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How D’Angelo helped launch the career of Dallas’ Erykah Badu
If not for R&B singer D’Angelo, who died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at age 51, the world might never have known Erykah Badu.
The year was 1995 and the future “Queen of Neo-Soul” was still Erica Wright. A South Dallas native, she’d graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied theater at Grambling State University in Louisiana. Back home in Dallas, she’d formed Erykah Free, a vocal/rap duo with Robert “Free” Bradford, her older cousin.
In March, they got their first big break: A gig at South By Southwest in Austin, where she gave the duo’s demo CD to Mobb Deep’s manager, who in turn passed it along to Kedar Massenburg, manager of the rising soul singer D’Angelo.
When Massenburg played it for D’Angelo in his car, the singer’s eyes lit up.
“He was like, ‘Yo, Key,’ man, she’s incredible! You gotta let me produce the album,” Massenburg told Billboard in 2017. “I said, ‘Nah, D, you couldn’t even finish your own album! You think I’m gonna let you produce Erykah?’”
D’Angelo finally released his critically acclaimed debut album, Brown Sugar, in July 1995 and hit the road, including a November show at Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth. Massenburg quickly arranged for Badu to open for D’Angelo that night, and the producer flew into town to meet her and see her perform.
Massenburg obviously liked what he saw. In short order, he signed her to a management deal, landed her a solo contract with Universal Records and put her in the studio with D’Angelo to duet on the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell hit “Your Precious Love.” Their smoldering version came out in 1996 on the soundtrack to High School High, a quickly-forgotten Jon Lovitz comedy.
But her fortunes flipped months later when she released her debut album, Baduizm. It instantly struck a chord on radio and MTV, selling three million copies and winning Grammys for R&B album and female R&B performance. Looking back, Badu has called D’Angelo a kindred spirit and “a true artist.”
“[Massenburg] understood that what me and D’Angelo had in common was not that we sounded alike, but that we didn’t sound like what was happening [in music at the time],” she told GQ.
Nearly two decades later, as D’Angelo was putting the final touches on his 14-years-in-the-making Black Messiah album, Badu said she was just as eager as everyone else to hear her old friend’s new record.
“I think we need that,” she said. “The world needs that voice.”
Well, well, well. The Fever may have lost its season opener, but The Athletic certainly dedicated the majority of this post-game article to ol’ Caitlin Clark, not Paige Buekers. Or Arike Ogunbowale. Or Odyssey Sims, for that matter. Azzi doesn’t even get a mention. Listen, I have a vested interest in the Caitlin Clark name … Continued
Dallas weather: May 10 morning forecast
Today is by far our most active day of the extended forecast. After our Red River Counties got some severe storms overnight, we expect a mostly quiet morning. Isolated storms are expected to start forming just after noon. The severe threat begins mid-afternoon in a more scattered fashion, before a cold front ushers in widespread rain and strong storms this evening.
DALLAS – A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.
Severe weather in North Texas
Timeline:
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that while showers and storms will begin developing Monday morning, the risk of severe weather will peak during the afternoon and evening hours as the front advances southward.
We are tracking two distinct phases of the storm system. Initial storms are expected to be “discrete,” or individual cells, which carry a high risk of large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. As the evening progresses, these individual storms are forecast to merge into a large cluster or broken line.
Once the storms consolidate, the primary threat will shift toward damaging straight-line winds. Forecasters warned that wind gusts could exceed 70 to 75 mph, speeds capable of downing trees, damaging roofs, and causing power outages.
In addition to the wind and hail threats, the system is expected to dump significant amounts of water. While most areas will see standard rainfall, there is a 10% to 15% chance that some locations could receive up to 4 inches of rain. Isolated flash flooding can happen over these locations.
Live Radar
We are watching how morning activity near the Red River might influence the speed of the cold front. The exact position of that front will be the primary factor in determining where the most intense storms initiate.
Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings throughout the evening.
The front is expected to push through the region by Tuesday morning.
7-Day Forecast
The Source: Information in this article is from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather team.
FC Dallas returns home tonight to host Western Conference rivals Real Salt Lake.
Lineups are in from both sides. Let’s dive into what Eric Quill’s starting group looks like, who is on the bench, and who we believe will see minutes later on in this one.
What Changed From Last Match
If it ain’t broke, right? This is the same group as last week that picked up three points in New York.
FC Dallas Lineup Notes:
Starting XI
Formation: 3-4-3
Bench
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Who should come off the bench?
I almost think you roll out the same group of subs that worked last week in New York. That would be Chris Cappis, Logan Farrington, Sebastien Ibeagha, Sam Sarver and maybe more minutes for Caleb Swann. That, or give Nicholas Simmonds a few more minutes out there.
Key Question Heading Into Kickoff
After ending a couple of streaks last week, can FC Dallas finally put together a complete performance at home?
There is no getting around it: this is a big one for FC Dallas tonight. They need to figure out how to get the most out of their home games here this week (and next) before being gone for three and a half months. If they can replicate what they did last week in New York where the defense was stout, the attack was clinical, and everything else in between came together…there is no reason why they can’t string together a couple of wins in a row here starting tonight.
Availability Report
Suspended: none
International duty: none
Season-ending injury list: Kaka Scabin (knee)
Out: Anderson Julio (Lower leg), Bernard Kamungo (lower leg)
Questionable: none
On Loan: Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Enes Sali (Al-Riyadh), Malachi Molina (Nashville SC), Geovane Jesus (North Texas SC), Enzo Newman (North Texas SC)
Unavailable (off-roster): Daniel Baran, Jaidyn Contreras
RSL Lineup Notes:
Formation: 5-4-1
Starting XI
How to watch
📅 Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026
⚽️ Kickoff: 7:30 PM
🏟 Venue: Toyota Stadium
📺 Streaming: MLS Season Pass
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☀️ Weather: 87, sunny
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