Erykah Badu is mourning the death of her grandmother, Thelma Loyce Gipson. The singer and actress posted to her Instagram touching pictures of her grandmother. Erykah spoke of her grandmother within the caption that praised the patriarch for blessing the family with “good design.” Erykah said her grandmother experienced 93 autumns and lived a life of showering… Read more »
Our girl Erykah Badu knows how to get her hustle on…She just announced she is doing a online quarantine concert from her bedroom, tomorrow for $1.00. Details are still coming in, and you can read more below… Read More Here
Erykah Badu payed the NPR Music office a visit yesterday and serenaded us all with a Tiny Desk performance accompanied by her band. Badu performed ‘Rimshot’ from her 1997 album Baduizm, and ’Greeneyes’, from Badu’s Mama’s Gun project. Watch her full performance below.
Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. Her mother raised her, her brother Eevin, and her sister Nayrok alone after their father, William Wright Jr., deserted the family early in their lives. To provide for her family, the children’s paternal grandmother often helped to look after them while… Read more »
