It’s official! 2013 Women’s Empowerment is sold out! There will be record crowds at this years event. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. and the show will begin at noon. This year’s featured artists include gospel artists Smokie Norful, LeJeune Thompson, Bishop Paul S. Morton and Tasha Cobbs. We will also have Uncle Charlie, Calvin […]
Word is there are just a few tickets left so you better hurry up and get yours for Women’s Empowerment 2013. Bishop T.D. Jakes is the Keynote speaker this year along with Wendy Williams. We have a stellar line up of performances including Charlie Wilson, Calvin Richardson, Smokie Norful, Bishop Paul Morton and more. You don’t want […]
There is perhaps one story that explains Erykah Badu’s cyclical outlook on her last album, New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh, and it involves a visit to a Santeria priest in Cuba in 1999. Dressed for the occasion, Badu wore an all-white dress and, despite the humid weather, her signature towering head wrap. […]
Philadelphia soul man Bilal is your favorite rapper’s favorite soul singer. While the left-of-center jazz man has collaborated with many of today’s biggest stars like…
Wayne Coyne says he wasn’t surprised to see Erykah Badu’s resentment towards his group, The Flaming Lips, for their controversial video featuring the nude soul…
Neo-soul earth mother Erykah Badu’s beef with rock band The Flaming Lips continues to heat up. A member of the band Wayne Coyne responded to…
Erykah Badu is getting her jazz chanteuse on! Badu joins The Robert Glasper Experiment to remake the Mongo Santamaria classic, “Afro Blue.” The single will be featured on Glasper’s latest project entitled Black Radio which is slated to hit stores on February 28th. When asked about the making of “Afro Blue,” Glasper offered, “Erykah loves […]
Putting Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Chaka Khan and Mavis Staples on one stage for “VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul” automatically set expectations very high, but did the show live up to the hype? If you missed it, here’s the full-length episode of this super soulful show. Get More: Jennifer Hudson, Mary […]
Common’s memoir “One Day It’ll Make Sense” (in stores now) not only details his successful rap career, but also his high-profile relationships with two of the most famous women in their respective fields: Erykah Badu and Serena Williams. In an interview with Black Enterprise, he reveals what he learned from both ladies and how he […]
The Red Bull music academy has been releasing some great interviews from their Music Academy lectures in Madrid. The latest is a two-hour long sitdown with singer, poet and producer Erykah Badu. Get The Scoop On Dallas, TX She discusses everything from starting out as a rapper and getting sampling lessons from J-Dilla 1998 to […]
In the latest issue of GQ Magazine singer Erykah Badu tells writer Sean Fennessy about her early days working at Steve Harvey’s comedy house. The multi-hyphenate talent says she was doing more acting at the time and even tried her hand at stand-up. Given her sense of humor we think she should give it another […]
