{"id":219493,"date":"2025-11-24T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=219493"},"modified":"2025-11-23T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:06:11","slug":"erykah-badu-performs-surprise-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/erykah-badu-performs-surprise-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Erykah Badu Performs Surprise Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQqdN6tjGl4?si=lmt4f55bYQAjpSXI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe singer and songwriter Erykah Badu stopped by The New York Times and blessed the newsroom with a very special live performance, featuring songs from her classic albums \u201cBaduizm,\u201d \u201cMama\u2019s Gun\u201d and \u201cWorldwide Underground.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Badu also sat down with the journalists and hosts of Popcast, Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli,  to discuss her quarter-century reign as one of music\u2019s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures, her kinship with D\u2019Angelo &#038; 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