Biography Flash: Erykah Badu Celebrates 25 Years of Mama's Gun with Massive Tour and New Alchemist Collab

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Erykah Badu continues to dominate headlines as she powers through the final leg of her massive Mama's Gun 25th Anniversary Tour. The Queen of Neo Soul is currently performing at the Chicago Theatre on December 2nd and 3rd, 2025, bringing her signature reimagined arrangements of classics like Bag Lady and Didn't Cha Know to packed venues across North America.

In recent statements to the Los Angeles Times, Badu reflected on the enduring impact of Mama's Gun, which debuted on November 18th, 2000. She revealed that she treated the album like a metaphorical diary, releasing everything she was experiencing during a transformative period when she was balancing motherhood and a high-profile breakup with Andre 3000. Now, a quarter century later, Badu says she's still mining the album's 14 messages for personal growth, noting that her best work remains ahead of her.

The tour, officially titled The Return of Automatic Slim Tour, kicks off at the Hollywood Bowl on October 3rd and concludes in her hometown Dallas on December 10th. The Los Angeles show featured special guest Westside Gunn, a Griselda Records rapper whom Badu calls a kindred spirit and friend. Interestingly, Gunn is also featured on Badu's highly anticipated collaborative album Abi and Alan with producer the Alchemist, which she describes as her biggest creative achievement this decade.

Beyond touring, Badu has been incredibly busy with business ventures and personal projects. She recently built a portal in her Dallas yard, an Asian-style round gate connecting different sections of her property, which she humorously hopes might allow interdimensional travel. The multi-hyphenate artist continues balancing her BaduWorldMarket e-commerce platform, her cannabis brand That Badu through a collaboration with Cookies, and her recent CFDA Fashion Icon Award recognition from 2024.

On December 6th, Badu will perform the entire Mama's Gun album in full during an exclusive livestream from Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on the VEEPS platform at 9 PM Eastern Time. Advance tickets are priced at nineteen ninety-nine, with day-of-show tickets at twenty four ninety-nine.

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