I am glad someone finally brought up the dreads/braids thing. I didn't want to say anything. My students used to refer to them as a weave or braids. The reason it is significant, I think, is that they can be easily removed and put back in. Dreads are grown out and would have to be cut out in order to be removed. From what I observed with my students if one had braids it was sort of a status thing, meaning they had money to pay for it and people who cared about them enough to take the time to do their hair or pay to get it done. Just my observation of a student body as a teacher. Never had any students with dreads. Someone's dad showed up with dreads one time, and the other kids made fun of him, saying he looked like he was smoking weed. I just got the impression that braids were for cooler kids and dreads were more of a "pothead" look....at least how my students seemed to indicate. Dunno!!! But, we are in the deep South. Not sure how it is everywhere else in the world. I know a lot of pro football players are wearing the braids for the last few years making them more popular with the guys. JM was sure to be following the pro guys as well.