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Malaysia Cancels Concert Over Erykah Badu's Tattoo

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:34:28 CST

Erykah Badu's Malaysia concert has been canceled, and it's all thanks to the singer's tattoo. A newspaper photo revealed that Badu has the Arabic word for "Allah" inked on her upper body; officials called it "an insult to Islam" and canceled tomorrow's planned performance in Kuala Lumpur. The newspaper that...

Dallas Slaps Erykah Badu With Disorderly

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:19:47 CDT

Erykah Badu's racy "Window Seat" video may have gone viral, but the Dallas Police Department is decidedly not a fan. Officials announced yesterday that they would reward the singer's Dealey Plaza striptease with a disorderly conduct charge, reports the Dallas Morning News after a witness to last month's shoot complained...

Dallas Pissed Over Erykah Badu Naked Video

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:32:29 CDT

Dallas officials aren't happy with Erykah Badu's new video , in which she gets naked, in public, at the site of JFK's assassination. But of all possible reasons to be mad, they're upset she didn’t get a permit for filming first, the Dallas Morning News reports. Luckily for her—though some...

Singer 'Streaks' Through Dallas in New Video

P.Cash — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:21:49 CDT

Erykah Badu's video for "Window Seat" is all over the net, and it's causing a stir for more than the smooth groove. In the clip, Badu strips down to nothing as she walks down a street in her Dallas hometown, and if the singer's Twitter feed is to be believed,...

Hey, Celebs, Step Away From Twitter

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:12:00 CST

Enough already with the Tweeting, celebs!, complains Jennifer Cady on E!, noting stars of all stripes clogging Twitter. The oversharing ranges from the inane (Demi and Ashton’s neighborly spat) to the overly personal (Erykah Badu’s constant labor updates) to the downright boring (ooh, John Mayer is welding an engagement ring!...

It's a Girl, Twitters Erykah Badu

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:52:00 CST

Erykah Badu delivered a baby girl yesterday sans doctors and medicine—and captured the experience 140 characters at a time, with Badu and partner Jay Electronica Twittering their way through childbirth, reports New York. “Labor has begun,” Electronica wrote. “The midwife is here. Feels like a scene from the color...