Erykah Badu has joined in on the wave of Tesla vandalism that has been on the rise since Elon Musk made his way to the White House – except it’s her own car that she vandalized.
Per the AP, attacks on the Musk-owned Tesla brand have gone up in the last two months, with showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and privately owned cars being targeted. Thankfully, however, no injuries have been reported as of yet.
In a post to X on Sunday (March 23), Badu joined the conversation by writing, “Just vandalized my own Tesla. Trying to stay on trend.”
It could have very well been a joke and less about hating Musk and more about it being the “trendy” thing to do – but who’s to say with such an enigmatic person like the “Love Of My Life” singer.
Just vandalized my own Tesla.
Trying to stay on trend.— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) March 23, 2025
On the music side of things, Erykah Badu has a new album on the way – and it’s set to be produced entirely by The Alchemist.
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In an interview with Billboard last week, Badu confirmed that her sixth studio album – her first LP in over 15 years – is currently in progress.
“The album has been taking up most of her time; she says she can’t wait until she’s done,” the publication wrote.
Badu and the legendary producer first teased a collab back in December, when Alc posted a series of photos showing them in the lab.
He captioned the montage “Life altering,” but didn’t elaborate any further as to what they were working on.
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Erykah’s last studio album was March 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Later that year she released her first and only compilation album, Icon, and in 2015, she released her first and only mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone.
Since then, the elusive artist has only jumped on a handful of features – most recently being Rapsody‘s Grammy Award-winning “3:AM.”
The track, which lives on Rapsody’s 2024 album Please Don’t Cry, went on to win a 2025 Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
