i totally agree with the point made about the dreads, maybe he is hiphops samson and lost character with the haircut. i for one find the idea of charisma being judged by appearence to be as shallow as it gets. unfortuanately in popular music you have to have a gimic to get noticed black thoughts lyrics and delivery are his gimic. its not visual hes not the muscle man (50) or the cute inoffensive type (usher) so for the a lack of pigeon hole he seems to get over looked when speaking of charismatic mcs. number 1 in my opinion any day of the week.