Erykah Badu has announced plans to donate a large portion of the proceeds from her concert at Detroit’s Chene Park Amphitheater on August 12 to the African American 490 Challenge, an organization seeking to test the remainder of the 11,300 untested rape kits that were found abandoned in a Detroit police station in…

After sparking a Twitter debate in which it sure sounded like she was telling young women it was their responsibility to stave off grown men’s advances via their clothing choices, Erykah Badu is back to explain herself—and what she has to say now isn’t much better. Lawd help us.

...but that can’t be right, right?

The digital streaming service SoundCloud is reportedly spending more money than it has, making its future tenuous. While this is a company with a history of terrorizing its users, where are we supposed to listen to random Erykah Badu remixes?

In today’s Tweet Beat, Zach Braff definitely knew what “OG” meant, Ryan Reynolds is in Russia and Erykah Badu tweets a picture I never knew I needed.

Erykah Badu is as musically omnivorous as the best of ‘em, not just writing, creating, producing and recording songs but DJing them, too, under her turntables moniker DJ Low Down Loretta Brown. As another feather in her cap for this prolific streak she’s been having of late, she went on Zane Lowe’s Beats show right…

In today’s Tweet Beat, Elizabeth Banks thinks her hair sucks, Cher has what sounds like a nice lunch and Erykah Badu is a genius.

Erykah Badu’s remix of Drake’s relentless radio hit “Hotline Bling” went viral earlier this year, despite the millions of other remixes, largely thanks to its body roll-worthy bridge and jokes. Oh, the jokes:

Recently, as if acting of their own volition or by the direction of some cruel puppeteer, my hands navigated to iTunes and purchased Drake’s single “Hotline Bling.” At first I bemoaned this purchase, which I was certain would result in nothing more than the foolhardy loss of $1.29 and some extra data languishing on my…

In today’s Tweet Beat, Rita Ora exists, Erykah Badu is sick of Bing and enjoy this painting of two wax figures.

Weekly-ish, a pre-approved, snap-judged music guide based on our very scientific, non-subjective Yes/No rating system. There’s really no debating this, come on stop.

Miley’s free-love surprise album hit the internet like a glitter bath bomb last night, an off-label release just after her VMA-closing, neon drag-queen extravaganza introducing her new sound. The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, who co-produced “Dooo It,” told the New York Times, “Miley is the new Madonna,” referring to the…

In today’s Tweet Beat, Khloé Kardashian announces her soon-to-be-cancelled talk show, Erykah Badu is a goddess and Adele is just chilling instead of giving us another album.

As a creative night owl whose mind works best after midnight, my sleep schedule has been one of the hardest things to control over the years. It’s impossible to fall asleep quickly. People who can doze off in a matter of seconds truly amaze me. What is it that they’re doing?

In today’s Tweet Beat, Adrian Grenier looks very chill, Diplo misuses “shade” and Erykah Badu is still the flyest.

Ricky Rozay decided that a good thing to do just before he turns 39 later this month was to get seven new face tattoos to add to the one already on his lower lip. That is all fine. The thing I have questions about is that, among his crown, crosses, and Maybach Music tats he has also inked the logo for Cazal, the…