Biography Flash: Erykah Badu Celebrates Mama's Gun at 25 While Revealing Sobriety and New Album Plans

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Erykah Badu’s past few days read like a living chapter in her audio biography, centered on a victory lap for one of the most important records in modern soul. Resorts World Las Vegas announced that she is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her landmark 2000 album Mama’s Gun with The Return of Automatic Slim Tour, a fall 2025 run across major North American venues and select European dates, framing this season as a formal coronation of the album’s legacy and her own status as a cultural icon, fashion figure, and entrepreneur, including her BaduWorldMarket brand and cannabis line That Badu in partnership with Cookies, as noted in the Resorts World Theatre press release. On stage, that celebration has been intensely personal. The Tennessean reports that at her December 8 stop at The Pinnacle in Nashville, part of the Mama’s Gun 25: The Return of Automatic Slim tour, Badu told the crowd she is 31 days sober, crediting a wake up call from her son for the change and hinting at a new era of focus and transformation that could become a key biographical pivot. In the same Nashville show, The Tennessean notes she announced a forthcoming project with longtime friend and producer The Alchemist, slated for early next year and set to be her first full album in about 15 years, a potentially major milestone in her discography if it lands as planned. On the media and streaming front, Pollstar and Veeps report that Badu is turning the tour into a global moment with Mama’s Gun Live From Kings Theater in Brooklyn, a December 6 full album performance broadcast worldwide via Veeps, tickets sold through BaduWorldMarket and Veeps, positioning her as both legacy artist and digital era performer. On YouTube and her social channels, a recent Veeps promo clip shows her speaking from her tour bus, telling fans she just got off stage and inviting them to join the Brooklyn livestream, underscoring that she is personally steering the narrative of this anniversary. KERA and local Dallas outlets add that the tour closes with a sold out hometown show at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, framing the Mama’s Gun cycle as a homecoming as much as a retrospective. There are fan rumors online of additional international dates and fashion collaborations tied to her CFDA Fashion Icon Award, but those are unconfirmed and should be treated as speculation until announced by her official channels. For now, the verified story is powerful enough: at 54, Erykah Badu is on the road, sober by her own account, revisiting the album that defined her, and preparing what could be her most significant studio statement in a decade and a half. Thank you for listening, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an update on Erykah Badu, and search the term Biography Flash for more great biographies.

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