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When your mother is Erykah Badu, you can’t help growing up with talents in your own right (or Wright, as it were).

Secure your wigs and get your best shout-singing voice ready because the 2018 Essence Festival is coming with a…

I’m not sure if anything will top the “Hitler had some talent, tho” hill that some of y’all’s friends and cousins are…

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The year 2017 was a good year for black hair. Solange did the absolute most, impressing us with African-inspired…

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Exactly 20 years ago, on Feb. 11, 1997, singer Erykah Badu released Baduizm, an album the world didn’t know it needed.…

Upon my receipt of an email containing an invitation to a soul vegan dinner hosted by Erykah Badu that required the…

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Despite going to graduate school in the discipline, my greatest education in philosophy happened at the barbershop.

(Some suggestions for next month's tribute from a concerned fan who really wants to see BET pull this off)

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