Erykah Badu Speaking Fee: $30,000 to $50,000
Travels From:
DFW - Dallas Ft. Worth (All Airports)
Primary Topic Category:
Bands and Music
Secondary Topic Category:
African American & Black
Erykah Badu Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Erykah Badu is a singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by R&B, 1970s soul, and 1980s hip hop, Badu became associated with the neo soul subgenre in the 1990s and 2000s along with artists such as D'Angelo and Maxwell. She has been called the “Queen of Neo Soul”. Badu's career began after she opened a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth. Her first album, Baduizm, was released in February 1997.
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