Erykah Badu: Last News

Sophia Scorziello editor Herbie Hancock and Erykah Badu are set to headline Penske Media Company’s second annual LA3C culture and creativity festival. The three-day event will take place from Nov. 10 to Nov.

LA3C, the Los Angeles music and food festival that launched last year, will return in November for a second edition that includes headliners Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock and Oscar winner Questlove.

After months of speculation, Conde Nast confirmed this morning that Chioma Nnadi, the current editor of US Vogue’s website, has been tapped to replace Edward Enninful as the head of British Vogue.

Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier has admitted what his ultimate 'sex soundtrack' is in the bedroom, revealing that US singer and rapper Erykah Badu is at the top of his playlist.

celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, it would be an outright sin to exclude Detroit’s legendary group Slum Village from the conversation. That OG trio absolutely owned the late 1990s with their debut album “Fan-Tas-Tic” and the current group continues to make a mark on music today.

Not even Mother Nature herself can keep Beyoncé from entertaining her fans.

Beyoncé – has spoken out about the singer leaving out Lizzo’s name during a live rendition of ‘Break My Soul’, saying that the decision has nothing to do with recent allegations.Rumours about Beyoncé drawing reference to the recent controversy surrounding Lizzo arose earlier this week, when the ‘Single Ladies’ singer chose to omit the latter’s name from one of her performances.Performing at Foxborough, Massachusetts on Tuesday (August 1) as part of her hit ‘Renaissance’ tour, Beyoncé played ‘Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)’, which sees her begin to list off a number of iconic and boundary-breaking Black female artists.While the original lyric reads: “Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold, (Vogue) Bessie Smith, Nina Simone (Vogue), Betty Davis, Solange Knowles. Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl”, fan-captured footage shows the singer skim over Lizzo’s name and instead repeat Erykah Badu’s name four times.Following the set, fans were quick to speculate that this was related to the recent allegations raised against Lizzo that same day – which see her accused of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.The ‘About Damn Time’ singer is being sued by three of her former dancers, who recall her pressuring a co-worker to touch a naked performer in an Amsterdam club and subjecting dancers to “excruciating” auditions.

Tina Knowles is shutting down the speculation about her daughter, Beyoncé's, decision to omitLizzo's name from her «Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)» during a recent performance. During her Renaissance tour stop in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Beyoncé seemed to swap the lyric «Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Row» in favor of repeating «Badu» four times, a reference to singer Erykah Badu.The original lyrics of the remix notably name-checks a running list of iconic Black women entertainers including Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Lizzo, Lauryn Hill, Janet Jackson, Missy Elliot and Aretha Franklin.

Tina Knowles is setting the record straight.

Beyoncé is low-key letting her thoughts be known about the ongoing Lizzo lawsuit controversy by not mentioning the embattled singer! Literally! Memory-holed AF!!

Jennifer Hudson played coy when asked about rumors that she’s dating Common — but she wasn’t afraid to offer some flirtatious praise for him.

Beyoncé appeared to make a statement at the Renaissance World Tour following the sexual harassment allegations against Lizzo.

Jennifer Hudson is still playing coy about her romance with Common — but still couldn’t help but compliment her rumoured beau.

Beyoncé has appeared to skip Lizzo’s name in her live rendition of ‘Break My Soul’, following lawsuit allegations being raised against her.News broke yesterday (August 1) that the ‘About Damn Time’ singer is being sued by three of her former dancers, who cite accusations of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.Now, although Lizzo has yet to respond to the accusations raised against her, it appears that Beyoncé has drawn light to the allegations at her most recent show in Boston, Massachusetts.The moment took place during Beyoncé’s set – as part of her hit ‘Renaissance’ tour – where she performs ‘The Queens Remix’ of her 2022 song ‘Break My Soul’. In the remix, she begins to list off a number of iconic and boundary-breaking Black female artists.Usually, she lists off names, including Betty Davis, Solange Knowles, Erykah Badu, Lizzo and Kelly Rowland.

Jennifer Hudson is still playing coy about her romance with Common — but still couldn't help but compliment her rumored beau.The singer/actress/talk show was recently asked by paparazzi about whether or not she'd like to address speculation that she and Common are a couple, in video obtained by «The rumors say a lot of things,» Hudson, 41, said, skillfully dodging the burning question, before adding with a smile, «He's a beautiful man, I will give you that.»The pair, who connected on the set of the upcoming action-thriller, first sparked dating speculation in July 2022, when they were spotted out and about together. When ET spoke to Hudson two months later, she addressed the romance rumors.«People create their narratives of it and it’s like, OK, you know, how you feel,» she told ET of the chatter.

Erykah Badu is dropping some severe shade in Beyoncé’s direction.

Jungle have shared a new track called ‘Back On 74’, along with a unique, interactive music video – watch it below.The pop duo will release new album ‘Volcano’ on August 11, and it was first previewed by the single ‘Candle Flame’.The ‘Back On 74’ video is touted as a ‘music video art gallery’, with an ever-changing range of 10,000 images changing on each view.When viewing the video – created with WeTransfer – fans are able to download any of the images, with another then automatically taking its place for others to see.Watch the video here.“I think for Jungle, it’s actually really the most honest record we’ve made,” the band’s J Lloyd told NME of ‘Volcano’.“In my head, I see us as like Daft Punk or Chemical Brothers – that sort of duo that makes electronic music. But we’ve always had this soul side and this love for soul music, so it’s always been a little bit more song-based.

Lizzo had an emotional moment while watching Beyoncé perform during a recent stop on Queen Bey's Renaissance World Tour.In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Lizzo gets visibly teary when Bey shouts her out during «Break My Soul (The Queens Remix).» In the song, Beyoncé name-checks the «Special» singer in a running list of iconic Black women entertainers that also includes Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and more. «In that moment I was thinking about baby me, listening to 'Happy Face' by Destiny’s Child and crying myself to sleep because of bullies… I thought about Beyoncé jumping into the room where Tina Turner was waiting to meet her for the first time. I think of what we all mean to people and how cyclical it is.

While promoting his new music video for "BDD," Blueface shared a post to Instagram which included two photos where he's seen laying amongst four pregnant women. The caption reads, "I'm in n out a bih life I'm not Oscar proud," seemingly referring to his public, tumultuous romantic relationships.

has six kids from four different women, and is set to open for Erykah Badu on her upcoming tour.One of the moms, Paris-based Karima Sorel, wants the $88,602.63 she says Bey owes and is going straight to tour backers Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Outback Presents LLC and BaduWorld Inc to get it. A law firm representing Sorel wants a Manhattan judge to enforce the judgment against Bey and require the companies to turn over his earnings to pay off the debt, according to the legal filing.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s feature adaptation of the play The Piano Lesson out of August Wilson’s “American Century Cycle” has added six to its cast: Malik J. Ali (Swagger), Gail Bean (Snowfall), Jerrika Hinton (Hunters), Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk), Jay Peterson (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It) and Matrell Smith (The Equalizer).