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I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.
Erykah Badu
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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
Erica Wright
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Humans
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I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.
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I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.
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