Name: Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright
Occupation(s): Singer, songwriter, actress
Genre(s): R&B, hip hop, alternative hip hop, soul, neo soul,jazz
 DOB: February 26, 1971
Age: 37
Birth Place: South Dallas, Texas
Height: 5'0
 Parents: Kollen Wright (Erykah's mother name)
Children: Seven Sirius Benjamin (born in 1997) and Puma Rose (July 5, 2004)
Past Relationships: André Benjamin (André 3000 of OutKast), West Coast rapper The D.O.C., and rapper Common.
 She is Often compared to Billie Holiday
 New Amerykah was released on Erykah's Birthday.
 
Badu also serves as an activist in South Dallas where she grew up. Her charity organization, Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development (B.L.I.N.D.) provides community-driven development for inner-city youth through music, dance, theater and visual arts.

The Meaning of her name? In her early youth, she decided to change the spelling of her name from Erica to Erykah, as she firmly believed her original name to be her 'slave' name. The term 'kah' signifies the inner self, which, when translated from Arabic, means 'can do no wrong'. Badu is also an African name for the 10th born child used for the Ashanti people in Ghana. Additionally in a letter written to Erykah from her father "Badu in Arabic means truth and light...good choice kid,".