Back in [hair] style: Memorable afros, past and present

Soul singer Erykah Badu is famous for her towering African head wraps, but has also dabbled in the extreme Afro, sporting an enormous head of bushy curls on occasion.

Soul singer Erykah Badu is famous for her towering African head wraps, but has also dabbled in the extreme Afro, sporting an enormous head of bushy curls on occasion.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

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Questlove

And Questlove, drummer for jazzy hip-hop band the Roots -- now the house band for the “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” show -- has flaunted a charmingly disheveled ‘fro for decades. Look closely, and you can usually spot a plastic hair pick hiding among his healthy follicles.  (Douglas M. Bovitt / For The Times)