Dante de Blasio

Wow, the hair! An afro in politics. With articles by Washington Post tittled: ‘With the de Blasios, ‘locks on the national stage’’, and the New York Time naming Dante de Blasio on ‘most influential teens’ list, it is clear that The famously photogenic only son of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio Dante de Blasio, son of the next mayor of New York, has made a statement with his hair. The publication singled out the younger de Blasio, 16, as the “city’s latest fashion icon” and noted that his “now-iconic Afro” was even lauded by President Barack Obama who previously admitted: “Dante has the same hairdo as I had in 1978. Although I have to confess my afro was never that good. It was a little imbalanced.” (Malia Obama is also on the ‘most influential teens’ list by the way).
Dante said, in a summer interview with DNAInfo.com. “Honestly, for years my hair was really just for me. I didn’t think people would love it so much,” Dante told the Web site about his Afro, which he’s been growing since the third grade. It was, in part, inspired by Huey Freeman, the black nationalist main character in ‘The Boondacks’ comic strip and TV show.