In popular culture GZA wearing a durag in 2000 The popularity of rappers such as A$AP Ferg and the waves hairstyle have re-popularized the use of durags. In the 1990s, durags were further popularized by rappers like Jay-Z, Nelly, and 50 Cent. In the 1930s, during the Harlem Renaissance and Great Depression, the durag was used to maintain hairstyles.ĭuring the black pride movement of the 1960s and '70s, durags became a fashion statement. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary places the earliest usage of do-rag in 1968. processed hair done up in black rags" appeared in Newsweek. On September 2, 1966, the Dayton Daily News printed "the man with the black dew rag.a cloth band worn around the forehead as a sweatband or to keep hair in place". On June 4, 1966, the Akron Beacon Journal printed "do rag .In the August 27, 1965, edition of LIFE magazine, a page 22 photo caption describes a man wearing a "'do-rag' on his new hair-do".An alternative etymology claims that name should be spelled dew-rag, and dew is a euphemism for sweat.
However, one writer in The New York Times claims that the correct spelling of the word is durag. The simplest etymology for do-rag is that it is named as such because it is a rag worn to protect one's hair do. Numerous alternative spellings exist for durag, including do-rag, dew-rag, and doo-rag, all of which may be spelled with a space instead of a hyphen, or with neither a hyphen nor a space especially as durag. Durags are also worn as an identity-making fashion choice, popular in Black culture and African-American culture. Durags may be worn to accelerate the development of long curly/kinky hair, waves or locks in the hair to maintain natural oils in hair (similar to a bonnet) to stop hair breakage to manage hair in general or to keep hair, wave patterns and braids from shifting while sleeping. American rapper Slim Thug wearing a duragĪ durag ( alternate spellings) is a close-fitting cloth tied around the top of the head to protect the hair similarly a wave cap is a close-fitting cap for the same purpose.
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