Temple fade (hairstyle)
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The temple fade, also known as a Brooklyn fade, taper fade, and blowout, is a haircut that first gained popularity in the late 90s and early 2000s in African American, Italian American, and Hispanic American barbershops as a variation of the bald fade, originating primarily in the Northeastern United States, particularly in the city of New York, especially Brooklyn.
Overview
The hair is tapered from the scalp to 1 cm (0.4 in) in length from the edge of the hairline up 2 cm (0.8 in). The rest of the hair is left the same length, usually 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in), depending on the preference of the client.
The hairstyle's origins emerged alongside New York barber's Shape-Up, edge up, or line up hair style worn by inner city youth and hip hop artists in the early 1980s.
It was trendy mainly in the more metropolitan areas of the Eastern United States, such as New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Providence, Rhode Island, Chicago, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan.
Today it is seen as a staple hairstyle amongst African Americans, and is a massive hairstyle amongst Italian Americans, South Asian Americans, Arab Americans and Mexican Americans and in the respectively massive American Hip hop, Pop music and House Music subcultures; as well as being famous internationally in countries such as the UK, France, Germany and Spain.[citation needed]
In 2023, the haircut became part of a meme after musician Ericdoa had a YouTube livestream singing impromptu songs, including one where he sang "Imagine if Ninja got a low taper fade"; the segment was recognized for the absurdity of its lyrics, especially contrasting the preceding song about how the death of Ericdoa’s own grandfather affected him. The low taper fade clip subsequently went viral, culminating in Ninja revealing in a TikTok video that he got the haircut. He has since made references to the meme during videos and streams. The meme has been recognized for maintaining its massive popularity over time, while most others taper off after a brief period.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Weedston, Lindsey (2024-10-10). "Imagine If 'Imagine If Ninja Got A Low Taper Fade' Became A Meme". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ "Popular Twitch streamer Ninja gets 'low taper fade' haircut after 21-year-old's song goes viral". Yahoo News. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- ^ Ihaza, Jeff (2024-01-19). "Meet Ericdoa, the Reason Why Ninja Got a Low Taper Fade". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-01-27.