cameo cut, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

cameo cut n.

[popularized by Larry Blackmon, lead singer of the band Cameo; note cameo cut, a technique for decorative glass-cutting]

(US black) short-cropped black hair, pioneered by the hip-hop culture.

1988		Big Daddy Kane ‘Just Rhymin’ with Biz’ 🎵 Never use a barbershop I got my homeboy Smooth / Cooling out with the clippers right around the way / To keep my fresh Cameo cut every day.
1991		P. Blauner Slow Motion Riot 17: The hairstyles on the younger guys here [...] my favorite is the Cameo, a high ebony tower of hair that looks like an Egyptian headdress.
1994		G. Smitherman Black Talk.