Good Hair Page #11

into good hair.

It's obvious at this point

that Jason's styling ability

is a thorn in Freddie's side.

Freddie will have to harness

her amateur models

and rely on a complicated concept

to earn the belt.

All right, make some noise

for Freddie J.,

ladies and gentlemen.

Freddie had her whole camp

out there exercising.

The judges have

no idea what's goin' on.

Freddie really

made it simple this time.

Freddie knows how to handle it.

Oh, my goodness,

what are they doin'?

She tryin' to cut her hair

in there.

She's cutting

that hair underwater.

I think they threw her in.

What's goin' on?

I need some help.

Get the lights on.

Freddie had a secret move.

Freddie J.

Come on, Atlanta,

give it up for Freddie J.

Aquarium, aquarium!

Freddie!

You did great.

How'd you think it went?

I didn't even

know what was going on.

While Freddie and her team

were still catching their breath,

scores of dancers and models

began to amass around Derek J.

He is Bronner Brothers'

current Male Hairstylist of the Year.

He will radiate

his greatest potential to the world.

So you're closin' the show?

Yeah. They opened for me,

Now it's time

to have the all-time headliner.

So you going to take this

to the next level.

Yes.

Good luck.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I know you are ready

to see the Battle continue.

He is Derek J.

He's in the house.

Oh, my goodness!

Remember,

the maximum number of people

allowed on stage is ten.

Anything more should result

in an automatic disqualification.

Uh-oh.

I think...

he wants...

to knock out.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Derek J.

That was way more

than ten people.

- And nude.

- But they was not on the stage.

You know what I'm sayin'?

So he found a loophole.

You can have twenty dancers

on the side of the stage,

but they can't be

on the stage.

Yeah, but if I get two plane tickets

to go to New York,

and I show up with ten people

and go,

''Well, they're not going to sit,''

they don't let me on the plane.

I understand

what you're sayin', but--

So this man

brought seventy people?

It's a band.

Earth, Wind, and Fire

don't got seventy people.

Even though the judges

have not deliberated yet,

Heavenly Father,

we're going to stand in our faith

and claim victory

right now, Lord.

Who do you think won?

We did! Of course.

All right. Take care.

- Okay.

- Stay off the pipe.

You guys still think

you're going to win?

Of course.

There's no question.

We're more about

the substance than the show.

They need to bring it back

where it's about hair.

Jason's assistant was right.

At the end of the day,

it's all about hair.

And even though none of them

cut that much hair,

one of them was

about to win this contest.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we've got a champion.

Our winner is...

Derek J.

Did you all have Derek winning?

Yes.

Bringing out the marching band

actually used more

than ten people at one time.

But they were not on the stage.

To be honest with you,

he was brilliant.

Everything tied in for him.

Jason was number two,

but he was actually first

in the hairstyles.

But just like in basketball,

you have to play

offense and defense.

Freddie's I didn't quite get it.

I was like, ''Well, where

is the connection here?''

You know,

these people are in the club.

ls there, you know,

a fish tank in the club?

It didn't congeal.

So, Tanya lost.

What advice

would you have for her?

Originality.

Now, if she

had did her homework

and realized

that cutting upside-down--

some of the other competitors

have done that years before.

She's new to this,

but maybe by the third time,

she'll be all right.

This is our Hollywood.

Competing has literally

become a profession in itself.

In trying to understand

the world of black hair,

I've been all over the world,

and I've talked

to all sorts of people.

I've seen sodium hydroxide

in its rawest form

and in the heads

of four-year-old girls.

I've seen some people pay

thousands for hair

and others

give it away to God.

I've learned

that the black hair industry

generates billions of dollars...

mostly for white people

and Asians.

I've hung out with the best hairdressers

in the country

and watched a thrilling

hair competition.

I've seen black women

work hard in their own businesses

to give other black women

straight hair.

So what do I tell my daughters?

I tell them that the stuff

on top of their heads

is nowhere near as important

as the stuff

inside their heads.

Once we realized

and identified who we were,

then it became personal.

Now I am also free to be

who I want to be no matter what.

So my relaxed hair

is just, to me,

as African-based as an Afro,

because all of that

came out of black culture.

But I don't think it should be--

I don't think this is--

I'm not my hair.

You know, it's just

like putting on clothes.

It changes,

it alters your appearance.

And it also alters the way

that you are perceived

to the world.

Hair's very strong.

There is no good hair.

Hair is hair.

You have to embrace

what God's given you naturally

and keep it moving.

You got to work

with what you got.

Or weave in

what you don't got.

Or weave in

what you don't got. Hey.

This is like soul music

crossing over, this weave thing.

We don't even know

how many white girls

really got weaves.

We should look at that, Chris.

We should find out

which of these girls

that we think got long, wavy hair

really got a weave?

Black hair care manufacturers

have turned

the black hair care industry

into a chemical waste dump.

Who cares?

Not one piece of research

have gone on in America,

while we have gone

to the moon

and walked on the moon,

when our scientists

have not even walked

on a black woman's head.

Natural hair is freedom.

Black women, yes,

we are high-maintenance.

But with us,

you get so much.

I just think that women

shouldn't point fingers

at other women

for whatever they're doing

to enhance their bodies.

Other than that,

do whatever makes you feel good,

because, trust me,

if a woman ain't happy with herself,

she going to bring

nothing but pain

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