▁that ▁the ▁term ▁" r asta " ▁has ▁become ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁a ▁dread locked ▁individual . ▁Today , ▁dread lock s ▁are ▁common ▁among ▁Af ro - Car ib beans ▁and ▁Af ro - Lat in ▁Americans . ▁ ▁St y ling ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁natural ▁hair ▁styles ▁and ▁tr ends ▁have ▁varied ▁from ▁media ▁influ ences ▁and ▁political ▁clim ates . ▁The ▁care ▁and ▁sty ling ▁of ▁natural ▁Black ▁hair ▁has ▁become ▁an ▁enorm ous ▁industry ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁N umer ous ▁sal ons ▁and ▁beauty ▁supply ▁stores ▁c ater ▁sole ly ▁to ▁clients ▁with ▁natural ▁af ro - text ured ▁hair . ▁ ▁The ▁Af ro ▁is ▁a ▁large , ▁often ▁spher ical ▁growth ▁of ▁af ro - text ured ▁hair ▁that ▁became ▁popular ▁during ▁the ▁Black ▁power ▁movement . ▁The ▁Af ro ▁has ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁variants ▁including ▁" af ro ▁pu ff s " ▁( a ▁cross ▁between ▁an ▁Af ro ▁and ▁p igt ails ) ▁and ▁a ▁variant ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Af ro ▁is ▁treated ▁with ▁a ▁blow ▁dry er ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁flow ing ▁man e . ▁The ▁" hi - top ▁fade " ▁was ▁common ▁among ▁African - American ▁men ▁and ▁boys ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁replaced ▁in ▁popular ity ▁by ▁the ▁ 3 6 0 ▁waves ▁and ▁the ▁Ca esar ▁ha irc ut . ▁ ▁Other ▁styles ▁include ▁pla its ▁or ▁bra ids , ▁the ▁two - str and ▁tw ist ,