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Skepta has revealed he’s currently in hospital with a mystery illness after posting from a bed. The 39-year-old grime artist, real name Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr, asked his fans to keep him in their prayers as he shared news of his admission. Uploading a photo from the ward to his Instagram Stories, the Boy Better Know appeared to be lying down wearing a hospital gown.

A.D. Amorosi In 2008, on a pier beside Philly’s Delaware River, the Roots started what would become an annual live gathering, the Roots Picnic.

A.D. Amorosi Erykah Badu, executive producer of the forthcoming documentary about late jazz and R&B trumpeter Roy Hargrove, wastes no time in elaborating on the influence her collaborator and high school classmate exerted on her life and career.“It started with Roy,” says Badu, who first met Hargrove in 1985, when she was a freshman at Dallas’ Booker T.

Accidents happen! Erykah Badu gave Kim Kardashian‘s Skims some unexpected promotion when she admitted to going to the bathroom through her “panties” because they’re so “comfy” that she forgot she had them on.

The most star-studded after party following the 2022 Met Gala was definitely the one held at the Boom Boom Room!

Cardi B hosts the star studded Met Gala After Party on Monday evening (May 2) held at the Boom Boom Room at the Standard hotel in New York City.

The Met Gala is the most fashion-focused red carpet event of the year, but the clothes aren’t the only reason the event is such a success — there’s also a huge potential for hilarious celeb interactions.

Madonna and her daughter Lourdes Leon made a rare appearance together!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBrooklynites will be excited to learn that BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! will return to the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at full capacity, with live, free and in-person performances in June, kicking off on the 8 th with a performance by saxophonist-composer-producer Kamasi Washington and closing on August 6 with Nigerian singer-songwriter Yemi Alade.The innovative Los Angeles-based musician is one of the major jazz musicians to emerge in the past decade, having collaborated with a galaxy of jazz artists as well as Kendrick Lamar (on his groundbreaking “To Pimp a Butterfly” album), Florence + the Machine and others. He also has performed at multiple nights of BRIC JazzFest in years past.

NEW ORLEANS -- The group Red Hot Chili Peppers has been added to the lineup of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz Fest, organizers announced Friday.The rock band's appearance is set for Sunday, May 1, and will be its first at the event since 2016.The group has sold 80 million albums, collected six Grammy Awards and been inducted into the Rock and roll Hall of Fame. Their 12th studio album, “Unlimited Love,” was released April 1.Last month, the festival announced plans to find a replacement for the Foo Fighters, which canceled all upcoming concert dates after the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

NEW ORLEANS -- Rock band Foo Fighters is canceling all its upcoming tour dates including a scheduled May 1 performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, following the death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins.The group was not included on the release Tuesday of the festival's “cubes," which list the times and stage assignments for every performance scheduled during the two-weekend event.The festival is returning after a two-year hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 festival will run from April 29 until May 1 and May 5 through May 8 at the Fair Grounds Race Course.In an announcement via Twitter, the Foo Fighters confirmed the tour cancellation “in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins.

Pardon My Fro CEO and Founder Dana Bly is never fully dressed without a pop of color.The self-taught graphic designer created her lifestyle brand filled with fun clothing, accessories, and home decor, on the premise of lifting women up and living life on their own terms.«In 2009, at the height of fashion blogging, I was obsessed with looking at blogs and getting inspiration from outfit patterns and bold colors. I started teaching myself how to illustrate the fashion that inspired me, and reflected who I am as a strong African American woman,» Bly tells ET.«When I started Pardon My Fro, I designed collections of illustrative dolls that reflected who I was at the time, including natural hair that is a huge part of my Black culture.… My dolls touched people that saw themselves in the designs, and they started requesting the drawings for clothing and items in their homes,» she continues.Since then, the designer has featured her illustrations on travel bags, sweatshirts, kimonos, personalized bath mats, shower curtains, pillows, fine art pieces, children’s backpacks, lunchboxes, and more, all made to reflect her background and sense of fashion. «The patterns and bright colors of my dolls are culturally influenced and a true reflection of my style.… My style is proud, strong and colorful.… My classic, signature look is a graphic tee, kicks and bold earrings.… I have also added lime green to my wardrobe, since that’s my favorite color,» she notes.Bly recommends others do the same to amp up their spring ensembles, and looks to her celebrity style crushes for extra inspo. «Embrace color and have fun with your pieces this season.

