Profile
Erykah Badu
Singer
Female
Born
Feb 26, 1971
Age
42
Hometown
United States
Genres
Funk + Soul + Jaz...
Instruments
Drum machine + Ke...
Performed With
Lenny Kravitz + J...
Record Label
Kedar Massenberg
Other Names
Erykah Badu
Erica Abi Wright, better known by her stage name Erykah Badu /%CB%88%C9%9Br%C9%AAk%C9%99 b%C9%91%CB%90%CB%88du%CB%90/, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B… Read More
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Erykah Badu
Age 42
children
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Seven Sirius BenjaminSon
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Tanisha L. Ramirez: Lessons From A Queen: Erykah Badu Shares Life LessonsHuffington Post - 3 days ago
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A Night Of Worship In The Church Of BaduNPR - May 03, 2013
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Singer Erykah Badu Plays Not My JobNPR - Apr 19, 2013
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An 'Equal Opportunity Offender'Huffington Post - Apr 02, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
TWENTIES
1993
22 Years Old
Upon graduating from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Badu went on to study theater at the historically black college Grambling State University. Concentrating on music full-time, she left the university in 1993 before graduating and took on several minimum wage jobs to support herself.
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Baduizm, Badu's highly acclaimed debut album, was released in early 1997 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts.
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1998
27 Years Old
Baduizm eventually went triple platinum and, along with "On & On", won Grammy Awards at the 1998 ceremonies.
1999
28 Years Old
Badu also collaborated with the Roots (who had previously handled production duties on a number of tracks on Baduizm) on their breakthrough 1999 release, Things Fall Apart.
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After taking some time off to raise her child, Badu returned in 2000 with Mama's Gun, an album more organic in sound than her previous studio album, and primarily produced by the Soulquarians and noted bassist Pino Palladino.
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THIRTIES
2002
31 Years Old
After the release of Mama's Gun and "Love of My Life", Badu experienced writer's block. She hit the road throughout 2002 and much of 2003, on what she dubbed the "Frustrated Artist Tour", in search of inspiration to write and perform new material.
2003
32 Years Old
The conclusion of the tour saw Badu head back to the studio with new material, and in September 2003, the third studio album Worldwide Underground was released.
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On July 5, 2004, Badu gave birth to a daughter, Puma Sabti Curry, in her Dallas home; Puma's father is West Coast rapper The D.O.C., who is originally from Dallas.
2008
37 Years Old
According to Nielsen Soundscan, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) has sold 359,000 copies in the United States Erykah Badu performed at the 10th annual Voodoo Experience in New Orleans the weekend before Halloween 2008.
2009
38 Years Old
On February 1, 2009, Badu gave birth to her third child at home, a girl named Mars Merkaba Thedford, with her boyfriend of five years, rapper Jay Electronica.
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Erykah Badu released her fifth studio album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) on March 30, 2010.
FORTIES
2012
41 Years Old
Badu appeared on Flying Lotus' fourth album, Until the Quiet Comes. Badu also appeared on the debut album by the supergroup Rocketjuice and The Moon, which was released in March 2012.
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