Still, she agreed to be the newest subject of Okayafrica’s “ The Roots Of…” series, in which Erykah Badu aka Badoula Oblongata aka Sara Bellum aka Maria Manuela Mexico aka Annie the Alchemist aka Fat Belly Bella aka DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown aka “She Ill,” aka Analog Girl In A Digital World (okay, player?) – or more simply the Q.U.E.E.N. – takes a DNA test to trace her roots back to the precise region, country, and tribe of her maternal ancestors. As she put it, she was “satisfied with just the knowing that I’m part of the all.” And although she had been curious – even going so far as to consult with a few shamans – she had never been too concerned with tracing where she was from, physically. Even the adopted surname ‘Badu’ has a West African pedigree, being a suffix reserved for a 10th-born child among the Akan people of Ghana. Everybody couldn’t get in here.’ And you can really feel what’s going on, like you’re part of the family,” shared the official artist-in-residence and frequent Badu collaborator Robert Glasper.Ĭheck out Erykah Badu’s full Diggin Crystals In Badubotron Tour schedule below.ħ/30 Napa Valley, California* (Blue Note Jazz Festival)Ĩ/5 Brooklyn, New York (BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!)Ĩ/7 Columbia, Maryland (Merriweather Post Pavilion)ĩ/2 Dallas, Texas (TBAAL Riverfront Jazz Festival)ĩ/10 St.Erykah Badu‘s musical and stylistic oeuvre has long played with Afrocentric references, from her personal iconography of ankhs and gracefully patterned headwraps to the poetry of her lyrical allusions to the bright continent (“They call you indigo, we call you Africa / Go get baptized in the ocean of The People” – “The Healer”). We want to have that feeling of ‘Wow, this is special. “It’s not a huge festival that’s on purpose. Paak, Corinne Bailey Rae, Snoop Dogg, Goapele, and more were also on the bill.
The Blue Note Jazz Festival was hosted by Dave Chappelle and had a personal take on music festival settings. Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan, Yasiin Bey, and Talib Kweli’s reunion as Black Star, Alex Isley, Thundercat, Anderson.
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 presented by Amazon Prime Video at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles, California, and broadcasted on September 24, 2021.
Erykah Badu is seen during Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol.
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