
Since then, she has produced seven more albums. Her first album, ‘Baduizm’, was a big hit, establishing her as a popular star by the age of twenty-five. Very soon, she attracted the attention of Kedar Massenburg, eventually signing a contract with his company, Kedar Entertainment. Shortly, she formed a hip-hop duo with her cousin Robert Free Bradford, travelling around and cutting a nineteen-song demo. Although she entered Grambling State University to study theatre, she soon changed her mind and returned home without acquiring a degree to concentrate on music. Brought up in artistic environment by her actress mother, she developed a love for singing and acting at a very early age. Her name is Amanda Workman, and she owns a company called Cultural Concierge, which, she explains, helps "companies who are looking to expand their products globally but don't know how to do it culturally." And until last week, she hates to admit, she had no idea who Erykah was.Erykah Badu is a noted singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress of African-American descent. Since Thanksgiving night, another woman in Dallas has been getting calls meant for the singer-songwriter, who never counted on the fact there would be more than one way to decipher those digits. Only, as it turns out, all the calls haven't been going to Badu's burner. And it's been hard keeping up with 'em - as I'm FaceTiming someone they keep pouring in. I keep having to hit decline or send to them to voicemail while I am FaceTiming someone else. Badu, calling from Brooklyn late Friday night, guesstimated, "I'm in the thousands. And for a full week the burner's been lit up at all hours with anxious fans from around the world giddy at the prospect of exchanging words with the Grammy-winning pop star currently beefing with Iggy Azalea following Badu's turn as Soul Train Awards show host.

Badu said anyone who could decipher the message was free to hit up her 214-area code burnout phone.
