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Erykah Badu ~ Knocked Up & Pissed Off
Erykah Badu ain’t playin with y’all youngstas. No…for real. She ain’t! Rumors have been circulating the net that she is pregnant by current beau, Jay Electronica. Badu is being criticized by her choice to raise yet another child out of wedlock as well as carrying a third man’s child ~ the first two were fathered by Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) and Tracy Currey (aka the D.O.C.) ~ and she is not taking it laying down (so to speak 
). Anyway…Erykah has written a message to combat all her haters and critics (I imagine her sitting in full military gear with an AK-47 slung over her should while writing this…)
“HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT THE QUEENDOM…AND MY CHILDREN AND MY INTELLIGENCE.”
I’LL STATE MY PEACE
i am a great mother and care giver to my 2 children and to this world .
my children are 2 of the kindest and happiest people i have met.
I home schooled them and taught them the ways of good to the best of my ability.
i am their doctor and their nurse .
and even sometimes their mother and their father.i am an excellent mother and resent all of the negative comments and insults on my character.
I PUT MUCH TIME AND THOUGHT INTO HAVING AND RAISING MY CHILDREN.
IVE HAD THE HONORS OF HAVING 2 HOME BIRTHS AND 2 WONDERFUL PARTNERS BY MY SIDE.every relationship i have been in was because i loved the person DEARLY and was dedicated to us “exclusively” FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
the fathers of my children are my brothers and friends .
we have a great deal of respect for one another and always will.
WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN TO NO END.
we took our own “vows” and CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THEM.
AND THAT IS WHAT THAT IS .
Erykah also adresses the wedlock issue with the question of “What is Marriage?” but the most entertaining part of this entire tirade was her ending with… “Kiss My Placenta.”
Click here to check out the entire rant and rave.
Who Cares
July 14, 2008 @ 10:39 amThat was just too much reading. And after all that ranting the facts remain the same- she’s pregnant for the 3rd time by baby daddy #3. How pathetic.
DG
July 14, 2008 @ 2:00 pmI have nothing but respect for Ms. Badu.. She is extremely talented and eclectic in my point of view. She is actually from my home Dallas. She has given a great deal back to the community as well as been a force in the community.
In response to her “Blast”… WAY TO GO! Finally a woman that is not ashamed of her life or lifestyle. She is a grown woman who has the right to do and choose as many baby daddies as she pleases. It’s her life. As long as the kids are good.. WHO SHOULD CARE.
I DO want to say this… it is an automatic stereotype of ANY woman to be less than a lady who has children by different men. My question is this, if she wasn’t famous, how would we have reacted to this situation??
She is doing nothing different than a lot of the females in society today.. There are tons of women who have children with different fathers. Society as a whole thinks less of ANY woman whose children are not by the same father. At the end of the day.. does it really matter? If the child is happy, healthy and functional who are we to judge how and with whom they were conceived.
I am not condoning nor standing against Ms. Badu’s choices. I am a black female. I made the choice NOT to have children if they were not able to be in a stable environment of my standards. She is an adult. Leave her alone.
Ms. Badu… no disrespect to you… but was this really worth responding to? Brush the haters off and move on… they dont pay your bills – nor do they take care of your children.. TRUE fans only see the TRUE you.
Who Cares
July 14, 2008 @ 5:39 pmFor DG:
Erykah is from your hometown- which hints at your loyal support. Celebrity or not she sends the wrong message to young girls/women. No it is not becoming to repeatedly have children out of wedlock with different men. It doesn’t validate her strength or independence.If anything, she should have kept the defensive tirade to herself.
MsDyme
July 14, 2008 @ 6:03 pmI agree. It is the wrong message, however she should not be criticized more harshly than men who do the same thing. There is such a double standard in our society and its awful that men can get away with things that women cannot. Not to say that having babies with several partners is a good thing, it’s just not fair how we judge women over men.
Brown Sugar
July 14, 2008 @ 7:11 pmHow is it the wrong message? A successful woman has long term relationship with men, DECIDES to have kids, and raises them in healthy stable environment.
Her children’s father’s are involved. No one one is starving, no one is on the public dole, she has her own money, etc.
What’s the problem?
Who Cares
July 14, 2008 @ 7:22 pmSadly, there’s always going to be a double standard. More importantly is that we stop letting men get away with their scandalous ways, i.e. birth control, being more selective about intimate partners, self-worth.
dana T
July 16, 2008 @ 4:24 pmOkay children! I have to get in on this!
You all are not going to hate on Ms. Badu.
I grew up in the Atlanta ghetto’s and I see it everyday. Girls and Guys having *** because they do. As a result, children are brought forth and not parented. Everyday I see and hear of Marriages that are faux. People cheating, lying and breaking up. People’s hearts being destroyed over much less.
With 106 & Park and other BET shows and other musical artists who in my opinion could offer much more to our youth but don’t should be looked at but na you guys love celebrating Shouty Lo and guys like him.
They don’t care about little boys who want to grow up to be gangsta’s. They don’t care about little girls who only see what video’s are showing and what their mothers are doing which is usually dressing like hookers and running behind some stupid *** ghetto busta.
Badu from what I can tell teaches her kids that they have options. This is the main thing that’s missing in our black worlds. We don’t understand that we have options and that we can make the decisions for ourselves.
Paris Hilton and that other child who made that video with Brandy’s brother are the ones who should be talked about not Erykah. You guys should be responsible for your own children and the teachings that they recieve not Erykah or other musicians.
Who cares?! I do! Pointing the finger, that’s what we are best at, ain’t it?
Dana T.
dana T
July 16, 2008 @ 4:36 pmWe can talk about what we think remedy’s are or could be. Birth control for women, condoms for men, yada, yada, yada. we are talking about a community that really doesn’t give a f__k. They live for the streets so you and all of your educated guesses can keep talking about them and they will keep ignoring you cause to them you don’t count. Shouty Lo does, T.I. does, that Weeze guy does.
These artist bring faux glamor to a life that otherwise could be unbearable without it for some.
Sorry to sound so condescending but I am tired of people holding forums about subject matters that really don’t pertain to them. This really should be talked about with the people or communities in question.
Dana T.
dana T
July 16, 2008 @ 4:40 pmUnlike a lot of black women (people) Erykah sounds like she knows exactly who she is and what she is doing.
Leave her alone and let her continue to make ground breaking, soul shaking, love making music.
Dana T.
ATLien
July 16, 2008 @ 4:52 pm@ Dana T ~ umma need you NOT to be the voice of Black WOMEN!!! LOL!
dana T
July 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pmGirl, somebody needs to! LOL….
Somebody needs to speak for us all cause we are jacked up.
Dana T.
Who Cares
July 16, 2008 @ 6:00 pmDana T has some good points– There are a lot of artists that could offer more to youth but don’t.
Teaching young girls that they have options and can make their own decisions is one thing. However there is nothing to be gained if they get the message that its glamorous to have babies by different men. Especially since many of them will not have the financial stability anyway. If you don’t have the means to support a child, why not make the decision to wait until you are more stable, as someone already mentioned. What works for Erykah, doesn’t work for aspiring inner city youth.
That’s not an educated guess, just common sense. No hate.