Sho Madjozi is known for her colourful and funky braided hairstyles so it’s not surprising that children all over South Africa look to her for hair inspiration.
Many parents took to Twitter to share pictures of their daughters rocking the funky braids and thanked the John Cena hit-maker for the positive influence.
These are some pictures of their children rocking the hair-do.
my sister spoke about doing this hairstyle before schools even closed???? @ShoMadjozi https://t.co/A23iXq8L0b pic.twitter.com/jnU6w1XoRj
— A$AP Rocky’s wife (@kingkuhle_) December 30, 2019
My cousin just did a Sho Madjozi hairstyle. These kids aren't playing.??
— E.B (@sphesihle_cm) December 29, 2019
“Mommy I want the Sho Madjozi”
— Boipelo Mooketsi (@BB_Mooketsi) December 30, 2019
I love how all the little girls are expressing themselves through different hairstyles and hair colours. @ShoMadjozi your impact is unmatched!! ??
My daughter wants to show her friends the hairstyle at school not sure how im gonna win this one. pic.twitter.com/3jDu881mFm
— Londa Mmbara (@mvenda87) January 3, 2020
Its done?? @ShoMadjozi hairstyle #Momo she's over the moon and hungry ?????????? #mzansisgreatestfamily #Thenkoanes https://t.co/QmzlVuJzhJ pic.twitter.com/tunJMsr1UM
— Tazman Matasatasa (@tasingo) December 26, 2019
I am glad I have a Child who understands and knows that the @ShoMadjozi hairstyle is only for the holidays and she knows in January she needs to do hair for school.
— ??Rito Ria Sambo (@rito_ria_sambo) December 26, 2019
Raising a Queen. ??#GirlTalkZA #GirlsTalkZA #GirlzTalkZa #TsongaDrive #TsongaTwitter pic.twitter.com/qJHb6Ln18x
Ke mathata! My niece was busy asking for ShoMadjozi hairstyle! pic.twitter.com/4ci6YtEEZc
— Mmatsogo Kgokong (@edith_kgokong) December 22, 2019
Speaking in an interview with DRUM last year, Sho Madjozi revealed how being able to influence young girls means everything to her.
“The thing that gives me deep satisfaction is when little girls are like, ‘I want to look like Sho Madjozi’, and not saying they want to look like Barbie,” she said.
The rapper also shared how proud she was of starting a movement where people were embracing themselves as they were.
“I’ve changed a lot of things culturally and socially. If you look at hair, for example, people weren’t doing braids with beads at a club four or five years ago. Through my movement a lot of people have gone back to embracing who they are,” she added.
Now that the school holidays are coming to an end, parents pleaded with the rapper to change her braids into a school-friendly one so that their little ones could also do the same.
“Hi @ShoMadjozi please please in January, do a simple hairstyle to influence our daughters when they go back to school! Please!, [sic]” one parent wrote.
Hi @ShoMadjozi please please in January, do a simple hairstyle to influence our daughters when they go back to school! Please!
— Demi Demi (@Black_Doltjie) December 22, 2019
While another tweep asked for a school-friendly hairstyle from the rapper.
“Imagine pink hair at school @ShoMadjozi please help with more school hairstyles,” she wrote.
Imagine pink hair at school ???? @ShoMadjozi please help with more school hairstyles ?? https://t.co/sU1D1SOb7U
— Queen Tee?? (@BulelwaSeptemb5) January 3, 2020
And in true Sho Madjozi style, she posted images of herself in plain braids and said that those would be an appropriate style for the school year.
“This is going to be the mood of the school year. Box braids. KNOTLESS,” she wrote.
This is going to be the mood of the school year. Box braids. KNOTLESS. pic.twitter.com/Z6luInAryh
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) January 2, 2020
And parents couldn’t be happier.
Check out their reactions to Sho Madjozi’s school-friendly hairstyle below.
Just showed this to my daughter.
— Lebo (@ElleEmZulu) January 2, 2020
She is happy to remove the color braids next week.
Thank you Sho!
Sho Madjozi has changed her hairstyle. The babies are going back to school now, they need to see their influencer and follow suit. https://t.co/F75PMe10u9
— Aus Baby (@saydeem_) January 2, 2020
Now we are moving from purple back to black! That is the January hairstyle, thank you Sho Madjozi! I can imagine the relief on parents?????? pic.twitter.com/tsZtGkbCjx
— Skhumbuzo Mbatha (@Sk_Mbatha) January 4, 2020
