At Urban Class barbershop in North Nashville, barber Rashad Donaldson’s artwork covers the wood paneled and red walls. It feels more like your cool uncle’s eclectic living room than a barbershop. There’s a globe in one corner, board games and a bookshelf with a little bit of everything, from dictionaries to metaphysical Bibles. When it’s warm, they host parties on the terrace outside.
“We call it a balcony social,” Donaldson said.
Not everyone who spends time in the shop is a paying customer…