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A.D. Amorosi Singer-songwriter-producer Betty Davis, an icon of future-funk, fashion and bold sexuality in the 1970s, died Wednesday at age 76 in her longtime home of Homestead, Pennsylvania.Davis, who was once married to and collaborated with jazz legend Miles Davis, died of natural causes, Allegheny County communications director Amie Downs told Rolling Stone.The singer was widely viewed as having paved a way for R&B and hip-hop performers ranging from Prince and Erykah Badu to Cardi B and  Megan Thee Stallion, even though she dropped out of the recording scene so early — all but disappearing after the mid-1970s — that thse debts were not always recognized.In her heyday, this uninhibited mistress of futuristic funk and highly sexualized lyrical and vocal prowess released three albums – 1973’s “Betty Davis,” 1974’s “They Say I’m Different” and 1975’s definitive “Nasty Gal” – that were as bold in their self-creation as she was in portraying their sensual power on each album sleeve.

Betty Davis, a soul and funk singer of the 1960s whose growling, raspy vocal style and unapologetically explicit lyrics would influence future performers from Prince and Erykah Badu to Outkast, died today of natural causes at her home in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was 77.

Kanye West fans are that much closer to seeing the 'jeen-yuhs' at work behind the music. On Friday, Netlix dropped the final trailer for the upcoming docuseries , which boasts to be an unprecedented look into the 44-year-old artist's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break into the entertainment industry and his life today as a global brand and artist.Described as a «landmark documentary event,» the seriescomes from Clarence «Coodie» Simmons and Chike Ozah, more commonly known as Coodie & Chike, who first garnered attention with their breakthrough music video for West’s «Through the Wire.» Since then, they have directed «Two Words» and a version of «Jesus Walks» in addition to Erykah Badu’s powerful and controversial music video for «Window Seat.»The trailer features glimpses of footage of the rapper captured by Coodie, whose voiceover explains that when he first met the «up-and-coming producer back in '98, I knew he was destined for greatness.»«The goal was to see how far his dreams would take him.

Jazz funk icon Roy Ayers and dub legend Mad Professor will head up the Blues Kitchen’s spring line-up.

coronavirus pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival returns this spring with headliners The Who, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, Lionel Richie, Erykah Badu, Ludacris, Nelly and Willie Nelson.Festival organizers announced the lineup for the festival Thursday. It's scheduled over two weekends, Friday, April 29, through Sunday, May 1 and Thursday, May 5 through Sunday, May 8.Also performing at the festival are Jimmy Buffett, Luke Combs, The Black Crowes, Norah Jones, Ziggy Marley: Songs of Bob Marley and The Avett Brothers.

Lizzo closes out the last night of Art Basel with a performance for American Express UNSTAGED at American Express Platinum Studio at The Miami Beach EDITION on Saturday (December 4) in Miami, Fl.

Lizzo has covered an Erykah Badu classic during her set at Miami’s Art Basel over the weekend – while ad-libbing some new lyrics of her own.Performing as part of an American Express concert series entitled AmEx Unstaged on December 5, the singer covered Badu’s track ‘Tyrone’ – which Badu herself originally released in 1997 on her live album ‘Live’.Riffing on the song’s hook of “I think you’d better call Tyrone”, Lizzo added in a nod to actor Chris Evans.

Lizzo hit the sage at Saturday night’s Amex Unstaged concert in Miami, as part of Art Basel.

