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Along with a few new rap verses, Jay-Z recently debuted a loc-free hairstyle during his latest performance at the 2026 Roots Picnic. Showcasing free-flowing coils is a stylistic change for the artist and executive, who is best known for wearing a tapered Caesar haircut and, more recently, a set of free-form locs, or wicks. Hairstylist Letisia Ravelo previously explained<\/a> that, ahead of his performance, Jay-Z\u2019s eight-year-old locs were unraveled with the help of a suite of C\u00e9cred products, primarily its high-slip Detangling Spray<\/a>.<\/p>\n While the star has worn his new \u2018fro just about everywhere since his Roots Picnic performance\u2014from Game Three of the NBA Finals to a World Cup game\u2014Beyonc\u00e9 and C\u00e9cred just revealed a behind-the-scenes look at the entire takedown process of Jay-Z\u2019s locs ahead of the performance in a YouTube video last night.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone wants to know the details of Jay\u2019s hair transformation,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 narrates in the first few seconds of the video. She shares that his decision to comb out his locs was a tribute to his late father, who always wore an Afro. Beyonc\u00e9 revealed in the video that Jay-Z started his nearly 10-year journey to convey the beauty of natural hair to his daughter, Blue Ivy, who was five years old at the time and lacking confidence in her own. \u201cWe really wanted her to love every inch of her gorgeous curls,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 continues.<\/p>\n The comb-out process took six days in total and more than three bottles of Detangling Spray, with his stylist Nakia Collins<\/a>, Beyonc\u00e9, and even Blue Ivy each tag-teaming and working in sections to detangle Jay-Z\u2019s hair. Starting at the bottom of each loc, the team combed higher and higher with C\u00e9cred\u2019s Essential Tools<\/a> until reaching the base, then doused it with spray. And to create even more slip, the stylist and team combined the Detangling Spray with the brand\u2019s Moisturizing Deep Conditioner<\/a> and Moisture Sealing Lotion<\/a>. C\u00e9cred\u2019s Hair and Scalp Balm<\/a> was also a staple in Jay-Z\u2019s takedown process to break down residual buildup while retaining length and fullness.<\/p>\n