Rexdale
Junior Adusei · Founder
I started with one chair and built a House.
I did not inherit a chain or a map. I built my name through precision work, culture, loyal clients, production standards and difficult seasons. Then I learned the standard could not stop at my hands, so I began personally training the barbers beside me to see the details I see and carry the House beyond one chair.
Where I started
A reputation became my craft. The craft became my name.
I grew up in Rexdale and started working at sixteen to help support my family. Cutting began with friends, and a reputation for clean flat tops became a serious craft.
After Toronto and Queens, I moved to Vancouver in 2008. One chair inside Dipt Kicks became a clientele; in 2012, that work opened the doors to my barbershop on Davie Street.
“Junior built his name one chair at a time. Now build yours.”
The road I took
One chair can become a whole world.
Queens
Culture and craft
New York sharpened the meaning of a barbershop as a community institution.2008
One chair
Junior arrived in Vancouver and began cutting inside Dipt Kicks.2012
Davie Street
A clientele became a shop and a name people requested.Production
Professional pressure
Continuity, timing, discretion and camera-ready detail widened the standard.COVID
Loss and rebuilding
Expansion met a hard season, difficult decisions and a surviving business.The Academy
Experience becomes a system
Watched work and useful correction give the next barber a clearer path.The House
A larger community
Clients, barbers and students enter a place where people are known.
Beyond the shop
From the neighbourhood chair to the film set.
IMDb lists Junior across Makeup Department, Additional Crew and Actor credits. His visible hair credits include Hypnotic, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Woke, Altered Carbon, Riverdale and iZombie. That range gives students a larger picture of where craft can lead.
- Barbershop ownership and expansion
- IMDb-listed Makeup Department, Additional Crew and Actor credits
- Teaching, mentorship and community leadership
The next chapter