Fifty Years of Erykah Badu - D Magazine
Fifty Years of Erykah Badu The Dallas legend turns 50. Here are a few of our favorite moments, with a focus on how she lifted us all up during quarantine. By Taylor Crumpton Published in Arts & Entertainment February 26, 2021 2:29 pm Fifty years ago, Erica Wright was born. In her teenage years, Wright rapped under the moniker Apples, a young female MC in The Fresh Ones and The DEF Ones, one of the first hip-hop groups in Dallas. In her twenties, Wright re-introduced herself as Erica Free, a jazz singer who incubated one of the first cyphers for the city’s underground hip-hop community with...
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