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In 1996, badus demo caught the attention of music producer kedar massenburg, who signed her and paired her with dangelo to record the song your precious love. Washington high school for the performing and visual arts, then attended the grambling state university to study theater. Erykah badu pleads with fans for help finding daughters. A surprise visit by erykah badu, common get this high school off to. To concentrate on music fulltime, she left the university in 1993 before graduating, and took several minimumwage jobs to support herself. Erykah badu and common dropped in on a high school in dallas on wednesday. After leaving university in order to concentrate on music fulltime, badu then began touring with her cousin, robert free bradford, and recorded a 19song demo, country cousins, which attracted the attention of kedar massenburg.
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