Godmother of Soul
Kelefa Sanneh on the musician behind “Baduizm,” “Mama’s Gun,” and recently “But You Caint Use My Phone.”
"This woman came on with incense, a head wrap, and tea." — A young DJ's memory of seeing Erykah Badu on Nickelodeon at age five, when she converted him to her impossible elegance and became, in his words, "a second mother."