Kehlani, Brandy, De La Soul, T.I., DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jermaine Dupri, Adam Blackstone, and Corinne Bailey Rae are also on the bill for the Picnic at Belmont Plateau ...

In a previously unpublished interview, Bob Power, the late landmark hip-hop engineer, discusses his technique and place in ...

On March 17, 2010, singer Erykah Badu filmed the evocative music video for the song “Window Seat” in Dealey Plaza. At the time, the Dallas artist was already an icon, the ’90s “Queen of Neo-Soul” who ...

The Roots drummer reveals plans to revive his legendary crew of collaborators.

Erykah Badu is one of the most influential figures in modern soul music, often celebrated as the Queen of Neo-Soul. Born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in a ...

Erykah Badu is a soulful visionary whose lyrics feel like ancestral whispers and affirmations all at once. She creates music that makes you feel seen, held, and spiritually aligned as a Black woman.

When Erykah Badu arrived with Baduizm in 1997, she shifted the direction of contemporary R&B. Alongside the late, great D’Angelo, who released Brown Sugar a year and a half earlier, the Dallas native ...

Three albums, separated by decades and idioms, arrive together because each clarifies what it means to commit to a method rather than a moment. Each is an argument for patience -- for sound shaped by ...

Erykah Badu returned to Chicago on December 3, 2025, and transformed the Chicago Theatre into a space guided by spirit, sound, and creativity. The venue was filled from the floor to the balcony, and ...

Erykah Badu didn’t play “Tyrone” at her 2018 show at San Francisco’s Warfield, but she did spoil the punchline. One of the best-loved products of her ‘90s head-wrap era, the epic breakup song climaxes ...

It's not every that Dallas neo-soul/jazz singer Erykah Badu graces Houston with her presence and this week she's doing it twice. She's playing two nights at 713 Music Hall and, since this is called ...

"You paid your money to do that? Thank you," Badu said Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Erykah Badu called out a fan who was allegedly sitting with her arms crossed and glaring at her from the front ...