Erykah Badu Badu, Badu Erykah, DJ Badu, E .Badu, E. Badu, E.B
Grammy Award-winning American R&B/Soul singer, songwriter and actress born in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. She is known as the first lady of Neo-Soul. She also DJs under the name Lo Down Loretta Brown Before she devoted herself to singing, she used to be a rapper by the name of Apples and a member of hip-hop group Def-Ones while still in Dallas in the 1980s.