Erykah Badu now faces misdemeanor criminal charges following a complaint over her controversial music video for “Window Seat“.
Dallas police officers charged her with disorderly conduct on Friday for walking around Dealey Plaza naked. According to Rolling Stone, no one who witnessed it called police during the shoot, but police asked those who saw her naked to file a complaint.
A press release was issued on Friday:
“The City Attorney’s Office and the Dallas Police Department have decided to charge the entertainer known as Erika [sic] Badu with Disorderly Conduct. After much discussion, it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard to other individuals and children who were in close proximity. Disorderly Conduct is a class C misdemeanor which means Ms. Badu will be subject to a fine up to $500.00. The At-Large-Citation will be mailed to Ms. Badu in the near future. It will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case. She can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine.
The delay in issuing the citation was due to the lack of witnesses, who were at the scene, who were willing to come forward and file a formal complaint with the police department. One witness did come forward yesterday, thus leading to the charges filed today.”
LIL WAYNE LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO THANK FANS
Although he’s currently serving a jail sentence, Lil Wayne wants his fans to know he loves them and appreciates their support. That’s why he’s created weezythanxyou.com.
He posted his first letter today, offering thanks and even recognizing three fans in particular by name. He revealed that he works out a lot to pass the time and reads the Bible daily. “They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls,” he wrote.
I love Erykah but yeah thats what she gets for not getting a naked permit lol and FREE WEEZY!!!
Good move Ms. Badu. Now eveyone’s talking bout you. Hope you contest the charge and garner even more publicity –
$500 ? What an investment.
….i thought she was getting charged because of the JFK situation? Or am i wrong?
How unnecessary..
I knew she would get in trouble for that…but how you gonna ask me to file a complaint if i didnt when it was happening wtf?…
Wayne=dont care *shrugs*
Soooo they went to search for a witness??!! Not cool and slightly odd/fishy…
Unless she was getting it on or giving “lip” service to a lucky man, they need to let it go. geeze It’s not that serious to be filing charges.
No shade, it IS Texas. Agree with @Denin. Inexpensive production, no fancy set or extras. All she’s paying out is the fine and editing and she gets free press. GENIUS!
wow .
HA! HA! HA! I KNEW SOMETHING WAS ADDING UP WITH HER LOL
OH WELL….NEXT!!!!!
Does the Dallas police not have anything better to do with themselves…?
yah go to jail erika your annoying
There’s always that one person that has to make a big deal out of nothing. So what, you saw her ass for all of about 30 seconds. A little booty never killed anyone. No one else filed a compliant because no one else gives a shit. It’s a female body. It’s not as if she gyrated or played with herself.
Lil Wayne is a mess, we are actually supposed to believe he’s reading the bible, and if so it took him goin to jail to read it. I’m soo sick of celebrities getting in trouble for something that could have been avoided then they what to get all christian like once they in jail. People talk about Jay Z like he’s a devil worshiper but he’s never been in trouble with the law,hasn’t had children out of wedlock, and his wife is a christian so i doubt very seriously she would hook up with someone who isn’t. He is a better example of how to have a bad boy image and still be professional and “clean” Lil Wayne sucks,
And I care so little about Lil Wayne that I forgot to even mention him in my first comment. Dude’s an overrated idiot who makes black people look bad.
such irony for Badu, this is exactly what the video talks about the groupthinkers here represented as the policemen who actually didnt do sh!t the day, didnt do their job, and now, beggin witnesses to complain so they can charge her callin her criminal? they are far worse in the street, ppl murderin every day, police officers dont beg no witness to press charges smh how sad; I can understand that they dont want her influence in the city, but how doin it now? is that serious? we were born naked and are naked under the clothes!
weezy, a thank u fans site was even necessary?? really? smh
WHAT THESE F*KIN WHITE FOLKS NEED TO DO IS GO LOCK UP GAGA FOR THE NASTY TELEPHONE CRAP!
Am sorry I just had to get that out my system. I can bet my life that the person who came forth is a white racist bastard. Anyone can see that Badu’s intention was negative or bad in anyway.
Why is everyone making a big deal about lil wayne being in jail, people act like he got life or something. Any ways the Dallas Police Department need to focus on other criminal activity they got going on down there than to focus on Erykah Badu.
free weezy
I live in Dallas and I’m tellin ya…you cant do anything here w/o being busted! lol I love Ms Badu, her wisdom and art that she is so kind to share wit all of us! Keep doing your thing, I will always b a supporter.
No one cares about Lil Wayne or Erykah Badu. Why does Lil Wayne have access to the internet/computer? The taxpayers money is paying for him to surf the internet and launch websites. What a crock of sh*t! Since the government is wasting money on this serpent, why not use it towards an intense deep cleaning/scrubbing, hair cut, a speech therapist, an education and A VASECTOMY?
This is promotion for Erykah Badu’s new record and it will not work. No one cares for her and her album will fail. Talk about desperate.
so her mission was accomplished. If your point was so important, you wouldnt have to make it through your ass.
