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Biographie de Tracci Johnson

Tracci Johnson was born in Fowler, a suburb of Fresno, California. Her parents divorced before her first birthday, and she was raised in a single parent home with her older brother. Her mother was an elementary teacher and later an assistant principal. No one was surprised with Tracci's career choice because she was preceded by a long line of women in the hair industry. Her fraternal great, great grandmother made wigs for Madame C.
J. Walker's company. A fraternal aunt was a celebrity stylist in the 70s and one of the first African American women to own a salon in Beverly Hills. Her maternal grandmother and two of her sisters were stylists and salon owners. Another sister was a barber and pioneered in becoming a female barber shop owner in the state of Texas. While studying at the Institute of Cosmetology in Oakland, California in the 80s, Tracci was sought by the late Ron Newton, master stylist, and son of the late Black Panther leader, Huey P.
Newton, as his assistant. Under his mentoring, Tracci became one of the busiest stylists in Oakland, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a celebrity stylist. Little did she know, but there would be many obstacles and lessons to be learned in her path. After a long unanticipated struggle, Tracci established herself as a very successful celebrity stylist and owner of Eclipse Salon on Melrose in Hollywood, California.
During her career, she toured with Pebbles, En Vogue the 90s super group, and Babyface as a key stylist. She also serviced, either in her salon or on sets, such celebrities as El Debarge, LL Cool J and his wife, Simone Smith, Jada-Pinkett-Smith, Nia Long, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Kelly Williams, Elise Neal, Brandy, Kelly Price, Keisha Cole, Natalie Cole, Cicely Tyson, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, CeCe Winans, Lynn Whitfield, and others.
Other stylists who worked in Eclipse Salon serviced clients such as Janet Jackson, Forrest Whittaker, Terrence Howard, Dr. Dre, Arsenio Hall, Shaquille O'Neal, and other Lakers' team members and many of their wives. Tracci's talents have been displayed on ABC's Extreme Makeover and other make-over shows. Her styles have graced the stages of the Oscars, the Grammys, BET Awards, Image Awards, movies, music videos, and television shows.
She has appeared in several publications such as In Style, Essence, Upscale, Salon Sense, Sophisticates Black Hair, and others. Upscale Magazine voted her one of the top ten African American ...