Levels Barbershop

Kamal Nuru, Larry Wilson and Denorval Parks founded levels Barbershop on June 15, 1996.  Denorval Parks (Kamal’s cousin) approached Kamal about going into business together after he was badly injured in an unfortunate car accident. Kamal and Larry who are longtime friends met in 1987 while they both worked for and received on the job training from their mentor and instructor Mr. Gene Walker. Ironically at the same time Denorval approached Kamal about going into business together they uncovered that Mr. Walker wanted to get out of a lease that he had for one of his two barber shops because he was having difficulty effectively managing it.  This presented them with an opportunity to start a barbershop of their own.  During a conversation with a close friend the word Levels was used to signify some of life’s most important experiences, it was at that point that Kamal instantaneously knew that Levels was the word that encompassed their vision of wha