ERYKAH BADU
Dallas, Texas, United States | Established. Jan 01, 1997 | AFM
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Erykah Badu, the Afrocentric queen herself will be going on tour around her home state of Texas summer of 2024! Erykah will be performing at the House Of Blues in Dallas Texas, Bayou Music Center in Houston and The Levitt Pavillion in Arlington. This upcoming tour will be to show the fans the new and reinvented Erykah Badu. Her style and grace will be showcased through her funky clothing pieces. Ms. Badu will perform 10 of her hit songs featuring a live band. Afterall what is a live performance without a live band! Visit the calendar information for Erykah Badu's tour dates and tickets! - Kendra Williams
“She is a trendsetter, but she’s always marched to the beat of her own drum...she can work anything, from a designer you might find at a flea market, to a runway,” said Sulmers, who called Badu an icon. “I think that is what can be attributed to her collaborating with brands because a lot of these brands that might have been under the radar or off the radar, now they’re like, ‘Whoa, there’s this beautiful woman who is an amazing artist, who also has an amazing style, and we want to work with her.’” - Gary Gerard Hamilton
Discography
In 1996 Badu's demo album caught the attention of music producer Kedar Massenburg. At that time she was signed and paired with D'Angelo to record "Your Precious Love." About a year later Erykah Badu's career exploded with her debut album Baduizm. Her hit records such as "On & On", "Next Lifetime" and "Apple Tree" are all on the Baduizm album.
Erykah Badu now has 16 awards and has been nominated 59 times. Some of Erykah's accomplishments include four grammy awards, a Soul Train Lady of Soul award, an NAACP image award, a BET award, an MTV award and an American Music Award.
Albums:
1. Baduizm (Universal Records, Kedar Entertainment) (1996)
2. Live (Universal Records, Kedar Entertainment) (1997)
3. Mamas Gun (Motown) (2000)
4.Worldwide Underground (Motown) (2003)
5. New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) (Universal Motown, Control Freaq Records) (2007)
6.New Amerykah Part Two: (Return of The Ankh) (Universal Motown) (2010)
7.But You Caint Use my Phone (Motown, Control Freaq Records) (2015)
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Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas Texas. Erykah chose her performance name by incorporating what she loves. "Kah" comes from the Eqyptian term for one's" inner self" and "Badu" is her favorite jazz riff scat sound. Erykah was raised by her mother Kolleen Maria Gipson who was also an actress. Needless to say Erykah was introduced to the arts early. Erykah would perform for her mom at an early age by dancing and singing until she began to perform at the local Dallas Theatre Center.
Ms. Badu went to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. After graduating high school, Erykah attended Gambling State University where she majored in theatre and minored in quantum physics. Around this same time Erykah was active in her community and began to DJ under the name DJ Apples. However, Erykah left college in 1993 to pursue her music career.
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