The durag is a simple piece of fabric — often made of silk, velvet, or polyester — that’s tied around the head. But for many people, particularly those of African descent, the durag is much more than ...

Charlotte artist Dammit Wesley and his co-founding team behind Durag Fest built an epiphany into a cultural phenomenon. At the time, the Marvel film Black Panther had surpassed all conventional ...

Beauty supply company WezTeck has come up with an innovative product that will make old heads who came up in the ’90s and early 2k salty that it wasn’t available to them back when they had hair. (It’s ...

Ultrawoke Disney’s latest effort at diversity is dividing fans who ripped the “tone-deaf” network for pushing a black superhero wearing a durag. Captain Durag, who debuted on Jan.15, fights “grime” ...

Right around the time people started leaving the house with socks and slippers on, people also started wearing their durags in public—mainly black artists and athletes. Durags originally served as a ...

Jimi Thompson, known as Dammit Wesley, hears a lot of negative things about Charlotte. Like how the city has no culture, just condos. Last year, he set out to prove the critics wrong with the ...

For years, durags have played an important role in hair care and as a fashion statement. Not everyone knows the history behind a durag, how to use one, or the benefits of wearing one. In this article, ...

Charlotte’s Durag Festival, dubbed the “Met Gala of durags,” is coming back for a fifth year and expected to draw thousands. The festival’s mission this year is to “make Juneteenth the most celebrated ...

I was riding the MTA bus on an autumn evening when a twentysomething-year-old man sat across from me. It wasn’t the three-piece suit and the burgundy tie that wonderstruck me. He was wavy—his hair was ...

When it’s time for pitcher Marcus Stroman’s turn in the rotation, he runs to the mound to throw his warmup pitches, rap music blasting over the PA system to get him hyped up. He gets himself set, and ...

For years, durags have played an important role in hair care and as a fashion statement. Not everyone knows the history behind a durag, how to use one, or the benefits of wearing one. In this article, ...