Erykah Badu: Unfollow Me Tour with Yasiin Bey and Tobe Nwigwe

Erykah Badu: Unfollow Me Tour with Yasiin Bey and Tobe Nwigwe

Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Spectrum Center
333 E Trade St.
Charlotte, NC 28202

Tickets: $43.45 plus 

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Erykah Badu has announced a 25-city U.S. tour with rapper and longtime friend, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. The tour will kick off in Badu’s home state of Texas and arrive in Charlotte at Spectrum Center of July 16. Badu’s debut multi-platinum album, Baduizm, released in 1997, was both a critical and commercial success, establishing her as pioneer in the genre of neo-soul. She released her last full-length music project, But You Caint Use My Phone, in 2015.

Bey released the long-awaited Black Star album with Talib Kweli, No Fear of Time, on May 3, 2022 exclusively through the podcast platform Luminary, the duo’s first full-length release in 24 years, which was entirely produced by Madlib. In 2021, he also launched The Midnight Miracle podcast on Luminary alongside Kweli and Dave Chappelle.

Badu and Bey were both a part of the ’90s experimental Black music collective Soulquarians with Questlove, D’Angelo, James Poyser, Q Tip, and J Dilla.

Tobe Nwigwe is a Houston rapper, singer and actor of Nigerian descent, who has released multiple albums since 2017, also co-starring in the Netflix television series, Mo. Nwigwe received a nomination for Best New Artist at the 65th Grammy Awards, following the release of his 2022 album, moMINTs.

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