I don’t necessarily agree with what she did, but I think it’s completely absurd to go and hunt for witnesses who are willing to come forward after realizing her celebrity. It’s too easy for someone to make a false claim and base their recollection on what they see in the video. I could fly out there tomorrow and say, “I saw the whole thing!” smh
Erykah Bad u. Sister u BAD TO THE BONE. Go on with ur bad self. U think Bad u care bout that charge. To her its a measely amount to pay. Thats all they can get on her? In any case, i thought she did freedom of expression in art. This was organized and work related. Its in her work of art. Lets c if she had some kind of permit. If she had a permit 4 doing her work of art there as an artist good. I know some art u dont even need a permit but just tax I.D. LOL @ it all. I doubt any permit there was discription and did it include stripping down butt naked and all. Is she going to sue or pay up. Good P.R. Erykah. Nice one. Milk it 4 all u can get. Get ur attention.
I was in this popular music store yesterday where i was checking Erykah,s CD. Moved away and noticed this woman who had been behind me picked up Erykah,s CD to join the country music CD already in her hand. Hmmmmm. U,d be surprised . . . . I wonder what her album sales would be like a week from now. Its getting up there.
erykah is a modern day activist.
she will go to extreme measures to spread her message to the world.
that’s a true artist.
like she said, people are always ready to assassinate you mentally when you refuse to conform.
unfortunately many do not understand the whole concept of window seat but those that do like i will continue to support.
erykah has always been an advocate of self expression and preaching the truth but guess what NO ONE wanted to listen.
so she did what she had to do for you mutha f’s to wake up from that coma and hear what she has been saying her whole career.
stop being so conservative and prudish we were all born naked people.
much respect.
Well they are always trying to press charges or sue these celebrities for something anyhow! I think that Erykah getting naked in the video was a little uncalled for & I can understand upset parents who were out with their children that day but it’s not like Erykah can’t afford $500, so if it comes down to it just pay the money hunnie so these people can move on with their lives lol
This raggedy mop head bish is nasty, with her 3 baby daddies.
Where do these girls come from that actually believe that this hoe is deep? Group think? Are you fuggin serious????
What she did can’t be categorized as liberal! Communal hippie shyt, maybe, but this was all for sales. She sold is all and price was cheap! Sime crazy person somewhere must feel insulted that this communal hippie got props for running down the street naked with a fuggin wig cap on, and people called her a genius but they got put in a straight jacket!
The person who ended up coming forward to file a complaint against Ms. Badu, was a hispanic woman in her 30′s or 40′s.
This whole charge is dumb. The law needs to come off that high horse. This isn’t pre-civilization anymore, this is 2010.
Thanks J Dakar
a modern day activist…as in Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Rosa Parks, Betty Shabazz??? Please @ Amber. That was ignorant and nieve and that is exactly what her record exec’s had in mind with the diversion of her ass as the strategy to capitvate you with some shit that has no real importance. *group think* word?
Whats the message?? I hate to see people jump on a freedom (band) wagon that is covered in bars. smh. She is a manufactured negro. Extreme measures isnt showing your ass to the world, if that were the case a hundred thousand other bird bitches already did it!
btw- prudish & we were born naked…do u have no morals or self respect for yourself, it is obvious you are walking in lala land if you really think the average woman has to strip to her ass and vagina to feel liberated.
an advocate of self expression and truth- who’s truth?
I dont care if its 2050- her ass doesnt make me think of anything more then *her ass*…I dont feel free, I dont feel out of the box, and I for damn sure dont feel advocated for. I feel ashamed that so many women have no self respect and worth, and that so many have so little care about our children and the pride that we are lacking to give them because of our own fucked up thought process! Were talkin about a common street whore with a half ass voice. Thats your idol? Good luck in life.
I am not a consumer of Badu’s but I liked somethings she has done in the past…but yall people. Damn if you dont stand for something you will fall for anything
while I am on a roll- That damn rat face homo-thug ass wayne…gtfoh! I hope they turn his asshole into ground beef
america can be so backwards.you can tell that in the video no one was knowingly mad at what erykah was doing.the police just proved her point she was trying to make with the video
@5 agreed. She can get a good lawyer and fight it honestly if she really wants to. It was so offensive at the time, why wasn’t it called in that day? The same person offended could’ve been one of millions who watched the finished video once it went viral. As for Wayne, he needs to sit down.
@ MRSMANTHA
Lil Wayne has always had scripture tattoos, quoted a lil bit of scripture etc..so it doesn’t seem rare that he’s reading the bible.
“People talk about Jay Z like he’s a devil worshiper but he’s never been in trouble with the law,hasn’t had children out of wedlock, and his wife is a christian so i doubt very seriously she would hook up with someone who isn’t.”
Wrong she would and did… Don’t think a Christian would say things like Jesus cant save you in his lyrics..its called BLASPHEMY. sorry.
Ms Erica, WTF!
