Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu ( born February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas, real name Erica Abi Wright) is an American soul singer.

Life

Her mother was an actress, so she herself was already in childhood on the stage and also learned dancing and singing. She broke off her studies at Grambling State University because she wanted to devote all her music career, which began with the hip - hop band Erykah Free with her cousin Robert "Free" Bradford. They played in small clubs in Dallas, among others, the previous versions of the hits On & On or Appletree. They recorded the demo album Funky Cousins ​​. Slowly, she made ​​a name for himself and got a record deal. However, the producer felt Erykah alone would sell better, and so parted them both.

Your first record deal they thus concluded as a soloist and in 1997 had also the same with On & On a single hit. But great attention reached especially their debut album Baduizm, which was awarded with triple platinum. She led more than once to the R & B charts. Their biggest hit single in the U.S. Hot 100 was previously the top- ten hit Bag Lady ( 2000). Furthermore, it has so far won four Grammys.

End of February 2008 is their fourth studio album, " New Amerykah Part One " appeared, in which it technically sound harks back to the roots of hip- hop movement. For the production of the album she has specifically worked with Rapproduzenten as, inter alia, Madlib, who have made as a representative of Conscious Rap a name. In the music video for the single window seat, which was filmed in March 2010, they disposed of at the site of the assassination of John F. Kennedy their clothes. She was sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of U.S. $ 500.

In advertising for the fall 2010 collection of H & M's their version of Muddy Waters ' Mannish Boy song is heard.

In addition, she also appeared repeatedly in film supporting roles in, among others, in Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House review or House of D.

From her relationship with Andre 3000 Erykah Badu has a son (born 6 December 1997) and with West Coast rapper The DOC she has a daughter (born 5 July 2004). Since 2005, she is in a relationship with rapper Jay Electronica, with whom she also has a daughter ( born 1 February 2009).

Discography

  • Baduizm (1997) " On & On "
  • " Other Side of the Game"
  • "Next Lifetime"
  • Baduizm Live (1997) " Tyrone "
  • " Appletree "
  • Mama's Gun (2000) " Bag Lady "
  • "Did not Cha Know "
  • " Cleva "
  • Worldwide Underground (EP, 2003) " Danger"
  • "Back in the Day"
  • New Amerykah Part One ( 4th World War ) (2008 ) "Honey"
  • New Amerykah, Pt.2 ( Return of the Ankh ) (2009 ) "Jump Up in the Air and Stay There" ft. Lil Wayne
  • Funky Cousins
  • Heartache ( The Early Recording) (1998)

Filmography

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