festival" in Dallas, Texas.

The parade will take place September 3, 2011, on a route running approximately one mile from the Wynnewood Shopping Center to Brantley's salon, Naturally Isis.

A healthy dose of star power will be provided by Grammy Award-winning neo-soul songstress and Brantley’s close friend, Erykah Badu. She is serving as the speaker, sponsor and parade leader. Badu is hoping for at least 400 participants.

Brantley recently posted a video on PartyAficionado's YouTube channel to build buzz around the event, which she calls a "labor of love."

"We are trying to empower our people so that we can become a part of the $38 million that we spend every month on natural hair care and hair care products," says Brantley.

Similar hair pride parades have started to sprout around the country. The Carol's Daughter store in Los Angeles held an event in June, which was hosted by Jasmine Powers of the Natural Hair Parade, a company dedicated to throwing events to serve the growing community of women who have embraced their natural hair.

WATCH Isis Brantley discussing the parade:

Comments

[zj1234]

07:44 AM on 09/22/2011

Whatever happened with the parade?

[Sherylle Roberson-Hutchings]

11:40 AM on 08/16/2011

Love the movement,I've been chemical free for three years and it is a new found freedom! Saves money,don't need to run from the rain and my hair is much stronger and versatile...l could blow it out for a straight look or keep it naturally curly...love my natural God given hair...Who said our natural hair is out of style....No other race of women would ever say that!!!

[littlebreeze]

09:23 PM on 08/12/2011

I love Miss Erykah, I think she is fabulous and I am all for a natural hair parade, go Isis! I think natural hair is beautiful and it makes me happy to see more black women embracing their kink but as much as I love me some Erykah Badu ummm... that's a weave y'all, all I ask is that the parade not be led by a woman with a weave... is that too much to ask? I would have nominated India Arie but I think she recently landed on weave-world and I'm not sure she's left. Somebody Google me an image and tell me I'm wrong.

[Crystal McCree]

08:57 PM on 08/13/2011

Hey, it's a "natural" weave...IDK but atleast her fake hair seems afro-centric? I tried. I love Erykah, but India Arie would have been a more pure choice lol.

[littlebreeze]

04:30 PM on 08/16/2011

anyone with actual natural hair, anyone but Erykah http://embraceyouragecauseyoulivin.blogspot.com/2011/02/esperanza-spalding-wins-at-grammys.html

[NaturalHairLoveAffair]

08:23 PM on 08/12/2011

Exciting! Wish I was in the TX area for this!

[Anti-Panoptic]

07:20 PM on 08/12/2011

Sweet!

[robjh1]

06:23 PM on 08/12/2011

This should be interesting.