5 MEN WHO ALTERED THEIR FATE BY CHOPPING OFF THEIR BRAIDS

The Ladies aren't the only one's who've been chopping off their locks. It seems as if every other month, one of the fellas who has had a history of corn rows and flowing locks, comes to their senses and cuts them.

I mean, it is 2011. Cornrows are pretty dated. They are so .....

1992.

So, I've decided to countdown the Top 5 Fellas who have chopped off their braids.
Starting with...

5. Jim Jones




Jimmy is the newest freshman of the Cut My Lock Off Club, having just recently chopped off his signature braids. Although it's a step in the right direction, his S-Curl is a small step back. Let's work on that, Jimmy.




4. Lloyd
R&B crooner Lloyd comes it at the number four spot. Known for his "Long Hair, Don't Care" antics, he recently proved that he was not his hair, after his Hawain Silky locks got the chopping block.




The transition was smoother for Lloyd since, the world is growing tired of men with long hair. It was time.




3. Carmelo Anthony
Baller Carmelo Anthony shocked many when he chopped off his cornrows. Known throughout the NBA for his game and his braids, it positioned the focus to be strictly on his game.




And then he ended up where he wanted to be, in New York. Coincidence? I think not. Cutting your braids makes God happy.




2. Trey Songz
Trey Songz comes in second on this countdown. Trey's braids did something for him, that may not ring true for all the others. It made him visible. Not that he wasn't visible before his transition, but he blended in with the crowd. Was he a rapper, singer, robber? It was pretty hard to decipher.




Then those braids came off, and he hit the yard, and BOOM! He's one of the biggest sex symbols of our generation. Coincidence? I think not. Cutting your braids can improve your life, or...




Not.

1. Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson takes the number one spot, simply because his cornrows changed a nation. His spiffy designs made kids and grown men a like, twist their hair and rock rubber bands around the ends until they could get a decent cornrow.

He had pastors getting their hair braided on Saturday evenings, fresh for that Sunday word.

He started an epidemic.




Every kid in America took his picture to the neighborhood championship corn-roller with dreams and aspirations of the zig-zag special known as the "Iverson's".

It spread quicker than "the dougie."




Then, he cut his hair.




And ummmm, disappeared.

*Looks Around*

Well, 4 out of 5 ain't Bad!