LMAO @17 that’s so true how come GaGa can go perform on the MTV awards with blood all over here,portray murder and be naked in her videos,but Badu can’t?The world is so messed up..
ya,when is weezy gonna retire?Ain’t the nigga like 30?Still wearing skinny jeans,dressin’ like a lil skater…not cute.
LOL OK ERYKAH I SEE YOU. I SAY TAKE THE CHARGE AND PAY THE $500. IT’S WORTH ALL THE FREE PUBLICITY.
Badu needs to do start a new series on TRU TV called “When Publicity Stunts go Wrong”. Or “When Dumb Artist Attack”.
This woman is as confused as they come and I’m so sick of the BS she promotes as some type of artisty or “enlightnment”. Miss “Original” did not even come up with this idea on her own she stole it from two White Artist who did the same thing and were not “arrested” or “charged” what can we learn from this? Hummmmmmm.
couldn’t have said it better myself, what has the world come to, when female get on here praising erykah for that shyt, I read a story last night, that broke me down…and I’m far away from it. 7 YEAR OLD GIRL GANG-RAPED BY 7 MEN, SOLD BY STEPSISTER IN NJ
AND BADU HAS A NERVE TO SHOW HER TITS AND Azz AND CALL IT FREEDOM OF SPEECH..this is why young girls don’t care about their temple anymore, to the point where a 15 year old girl sells her step sister for money. But look at what’s in the media and I’m not surprised.
@ 43.
I saw that on the news and was almost in tears myself. Thats the shit people need to be advocate’s for…not nudity.
It was very sad, and I hope her sister gets tried as an adult, because God knows she had to be very much touched by evil to have even thought to do something so sinister.
I wonder how Erykay will feel if one of her daughters wants to run down the street butt-ass-naked in about 15 to 20 years…
@ Backing Back-to-Back, I love your comments! Straight up truth and well-said.
So where is the guy who is supposedly a “film student” and called the rest of us idiots to believe that Badu was actually walking naked thru downtown Dallas? Blue screen my ass, no pun intended…
Wow, for people who were all born naked, you all seem to have a big problem with nudity. There was nothing sexually explicit about the video…she was just naked. She wasn’t gyrating or having people throw money at her, she was just naked. As we all were when we were born. And all are every day when we wash our asses. Get the hell over it.
And it’s funny how artists always get blasted for doing things for “publicity”. Guess what? Publicity is part of the game! Without it, you don’t sell records. DUH…
@ ugh ~ Yes we were all born naked, but we were taught that society requires us to keep our clothes on; unless we are in the privacy of our homes.
I don’t recall any children attending pre-school naked or first grade naked, did you graduate college naked?
Do you go outside butt naked?
Not sure what rock you’ve been under, but public nudity is illegal, you know those signs, no shirt, no sale, its because patrons, should not have to stand behind a hairy azz naked man who wants to walk into Dunkin Donuts with their funk and sweat in the summer time, that’s why we have laws against it. Nor should people have to tolerate a ignornant azz woman who decides she wants to show her azz for some music sales. Based on your rationale, any publicity is good publicity as long as it sells…GTOFH, what happened to morals.
We have elected the first black man into office and what a disgrace — an African America had to raise the bar by being the first African American to show her naked azz in a music video. Sit down with that we all naked BS
@47 Well said…
LMAO……..TOLD YA SHE SHOULD BE ARRESTED. ONLY REASON NO ONE ELSE CAME FORWARD BECAUSE SHE PAID THEM OFF. HOW HER COUNTRY ARZE GONNA GET BUTT NAKED? YET HER HAIR WAS A MESS. TALKING BOUT HER CHILDREN GAVE HER PERMISSION……IN THAT CASE SHE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM WITH HER. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MOMMY SLUTTISH STRIP LIKE OTHER PEEPS KIDS SAW HER. STILL CANT GET OVA PEEPS TALKING BOUT THEY LUVVED HER VIDEO AND HER BODY WAS BANGIN, ROFL…..OKKKKKKKKKKKKK THEN.
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@ 47
Well said!
I’m all for ART but this was vulgar and it’s a publicity stunt and to play of JFK is just plain TACKY.
This woman is delusional.
And I’m glad some people who were in effect flashed (so she can sell music) should sue her.
Children (or adults for that matter) should not be exposed to things like that when they are going to the park or walking down the street.
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@ meme
If rihanna made a video like telephone, I’m 100% sure yo ass would be the 1st to call it ‘fierce’
Gtfoh with that bs you left, Gaga is known to take risks and be different so why the f*ck is telephone a big deal to people? she’s always embraced homosexuality so stfu. And if it’s the poison part, well boohoo, tell yo damn kids not to watch.
Besides, if rude boy with it’s suggestive sexual gestures and explicit lyrics is #1, you really should not be talking.
I just know that if Lady Gaga would have done the same thing in a video…no one would have said a word!
Its Texas… AND its Dallas.
My city doesnt let ANYTHING slide, always goin above & beyond whats necessary
Didnt surprise me one bit
can u spell p r m- o -v -e