Idan aka ce ka tuna da mawaƙin rai mai haske, sunan Erykah Badu zai tashi nan da nan don tunawa. Wannan mawaƙi yana jawo hankalin ba kawai tare da muryarta mai ban sha'awa ba, kyakkyawan yanayin wasan kwaikwayo, amma har ma da bayyanar da ta saba. Kyakkyawan mace mai duhun fata tana da ƙauna mai ban sha'awa ga riguna masu ban mamaki. Huluna na asali da gyale a cikin hoton matakinta sun zama ainihin haske na salon.
Yarantaka da dangin sanannen nan gaba Erykah Badu
An haifi Erica Abi Wright, wanda aka fi sani da Erykah Badu a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1971. Hakan ya faru ne a Dallas, Texas, Amurka. Yarinyar kuma tana da kanne da kanwa. Da sauri uban ya bar gidan. Mahaifiyar, wadda ta bar ‘ya’ya uku, ta rabu tsakanin aiki da gida.
Mahaifiyarta ta taimaka wajen renon jikoki. Kaka ba kawai kulawa da kula da yara ba, amma kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban su. Erica ta gamsu da iyawarta na kere-kere tun lokacin ƙuruciya. Tuni tana da shekaru 3, kakarta ta nadi wakoki a kan na'urar rikodin da jikanta ta yi.
Farkon haɓakawa na Erykah Badu
Erica ta fara fitowa a kan mataki tana da shekaru 4. Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta garinsu. Mahaifiyarta ta yi aiki a nan a matsayin 'yar wasan kwaikwayo. A gidan wasan kwaikwayo, kawun Erica ya ƙirƙira ɗakin fasaha don basirar fata masu duhu. Wasan farko da yarinyar ta yi a gaban masu kallo tare da kade-kade da raye-raye ya gudana ne karkashin jagorancin uwargidanta.
Erica, ganin misalin ƙaunatattunta, ta gane da wuri cewa tabbas za ta yi nasara a fagen kere-kere. Fitowar yarinyar a mataki na gaba ya faru ne a cikin shekarunta na makaranta. Yayin da take halartar aji na biyu, ta ba da kai don shiga wasan kwaikwayo na yara. Erica da kanta ta zaɓi matsayin ɗan zagi.
Matakan farko na Erykah Badu don yin kiɗa
Banda kide kide da wake-wake na gida, yarinyar ba ta yi karatun kida sosai a ko'ina ba. Ta kasance koyaushe tana sauraron ruhin 70s cikin sha'awa. Jaruman da yarinyar ta fi so sun hada da Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. Erica ta yi waka ta farko tana da shekara 7.
A lokacin samarinta, ta fara sha'awar hip-hop. Yarinyar tana da waƙoƙin waƙa a kai a kai, ta rubuta da karanta rubutun da ba su da rikitarwa. Erica har ma ya yi aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan MC Apple. Ta girma, yarinyar ta kamu da son jazz. Lokacin da take da shekaru 14, ta sami damar yin haɗin gwiwa tare da Roy Hargrove a gidan rediyon gida.
Sunan Erik Badu ya canza
Ko da a lokacin ƙuruciyarta, Erica ta ɗauki sunan haihuwarta bai dace da mutum mai nasara ba. Ta ga tushen bayi a cikinsa. Ta canza rubutun zuwa Erykah. Ta kuma yanke shawarar ba za ta ɗauki sunan mahaifinta ba. Sakamakon Erykah Badu, da wannan sunan ne ta shahara.
Samun ilimi
Bayan ta kammala karatun sakandare na tilas, Erykah ta tafi karatu a babbar Makarantar Fasaha ta Washington. Anan ta ƙware a cikin tsarin muryoyin murya da ƙwarewar mataki.
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar ilimi, yarinyar ta nemi ci gaba da bunkasa sana'o'in kirkire-kirkire. Ta shiga Grambling State University. Yarinyar ba ta daɗe ba, ta bar makarantar, ta yanke shawarar yin aiki sosai a aikace-aikacen basirarta.
Ayyukan ƙwararru na farko
Bayan ta fita daga jami'a, Erykah ta koma garinsu. Ta samu aiki a cibiyar al'adu. A nan Badu ya koya wa yara abubuwan wasan kwaikwayo da rawa. Ana buƙatar wannan aikin don samun mafi ƙarancin kudin shiga.
Yarinyar ta yi mafarkin lamarin. A cikin lokacinta na kyauta, ta yi wasa a liyafa a cikin wani duet tare da dan uwanta Robert Bradford. Ayyukan ErykahFree sun yi nasara. A cikin duet tare da ɗan'uwanta, mawaƙin ya yi rikodin sigar demo na tarin waƙoƙi 19.
A lokaci guda, godiya ga aikinta na halitta, yarinyar ta sadu da D'Angelo. Mawakin yana shirin yin rikodin albam ɗin sa na farko. Ya yi mamakin muryar mawakin kuma ya gayyaci Erykah don ya shiga cikin aikinsa. Tare suka yi "Your Precious Love". An nuna waƙar a kan waƙar sauti zuwa Makarantar Sakandare, wadda aka saki a cikin 1996.
