Erykah Badu sees the good in Hitler and swears she doesn’t take rappers to the sunken place
Blame it on her empath Pisces tendencies
Erykah Badu talks Cosby, Hitler, and the myth about her magical powers over rappers
Erykah Badu is known for being outspoken, but she might have taken things a little too far on her thoughts about Hitler and Bill Cosby in her latest interview with Vulture. She told writer David Marchese all about how she not only empathizes with everyone, but she sees the good in them as well.
On the surface that doesn’t sound too bad, right? But the “Next Lifetime” singer definitely has a more fluid and open view of the world than most people.
Blame it on Being a Pisces and an Empath
“I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler,” Badu said to a stunned Marchese. When he asked her to explain what was good about the man who cold-bloodedly killed over 6 million people she said, “Hitler was a wonderful painter.” Marchese refuted that and she relented that particular point.
However, she went on to elaborate, saying “He had a terrible childhood. That means that when I’m looking at my daughter, Mars, I could imagine her being in someone else’s home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn. I see things like that. I guess it’s just the Pisces in me.”
It wasn’t just Hitler that she had kind words for either. Erykah Badu didn’t want to say anything bad about Bill Cosby even though over 60 women have accused him of sexual assault. Why you ask? “Because I love Bill Cosby, and I love what he’s done for the world,” Badu stated. “But if he’s sick, why would I be angry with him?
“The people who got hurt, I feel so bad for them. I want them to feel better, too. But sick people do evil things; hurt people hurt people.”
Even though she figured she would likely be “crucified” for her remarks Erykah Badu held firm during the interview. She also said she identifies with the characteristics of an empath and just generally sees the world in a different way than most people. #Facts
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Badu is also not down to march for any old cause just because you said so.
“I’m not trying to rebel against what everybody’s saying, but maybe I want to measure it,” she said. “Somebody will call me and ask me to come to a march because such and such got shot. In that situation, I want to know what really happened. I’m not going to jump up and go march just because I’m green and the person who got shot is green. The rush to get mad doesn’t make sense to me.”
She Does Not Put Rappers in the Sunken Place
It’s been more than 20 years since the 1997 debut of Badu’s first album and in those two decades, her reputation as some kind of rapper pied piper has persisted. She’s been blamed and credited for many of the fashion and lyrical choices of her hip hop paramours like Common and Andre 3000. However, she maintains that she is not mystical rapper whisperer.
After noting that she does not take rappers to the sunken place, Badu elaborated:
“Whether it comes from men or women, some people talk about me like I’m a sex goddess, a magical creature, a unicorn. Those things are part of how people perceive me. I never think of it as derogatory. Even when there is an element of sexism to it I find it all hilarious. It means you’re powerful — in a loving way.”
Read the rest of the interview on Vulture.
