Seeing LeBron James Talk His Shit is All the Reason I Need to Watch ‘The Shop’

One of my favorite facts about Black folk is how serious our relationship is with our barber or stylist. You trusting that person with the lifeline of your hairline. It’s a sacred bond. If I can geek translate for a moment, for Black people, the barbershop is like the hidden villages from Naruto. You grew up in that village, you go out into the world, but you always come back home. Your barber be your therapist, confidente, and news anchor. The barbershop is essentially the Agora of the masses for the masses. Everyone comes together to congregate and talk on everything. You’ll never hear folk speak more passionately on topics than when you are at the barbershop. LeBron James’ The Shop series is evidence of that fact.

“In the barbershop you can’t lie. Someone will call you out” The Shop HBO series is a visual for how barbershops are the original podcasts. People, multiple people at times, give their own opinions on a range of topics. We got LeBron James and Maverick Carter uninterrupted bringing you the likes of Draymond Greene, Vince Staples, Candice Parker, Odell Beckham Jr., Snoop Dog, Jarod Carmichael, Michael Bennet, and Jon Stewart. These artists and athletes from different points of entertainment are gathered together to talk that shit. I enjoy hearing people being able to speak passionately. Seeing LeBron cursing and talking on his regular shit is a light we don’t get to see him in too often. I enjoy getting to see entertainers get a space to be themselves.

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