Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin, words by BBG Lauryn / Erykah Last year Rock the Bells, the touring hip-hop bonanza, picked up on the voguish festival concept in which an artist performs an old record from beginning to end. It... more info

Guardian Music — Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Kieran Yates is gunning for Erykah BaduAs a grown woman, I probably shouldn't still have posters on my bedroom wall but I make an excep... more info

ContactMusic — Soul icon Erykah Badu is working towards a certification in midwifery after becoming a birth doula and helping to deliver babies in her spare time. The Bag Lady singer and mother-of-three first realised her medical calling in 2001, after helping her ... more info

ContactMusic — Soul singer Erykah Badu's representative has shot down reports the star has rekindled her romance with The D. O. C. , insisting they are merely co-parenting their child. Badu, who also has kids with Andre 3000 and Jay Electronica, has a seven-year-ol... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)As a sideman, Jonathan Wilson has worked with Erykah Badu and Elvis Costello, but as a solo artist, his heart is somewhere else entirely. The primary influence on his first album is the enclave of folk stars who colonised Los Angeles's ... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Peacefrog Records / 2007Only this morning I was listening to Erykah Badu's seminal 'Baduizm' and wondering to myself why there weren't more records around that totally ape the style. Of course there was Jill Scott's 'Who is Jill Scott' soon after, bu... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Jay Electronica has announed that his album “Act II:Patents of Nobility” is finally completed. The rapper took to twitter to make the announcement and said both Bun B and Jay-Z have heard it as well as Erykah Badu and Tony Tagoe. “Album soon co... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)In January 2010 a guy called Rich Jensen (@richjensen) sent out a cryptic tweet. "Somebody has to say it: Neumos Friday felt like OK Hotel (April 17, '91) when an Aberdeen trio first dropped a song about teen deodorant."It's worth translatin... more info

ContactMusic — Soul singer Erykah Badu is stepping behind the decks to produce her first mixtape and she has promised the project will "melt any DJ's face off". The Bag Lady hitmaker told revellers at the Los Angeles Film Festival this week (beg20Jun11) she is prep... more info

ContactMusic — Tupac Shakur was remembered by leading figures in the world of rap and R&B during a 40th birthday concert in Atlanta on Thursday (16th June 2011). Tupac Shakur's legacy was celebrated by the likes of Rick Ross, the jazz musician Roy Ayers, singer Ery... more info