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“I thought it was cool how [ Riccardo Tisci] wanted to blend Africa and Asia because they relate to each other in so many different ways.”

Quote by Erykah Badu

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Erykah Badu, born on February 26, 1971, is an American singer-songwriter known for her unique musical style and emotive voice. She is regarded as one of the key figures in R&B music of the 1990s. more

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“I think that when Riccardo Tisci wanted to bring more attention to the lack of African American presence on the runway, he also wanted to bring attention to the lack of a sensibility of African and Asian art.”

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“I bring the staple of my culture.”

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“I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.”

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“I think the job of an artist is to be honest and fearless.”

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“I have an organization called BLIND [Beautiful Love Incorporated Nonprofit Development], so named because even though my interest is in the black community, because that's where I grew up and that's where I'm most skilled in fixing things, it doesn't end there.”

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“I think giving is a blind act that should come from a part of me that sees no discrimination (that's why I called it "blind").”

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“We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.”

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“I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art, and computer science; things that I would have never had the opportunity to even meet had it not been for those people taking time out of their schedules, helping us as children to travel all over the world while sitting in a gymnasium. That's what I did before I was a musician, before I was a recording artist, I was a teacher and a community leader.”

“Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.”

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“I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.”

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