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Erykah Badu
A fearless, outspoken, "Queen of neo-soul", Erykah Badu's velvet voice and
eccentric personality mark her out as a modern soul diva that never fails to
baffle, mesmerise and divide in equal measure. A natural performer who grew up
singing in her mother's theatre group from the age of four, she changed her
"slave name" of Erica Wright, taking Kah - meaning inner self - and Badu as a
reference to the jazz-skat sound. She was working as a teacher when she got her
big break opening for D'Angelo, who spotted her talent and recruited her to duet
on a cover of Marvin Gaye's Precious Lov...
