Seeing Erykah Badu in the wild is rare, but always memorable.
Erykah Badu enters the green room at Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts, her alma mater. The green room is really just the school’s choir room, occasionally converted for special occasions. honoring the singer, a tribute to the mark she’s made on her city. Now, with her portrait emblazoned on the side of three buses and two trains, it’s a physical mark.where writer Chioma Nnadi chronicled Badu’s “second coming” as a fashion designer and doula.
Lily Weiss saw Badu build her ivory tower firsthand. The dance teacher worked at Booker T from 1978 to 2014, spending significant time with Badu at the school through her graduation in 1989. Just a few weeks earlier, 8-year-old June had composed her own songs, which Dufilho put music behind for fun. Dufilho first saw Badu when he waited tables at a vegetarian restaurant called the Cosmic Cafe. It closed in 2021, but Badu remains a frequent customer of local vegan and vegetarian cuisine .
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