American singer, songwriter and record producer, Erykah Badu
Five-time Grammy winner Erykah Badu recently made it known that she doesn’t like her fans behaving nonchalantly at her shows.
In a video that has made the rounds on social media, Badu, 54, is seen stopping her performance during her show and registering her displeasure with a fan who was said to be sitting in the front row with her arms folded and being hostile toward the singer.
The account that posted the video stated that Badu was performing her Tyrone song when she instructed the band to stop midway.
“Stop, stop,” Badu is heard telling the band. “I’m not doing sh*t else ‘till these people stand up.”
The audience is then heard responding with loud applause while Badu is seen laughing. “Especially you, you get yo ass up. Where she at?” Badu says as she seemingly points at an audience member.
“Did she leave? Good. It’s a n—- over here trying to mean mug me the whole time on the front row, with her arms folded,” Badu said as she mimicked the person’s gesture and facial expression, with the audience laughing in response.
“You paid your money to do that? Thank you,” the Appletree singer said as the audience responded with more laughter.
Badu then quickly resumed her performance. The video in question received mixed reactions on social media. “Yo, this is so me if I throw a party where music is playing. Like bro, I didn’t pay for all this food, drinks and music to have you sitting up against the wall looking all cool in what not. Back in the 80s/early 90s if you went to a house party everybody was up and dancing having a great time,” a user wrote.
“She gon show up 3 hours late and then still want tired MFs to stand up and be happy lol,” another user wrote.
A different user also commended how she seamlessly transitioned back to singing after pausing her performance. “That was a smooth transition back to the music,” the user wrote alongside a laughing face emoji.
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Erykah Badu stops her show and calls out a fan sitting in the front row who was mean mugging while she performed.
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