By Nasta
After days of speculation,
it's now official that Erykah Badu will be performing in Kenya at the 2012's
final edition of the Tusker Lite Experience.
Erykah who has been referred to as a
soul singer and Hiphop jazzist, is a former member of the group Soulaquarains
which also had Common, Blackstars, Bilal and the late Hiphop producer as J.Dilla
amongst others as part of the group.
In 1997 Erykah Badu had a much
publicized marriage with Andre 3000 of the OutKast group, in 2000 after a
divorce with the ATLien, Erykah Badu was in yet another relationship with a
rapper-Common, during this time the two lovebirds collaboed on Love of my life an (ode to Hiphop) which
featured as a soundtrack to the brownsugar film. To date the neo soul songtress
has five albums under her belt the latest one being New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the
Ankh).
During her 15 years singing career, Erykah has featured in
multiple Hiphop tracks such as questions by Common & Mos Def, Talib Kweli’s
Reflection Eternal, and Rick Ross’ DigIt, and worked with producers like 9th
Wonder and boyfriend Jay Electronica.
Besides Tryrone, one of Ms. Badu’s
most notable and earlier tracks is the Dr, Dre sampled Bag Lady Remix. During the 2011 BET Hiphop awards, the sngterss who
is believed to be the inspiration behind the gems Ms.Jackson by OutKast and The
Light by Common, performed alongside Lupe Fiasco,with an all black hijab
covering her face.
