Artist
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is a soul artist from Dallas formed in 1997. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Dallas · Best soul albums
- 24
- Releases
- 1997–2025
- Active years
- 1997
- Formed
Artist
Erykah Badu is a soul artist from Dallas formed in 1997. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Dallas · Best soul albums
Most popular
Mama's Gun
2000
Next To You
Single · 2025
Didn't Cha Know
Single · 2020
Bag Lady
EP · 2019
Apple Tree (Vol. 1)
EP · 2019
On & On
EP · 2019
Apple Tree (Vol. 2)
EP · 2019
Tempted
Single · 2019
Honey (Remixes) - Single
Single · 2010
Telephone (Louie Vega EOL Mix)
EP · 2010
Love Of My Life (Ode To Hip Hop)
EP · 2003
Danger
EP · 2003
Past Talk
Single · 1999
Born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas, Erykah Badu inherited a taste for music from her mother Kolleen Wright, who introduced her to multiple genres of music (Joni Mitchell, Parliament-Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Phoebe Snow, Chaka Khan). At the tender age of four, Badu began singing and dancing in productions at the local Dallas Theatre Centre. It wasn’t until her acting debut in the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Center’s musical production of “Really Rosie,” directed by her godmother Gwen Hargrove, that Badu realized she was a natural performer. “I played Alligator,” Badu says, “and at 6 years old, I got my first standing ovation. I knew I wanted to bring people to their feet from that point on. Badu stayed true to her artistic leanings and enrolled at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in the late ’80s. Tomboyish and a bit of a class clown, Badu devoted most of her time to perfecting her dance form, studying the techniques of Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham, as well as practicing ballet, tap, and modern dance. Badu also sharpened her Hip-Hop skills, freestyling on the Dallas radio station 90.9 FM KNON under the name Apples the Alc…
