Nasir didn’t ever have a real plan on becoming a
barber for a living. He cut hair for friends and family
and was extraordinarily good at it. He was told he
had an eye for it and many encouraged him to
pursue this career path. At first, after coming out
of rehab and his addiction, Nasir didn’t see it as a
respectful job in society, that it was something you
did when there was nothing else to do. He felt it
was important to be a scholar in order to become
someone of respect, which was due largely to his
addict mind. Because of his past addiction, he
believed he had to do something much bigger to be
respected. After realizing that his addict mind was
once again dictating his life, he decided to pursue
whatever it was that allowed him to be himself. He
entertained the idea of becoming a barber and with
the support of his family in addition to his passion,
he found his calling.
Nasir isn’t just a regular barber. He became the
Streets Barber when he had the genius idea of leveraging his talent and passion for the better good.
On his day off, he does haircuts for the homeless.
Nasir goes out on the streets with his separate kit
80
InkSpIredMagazIne.coM
and skateboards around areas of lower socioeconomic levels, addiction riddled areas, and places
of poverty looking for people who could go for a
haircut, shave, hair treatment, dry shampoo, or
just some deodorant. He kindly obliges to anyone
that could use a little TLC to brighten their day. He
does it because he knows the power of making
someone feel good about themselves and how it
can change their lives. As most of us know, a new
haircut, a clean feeling, and looking good helps to
create positive ideas in our minds about ourselves.
The appearance is just the beginning. Nasir and his
skating through these areas of lost hope give people that feeling that they may not have experienced
in a long time.
He asserts that it is his highly religious and philosophical beliefs, as well as his faith that inspire him
to help others in the way that he does. He strongly
believes in helping others, no matter what. Race
and status does not matter to him because we are
all creatures in the same form and there should
be no scrutiny in helping one another. He hopes
that more people would wholeheartedly adapt