How Did Erykah Badu Change The World

If you were granted all of the money in the world, would you let the money change who you are deep inside? Erykah Badu is best known for her soulful music style, showcased on albums such as the Grammy Award-winning Baduizm and 1997's Live. Erykah Badu was born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971, in Dallas, Texas. (She would later choose the moniker Erykah Badu—"kah" is an Egyptian term for one's "inner self," and "badu" is her favorite jazz-riff scat sound.) Raised by her actress mother, Kolleen Maria Gipson, Badu was exposed to the arts early on. She danced and sang for her mother from a very young age, and eventually began to perform in shows at the local Dallas Theater Center. When it came time for Badu to attend high school, she chose …show more content…
That shows that she loves and care for everyone not jut herself. Just because she is making so much money in her life does not mean that she is such a bad person is she does not have time the talk to her friends of have fun with them. Ms. Badu is a hard-working African American who takes what is hers and lives her life knowing she pleases all of her loyalty fans. That part of the poem also means that she would go to the moon and back for the people she loves. Ms. Badu would remind you of Martin Luther King Jr. because she still is not respected even though they do all they can for someone and they are not getting paid for …show more content…
Badu is spreading love through song. According to Ms. Badu in line 14 of “Friends, Fans, Artist Must Meet,” she argues that “spending my life trying to numb the pain.” by saying that she means, all her life she has been trying to impress everyone and get rich and very wealthy when all you need is love. Ms. Spend half of her life searching for the wrong thing. Another reason why she is trying to numb all of the rest of her pain is because she gets on that stage every performance and smile and make sure her fans never sees her down and sad because she wants them to think she is just living the life of a superstar but deep down inside of Ms. Erykah Badu heart and soul she is hurting so bad that she can barley bare it all. Ms. Badu bottles up all of the pain and suffering because she really is a big role model to some of her friends and even fans, and family members. In the poem Ms. Badu talks about her getting a lot of love because of who she really is; but she is telling the truth sometimes people have to understand that it takes a lot for someone to get up on a stage and start singing and even dances because it takes something away from you and it brings you something in