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MySpace Comments I GREW UP IN NORTH LONDON AND STARTED BRAIDING HAIR AT THE TENDER AGE OF TEN. THE REASON I STARTED BRAIDING MY OWN HAIR AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, WAS THE PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF A TYPICAL WEST INDIAN RITUAL, THE RITUAL CONSISTED OF MY MOTHER COMBING AND PULLING ON MY HAIR CAUSING ME TO JUMP WITH PAIN, RESULTING IN A SERIES OF HARD TAPPING ON MY FOREHEAD WITH THE COMB IN ORDER FOR ME TO KEEP STILL. ONE DAY AFTER THIS WEEKLY RITUAL I DECLARED TO MY MUM "THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOUR PLAITING MY HAIR" AND SO FROM THAT DAY EVERY TWO WEEKS I BRAIDED MY HAIR MYSELF. OVER THE YEARS I DEVELOPED A VERY DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF BRAIDING