Summer Walker has covered neo-soul pioneer and mentor Erykah Badu on BBC Radio’s latest Live Lounge.Walker – fresh from the release of her second studio album ‘Still Over It’ – stopped by to perform a short but soulful rendition of ‘Bad Lady’, pulled from Badu’s sophomore album ‘Mama’s Gun’.Watch Summer Walker cover Erykah Badu’s ‘Bag Lady’ below:Walker and Badu are known to be fans of each other’s music, with Walker noting she grew up on Badu’s highly acclaimed work from the 90s.

Erykah Badu has been announced as the first headliner for Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2022.The Texas neo-soul artist will take to the stage in Glynde, East Sussex on Saturday, July 2 next year.

For Toronto-based singer Kalisway, her funk-leaning sound was borne of a diverse musical diet, filled with everything from Parliament Funkadelic and Bob Marley to Erykah Badu and Pharrell in her early years. "Music was always around me.

Erykah Badu has paid tribute to George Floyd to mark what would have been his 48th birthday.Badu brought Floyd’s family backstage with her on Wednesday (12 October) where she was playing The Minneapolis Armoury.In a clip shared to social media, Badu says: “People of planet Earth, we’re about four minutes away from George Floyd’s birthday,” she said in the clip.“He would’ve been 48 years old and I’m here with his family now.

Erykah Badu and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are among the new additions to Sonos Radio’s original programming for autumn.The new line-up of programming will also include expanded sleep stations, seasonal stations, international stations focused on local underground music scenes and more.Neo-soul star Badu has curated her own station called BADUBOTRON, which will take listeners “outta this world and into her sonic orbit”.

On the first season of The FADER Uncovered, host Mark Ronson spoke with some of the of world's most pioneering and legendary artists — David Byrne, Questlove, HAIM, Rico Nasty, Tame Impala, Erykah Badu, Damon Albarn, and Santigold — about their lives, careers, and creative processes. Now the Grammy- and Oscar-winning producer is back for Season 2.

Erykah Badu famously sang about seeing you “Next Lifetime” — as if this mystical priestess of otherworldly R&B was operating on a whole different frequency than the rest of us.Nearly 25 years later, it almost feels like a lifetime ago since a headwrapped, ankh-rocking Badu dropped the neo-soul classic that is “Baduizm” on the universe. “It kinda was, you know, ’cause those babies are now 25,” Badu told The Post of the songs that gave birth to an R&B revolution.

Rihanna looks as amazing as ever at the premiere of her Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 presented by Amazon Prime Video at The Glasshouse on Wednesday night (September 22) in New York City.

Rihanna is leaving little to the imagination in the new Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 trailer!

Leonard “Doc” Gibbs was a master percussionist known for his time as the leader of the house band on “Emeril Live.”Gibbs was part of jazz saxophonist Grover Washington’s backing band in the 1970s. He went on to perform with notable artists including Whitney Houston (1963–2012), Anita Baker, Wyclef Jean, and Erykah Badu.

Erykah Badu is walking art!

Big Thief debuted a brand new song called ‘Dragon’ during their performance at Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend.The Chicago festival kicked off in Union Park yesterday (September 10) and runs until Sunday (September 12). Artists on the line-up include Phoebe Bridgers, Erykah Badu, St.

Erykah Badu has apologised for being a “terrible guest” at Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party after her photos caused a backlash against the former President.Badu shared unauthorised photos from the event, which took place at Martha’s Vineyard on August 7, featuring hundreds of guests not wearing masks.The pictures, which have since been deleted, sparked criticism about the party with it being dubbed a “superspreader event”.

Erykah Badu, 50, is issuing a public apology for sharing a now-deleted video from Barack Obama‘s 60th birthday party. The singer was one of the stars invited to the private event, which took place on Martha’s Vineyard last weekend, and took it upon herself to share the controversial clip, which showed the former president dancing without wearing a face mask. She admitted to her actions in an Aug. 12th tweet and asked for forgiveness from Barack and his wife, Michelle Obama.

Erykah Badu is singing the blues after unintentionally sparking Obama drama on social media.  The soulful Grammy Award winner took to Twitter seeking the former first family’s forgiveness for being a "terrible guest" by posting pictures and videos of Barack Obama’s massive 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard on Aug. 7.  "Mr.