Jill Scott - queen of neo-soul

Our featured hair extension-wearing black artist today is American soul and R & B singer/songwriter, poet and actress Jill Scott. Raised in Philadephia, Jill started her career as a spoken word artist and poet. moving into music in 2000 when her first album 'Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol 1' was released. She had hits in that year with 'A Long Walk' and 'Gettin' In The Way' and won a 2005 Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance for "Cross My Mind." The live album, 'Experience: Jill Scott 826', was released in 2001, her second full-length album, 'Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol 2' in 2004, which was followed by 'The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol 3' in 2007. As a vocalist, she has infused jazz. R & B, spoken word and hip hop to create a distinct style that has been called 'neo-soul'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw3Z8Oa7E3Y
Moving to acting she played 50s R and B singer Big Mama Thornton in 'Hounddog' in 2007 and also starred in 'Why Did I Get Married'. In 2008, she appeared as Prescious Romotswe in The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency playing a detective. She filmed additional episodes for the series in Botswana in late 2008, co-funded by the BBC and HBO, that were broadcast as a seven-part series on BBC1 and HBO in 2009. BBC and HBO are contemplating whether to produce a second round of episodes of the series.

Jill set up the Blues Babe Foundation to help young ethnic students pay for university expenses and has been outspoken about how black women are portrayed in rap songs and videos, criticising the content for being 'dirty, inappropriate, unhealthy and polluted.'

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Thandie Newton

Thandie Newton is the black Goddess who we feature in our Afro Caribbean Hair blog today. Thandie was born in London but her mother is a Zimbabwean health care worker who is also a Shona princess and her father an English lab technician. She is another beautiful black star who loves and uses hair extensions. The name Thandiwe means "beloved" in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa or Swazi and is pronounced tan-dee in English.
Thandie made her film debut in 'Flirting' in 1991 and appeared in 'Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles' in 1994. She gained international recognition in 'Jefferson in Paris', which led to her being cast in 'Beloved' in 1998, in which she played the title character alongside co-stars Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. She played the female lead Nyah Hall in the film 'Mission Impossible: II' and later starred in 'ER' and 'Crash', for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. Other starring movie roles included 'Norbit', with Eddie Murphy, and 'Run Fat Boy Run', alongside Simon Pegg. In 2008 she played Condoleezza Rice in 'W', Oliver Stone's biograpahy of George W Bush.
Married with two daughters, she visited a poverty stricken part of Mali in 2008 and described it as a 'humbling experience'. She also takes an interest in environmental issues.
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Halle Berry and her extensions

When Halle Berry, playing the role of Jinx, walked out of the sea in the James Bond film Die Another Day - recreating the scene originally made famous by Ursula Andress in Dr No - men the world over drooled. But that was just one scene in the fantastic movie career of Halle. She began her career as a beauty queen before turning to acting. She received a string of awards for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. Other films in which she starred included The Flintstones, Bulworth, Catwoman and the X Men trilogy.

Halle was a victim of domestic violence and now works to help other victims. She once said that her mother had impressed on her that even though she is half black and half white she would be discriminated against in America as a black person. "People will not know when they see you that you have a white mother unless you wear a sign on your forehead. And, even if they did, so many people believe that if you have an ounce of black blood in you then you are black. So, therefore, I decided to let folks categorize me however they needed to," she said.

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Tyra Banks - the new Oprah

Whether she's on America's Next Top Model or her own show, Tyra Banks always looks a million dollars. She began her glittering career as a model and was the first African American model to appear on the covers of magazines such as GQ and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Turning to acting, she appeared in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and became a regular on America's Next Top Model. Her own US chat show premiered in 2005 and she's become an Oprah for a new generation. She's the 'girlfriend' of a generation of younger American women and the Tyra Banks Show is a nationwide hit..
A key part of Tyra's success is her hair and, like millions of black women, she knows how important beautiful hair extensions are to her image. The best quality hair extenions can be obtained from http://bestblackhairextensions.com/index.html
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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams - star of Desperate Houswives - has said that she's been accused of being so flawless that she could be a tranny. But she is anything but. She is definitely all woman. And her beauty and star quality is largely down to her beautiful black hair extensions.

Like so many gorgeous black women, Vanessa knows how important it is to look her best - and that means making sure her hair looks fabulous. The best quality hair extenions can be obtained from http://bestblackhairextensions.com/index.html

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Rebecca Ferguson to win X Factor?

One of the favourites to win this year's X Factor is Rebecca Ferguson, a singer with a great voice who was been highly praised by all the judges. Rebecca is a single mother of two from a poor family in Liverpool who says she was bullied at school because she is mixed race. Today's she an inspiration to black women.
She comes across as soft and feminine but this hides a strong assertive side. She is very family orientated and her kids always come first. And she has raised herself above the racism that she suffered and made the most of her strong points - her fabulous voice, beauty and sexy body. She also knows how to change her looks by changing her hair and always looks immaculate.

Like many black women, Rebecca knows that beautiful hair extensions can make all the difference and that she can choose the style that works for her and suits her mood.
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Proud to be a Black Woman

Once upon a time many black women were dubious about using hair extensions in case they were accused of trying to make themselves look white by having straight hair. But now that's all changed. Black women have always been adventurous and have tried different looks to help make themselves look good. They embrace their naturally tight curly hair because it gives them an advantage when it comes to changing their look. With hair extensions a black woman can choose the look she wants, whereas European women's hair is often too fine and needs glue. With more and more mixed race people being born, the trend will continue and black women are showing that they are proud to be who they are and what they are.
Just how much times have changed is illustrated by Chris Rock's film Good Hair, which examines the black hair industry in a humorous way but is also a serious look at this booming $9 billion industry. The film looks at beauty salons, barber shops, hair stying conventions and hair laboratories, as well as visiting the places where natural hair extensions actually come from. One of the celebrities taking part in the film is American actress, singer-songwriter, comedienne, dancer, television producer and model Raven-Symone (pictured) who always shows off her hair extensions to good effect.
Like her, any black woman can change her looks on a regular basis and decide what style works for her. The best quality hair extenions can be obtained from http://bestblackhairextensions.com/index.html So why not take advantage of being a black woman and use your hair extensions to help show off how good you look?