{"id":2498117,"date":"2026-07-11T18:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498117"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:13:56","slug":"maino-reveals-hes-been-wearing-hairpiece-for-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/maino-reveals-hes-been-wearing-hairpiece-for-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Maino Reveals He&#8217;s Been Wearing Hairpiece for 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maino;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/maino\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Maino<\/a> received some playful clowning from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Let's Rap About It;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LetsRapAboutIt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Let&#8217;s Rap About It<\/em><\/a> crew for revealing that he&#8217;s been wearing the same hairpiece for five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the Friday (July 3) episode of the show, co-hosted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dave East;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/dave-east\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dave East<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fabolous;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/fabolous\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fabolous<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jim Jones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/jim-jones\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Jones<\/a>, the rapper and podcaster discussed throwback haircuts like the flat top before moving on to his current hairpiece. Around the five-minute mark of the video below, East asked when Maino began wearing a hair unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I got this about five years ago,&#8221; he replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That prompted Fab to ask where it was purchased from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP:;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/strong><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Online,&#8221; Maino confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;But how does it look so natural if you got it online?&#8221; Jim asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;See, y&#8217;all trying to trick me up. Listen, it&#8217;s a hairpiece, n***a,&#8221; Maino continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">East was even more intrigued, and compared Maino&#8217;s hairpiece to ordering a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Era;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/new-era\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Era<\/a> fitted hat. He questioned what hairpiece size his co-host requested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;What size you asked for? Pause,&#8221; Jim joked. &#8220;How it come? Like, pause, a big piece and then you you cut it to the size you need?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You gotta see a doctor, bro,&#8221; Maino explained. &#8220;Get your piece first\u2026My s**t is installed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Pull up with the piece, then I&#8217;mma fit you up and get you right,&#8221; Jim said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maino isn&#8217;t be the only male artist to fess up about wearing a hairpiece. R&amp;B and pop vocalist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Akon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/akon\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Akon<\/a> admitted in a March episode of <em>Big Boy&#8217;s Neighborhood <\/em>that he gets frequent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hair unit touch-ups;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/akon-hair-units-sell-more-wigs\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">hair unit touch-ups<\/a> and that he plans to come out with a line of the wigs to combat insecurity among men with hair loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think people be so insecure with themselves to the point where they have to feel like they got to hide it. But there&#8217;s nothing really bad about it. 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