Boosie fade

Coined in reference to rapper Boosie Badazz + fade (hairstyle).

Boosie Fade (plural Boosie fades)

1. A specific type of high, bald fade haircut, featuring very short or shaved sides and back that blend into a longer top, creating a sharp, edgy contrast with crisp lines.
   • 2008, Supreme Understanding, How to Hustle and Win A Survival Guide for the Ghetto, Part 1‎^[1]:

     Here’s a list of things that people do in public to let people know they’re crying to be heard and dying to be seen. … You wear a James Brown perm, blonde dreads, multi-colored hair, or a “Boosie fade” (and you’re not Lil’ Boosie).

   • 2012, Lowery, Laketta, Her World of Darkness and Pain Bullying and Self-Esteem, page 13:

     He was every girl’s dream boyfriend. He kept his hair cut in a low top Lil’ Boosie fade.

   • 2021, Pittman, Raynesha, Kismet 3 When a Man's Fed Up‎^[2], page 78:

     He had a high-top fade like everybody was wearing in Nashville. They called it a “Boosie fade” after the Baton Rouge rapper Little Boosie. Most [...] rocking the haircut needed to kill themselves for walking around looking whack, but his fitted him.