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Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer way of thinking. Openness.

Erykah Badu

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
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Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
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