Kedar Massenburg, manajan D'Angelo, ya ji daɗin muryar mawakin. Furen da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin fim ɗin ya kasance da sha'awar masu sauraro. Wannan shine tushen shawarwarin haɗin gwiwa. Erykah Badu ta rattaba hannu kan kwantiraginta na farko kuma ta fara sana’ar solo.
Ci gaban sana'a
A cikin 1997, Erykah Badu ya fitar da kundin sa na farko. "Baduizm" nan da nan ya kawo nasara. Kundin ya buga Billboard, inda ya kai lamba biyu. A cikin irin wannan ginshiƙi na hip-hop, tarin ya jagoranci. Nan da nan aka lura da mawakin, ana kiransa tauraron ruhi.
"Baduizm" an ba da takardar shaidar platinum sau uku a Amurka, da zinariya a Ingila da Kanada. Waƙar "Ana & Kunnawa" ɗaya ta ja hankalin musamman. Ba wai kawai ya shiga cikin ginshiƙi ba, ya bayyana a ƙasashe daban-daban. An zabi waƙar don Grammy. Erykah Badu ta lashe Gwarzon Mawaƙin Mace na R&B kuma albam ɗinta na halarta na farko an sa masa suna Best R&B Singer. Nasara ce da ba za a iya musantawa ba.
Erykah Badu Ci gaban Sana'a
Don tada sha'awar rikodin ta na farko, Erykah Badu ta yanke shawarar shirya yawon shakatawa. Da farko ta yi wasa tare da Wu-Tang Clan, amma ba da daɗewa ba ta sami damar yin nata shirin.
Bayan yawon shakatawa, ta fito da kundi kai tsaye. Sabon faifan diski bai yi nasara ba fiye da tarin ɗakin studio na baya. Ya kasance kawai matsayi 2 a bayan aikin farko na mawaƙa a cikin matsayi.
Shahararren bassist Ron Carter, da The Roots, sun shiga cikin rikodin. A cikin 1999, don waƙar haɗin gwiwa tare da rukuni ɗaya kuma mawaƙa Eve Erykah Badu, ta sami Grammy a cikin nadin "Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Rap ta Duo ko Ƙungiya".
Ƙarin ayyukan ƙirƙira na Erykah Badu
Badu ya fitar da sabon kundi na studio a shekarar 200. Soulquarians da bassist Pino Palladino sun shiga cikin rikodin kundin "Mama's Gun". Waƙar take na kundin, "Bag Lady", wanda aka tsara na dogon lokaci kuma an zaɓi shi don lambar yabo ta Grammy. Amma ba ta yi nasara ba.
Bayan shekara guda, Badu ya tafi wani babban rangadi da aka shirya don tallafawa albam din da aka fitar kwanan nan. Tun daga watan Fabrairu, yawon shakatawa ya ci gaba a duk lokacin bazara. Mawakin ya ziyarci garuruwa da dama a Amurka, da kuma wasu kasashen Turai.
A cikin 2003, Erykah sun fitar da kundi na gaba, Underground Underground. Masu suka sun tattauna shi sosai, amma masu sauraro sun so shi. Mawakin ya sami nadin Grammy 4, amma bai sami kyauta ba. A shekara ta 2004, Badu ya sake yin rangadin wasan kwaikwayo.
Mawaƙin ya fitar da kundi na gaba kawai a cikin 2008, kuma a cikin 2010 an fitar da mabiyinsa. A tsakanin sana’ar da take yi, Badu tana daukar ayyuka iri-iri: rubuce-rubuce, hada kai da wakoki, nadar sautin sauti, da sauransu, hade da kwararriyar bayananta.
Rayuwar sirrin Erykah Badu
Tare da samun shahara, Erykah ya sami ƙauna. Fate ya tura mawaƙa tare da Andre 3000, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiyar Outkast. Dangantaka sun kasance masu ƙarfi kuma suna tafiya cikin sauri. Eryka ta haifi ɗa Bakwai. Jim kadan bayan haka, dangantakar ta rabu da saurayinta.
Haihuwar yaro bai shafi ci gaban sana'a ba. Erykah ta yi aiki tuƙuru a lokacin da take da ciki kuma ta ci gaba da yin hakan bayan an haifi jariri. A 2000, da singer ya fara soyayya dangantaka da wani mataki abokin aiki a karkashin pseudonym Common. Sakamakon ya kasance aikin kirkire-kirkire mai amfani, da kuma lambar yabo ta Grammy.
A shekara ta 2004, Erykah ta sake zama uwa. Ta boye sunan mahaifin diyarta.
Cinema da sauran ayyukan
Badu ba wai kawai ya yi wakoki don raka fim ba. Tana da ayyuka da yawa a cikin aikinta. Babban hankali yana kaiwa ga fim din "Dokokin Cider House", wanda ya lashe Oscar. Na biyu mai tsanani aiki a cikin cinema ake kira aikin a cikin fim "Blues Brothers 2000".
Baya ga wasan kwaikwayo, ita ce wacce ta kafa Bikin Ruwan Sugar. A nan gaba, mawaƙin yana shirin buɗe makarantar rawa, da kuma ɗakin studio.
