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.
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.
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.
And you went to X the platform he owns to post? You are dumb! Sell the car! Leave the US i swear she’s crazy some cult leader
This dumb bitch! Why are black women all dumb ass activists? Don’t post on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Reddit, Google, through Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon platforms they’re all owned by Trumpers. I swear she’s dumb. Don’t buy cars from Nissan, Ford, Hyundai, or any of those other Pro Trump companies. But only this dumb bitch is that dumb.
Can you tell me how any of these are owned by “Trumpers?”
You dumb! I swear this stink p$$y bitch need to shut up put the witch in jail already! She bought the car already he got the money and she ran to social media to brag he and his buddies own all the platforms and tech companies the phones too. She dumb. Funny she didn’t say anything when all these companies funded Israel people like Disney.
This is who Jcole looks up to. It’s why he’s so dumb and feminine Kendrick too. Drill rap and trap better this is why. Make Hip Hop masculine and straight again no more of these weirdos in music in general and art.
These people peddled lies for so long all that eco crap. They don’t care they’re burning these cars now and the lithium batteries to mine them it destroys the entire ecosystem and kills anything that touches it. Lock these mental cases up. Deport her to South Africa.
this is only place i see her name. she hasn’t had a charting song in 15 years.
Throw holy water on her and Beyonce they’ll melt!
Yo erykah badooie that was real stupid and gay my n1gg@
haven’t there have been isolated cases of those self driving teslas just swerving off the road and crashing gee i am a bit frightened
Why are all black women stupid and ugly activists? The femboy simps who follow them are worse people like J.Cole who stole her look.
You already bought the car, dumbass. What the fuck are you protesting? It’s like when women shave their heads in protest of Trump. Only thing accomplished is making yourself look like an idiot.
anal sex with this milf ass cougar must be incredible🥒💦
I can’t believe this is the woman who ruined 3 Stacks, Electronica, and (almost) Common…