Erykah Badu is claiming that Beyonce is stealing her signature style, Media Take Out has learned. Beyonce stepped out over the weekend at her Renaissance with a new look – a top hat.
Erykah Badu’s signature style is wearing hats – especially tall ones. She’s a well-known hat aficionada, favoring styles that are over the top, literally, both on- and offstage. Many of her hats are designed by Thom O’Brien.
Well this weekend, Beyonce decided to wear a custom designed Thom O’Brien tall top hat, similar to the ones that Erykah uses.
Here’s Beyonce’s look from this weekend:
Check Out Erykah’s shady comment to Beyonce’s above post:
Erykah Badu’s career began after she opened a show for D’Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth, leading to record label executive Kedar Massenburg signing her to Kedar Entertainment.[3] Her first album, Baduizm, was released in February 1997. It spawned four singles: “On & On”, “Appletree”, “Next Lifetime” and “Otherside of the Game”. The album was certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her first live album, Live, was released in November 1997 and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
Her second studio album, Mama’s Gun, was released in 2000. It spawned three singles: “Bag Lady”, which became her first top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #6, “Didn’t Cha Know?” and “Cleva”. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Badu’s third album, Worldwide Underground, was released in 2003. It generated three singles: “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)”, “Danger” and “Back in the Day (Puff)” with ‘Love’ becoming her second song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Badu’s fourth album, New Amerykah Part One, was released in 2008. It spawned two singles: “Honey” and “Soldier”. New Amerykah Part Two was released in 2010 and fared well both critically and commercially. It contained the album’s lead single “Window Seat”, which led to controversy.
