Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
Erykah Abi Wright, better known by her stage name Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, activist, and actress. Badu's career began after opening a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in her hometown; record label executive Kedar Massenburg was highly impressed with her performance and signed her to Kedar Entertainment. Her first album, Baduizm, was released on February 11, 1997. It spawned three singles: "On & On", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth26 February 1971
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Erykah Badu quotes about
I think someone else told him, ... He didn't even know who I was. It made me feel a little proud. I had the opportunity to be brand new. I felt that someone appreciates me and wanted me for my work, not my reputation.
I'm a recovering undercover over-lover.
I live in a queendom, ruled by a womb-iverse,
I'm more like an oven than a microwave,
I was born to make mistakes, I ain't scared to take the weight.
I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.
It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.
Honey isn't really that good for you.
I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.
When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.
I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.
I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.
Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records.