Featured Photos: Erykah Badu, Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA - June 8, 2008

Grammy winner Erykah Badu has a majestic stage presence and a voice that has been compared to the likes of Billie Holiday. On stage and in her lyrics, she projects a signature sound full of inner strength and pride. Raised by a single mom in South Dallas, TX, Badu gave her first musical performance at the age of 4, singing and dancing at the Dallas Theatre Centre. Ten years later she was performing free-style on the local radio with Roy Hargrove, and in 1997 Badu's very first album "Baduizm" deb...

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