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Justin Bieberis showing off his new haircut.
On Sunday, the “Peaches” singer, 27, posted photos of a fresh buzzcut to Instagram, one month after he was accused of cultural appropriation forstyling his hairin dreadlocks.
Bieber revealed the new look in two photos, sharing a grayscale shot of his hand on his shaved head on Instagram Stories and changed his Instagram profile picture to the same image.
The Grammy winner then posted a cozy photo featuring wife Hailey Baldwin sitting at a table with chips and guacamole between them, simply captioning the shot, “Happy Sunday.”
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The artist skipped Sunday’s2021 Billboard Music Awards, where he was nominated for Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Male Artist and Top R&B Song for “Intentions,” featuring Quavo.
On April 25, Bieber got people talking when hedebuted dreadlocksfor a second time, to mixed reviews. The “Hold On” singer posted a series of photos of the look while on vacation with his model wife at the time. Some of Bieber’s famous friends complimented the hairstyle, while many fans criticized the look.
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“Swags crazy,“Jaden Smithwrote.
Moises Arias, who also has his hair in dreadlocks, commented, “We twinning once more, tripled up with [Jaden] 🦁.”
Fans, however,voiced their disappointmentand accused the singer of cultural appropriation.
“J, please educate yourself on culture [sic] appropriation…. You shouldn’t be wearing dreads… With Love,” one wrote.
“This is cultural appropriation… I know you can do better,” another echoed.
“Didn’t you say you were educating yourself about Black culture so what is this foolery [?],” one asked, referencing the star’s June 2020 social media post addressing the ways he’s “benefitted off Black culture.”
Last year, Biebertook to social mediapromising to “be part of the much needed change” to speak up about racial injustice.
Bieber alsopreviously styledhis hair in dreadlocks in 2016. Amid backlash for the look then, heposted a video on Instagramcaptioned, “Being weird is fun' if u r not weird I don’t like you.”
source: people.com
