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In the past few days, Erykah Badu’s story has been all about turning a classic into a living, breathing chapter of her biography. Her Mama’s Gun 25th anniversary celebration is peaking right now as she brings The Return of Automatic Slim tour from Chicago to Brooklyn and on to the South, reaffirming how central that 2000 album remains to her legacy. The Chicago Theatre hosted her on December 2 and 3, and Live Nation and the venues bill these as full Mama’s Gun performances, positioning the project as era defining for a new generation of listeners. Rebellious Magazine’s review of the December 3 show in Chicago describes a late‑night, near‑ritual performance, Badu entering after an extended band jam, delivering the album front to back, slipping in a Kendrick Lamar Alright tag, and talking candidly to fans about time and aging, noting that Mama’s Gun is 25 and that she herself is approaching 55. That kind of onstage self reflection is the real biographical headline here: Badu publicly framing this tour as a meditation on time, growth, and artistic endurance.

From Chicago she has moved into a high visibility New York run. Kings Theatre in Brooklyn lists her Mama’s Gun 25: The Return of Automatic Slim dates for December 5 and 6, with VIP merch packages but no formal meet and greet, underscoring both demand and the carefully controlled nature of her appearances. Her official site and Kings Theatre materials show that tonight’s Brooklyn show is being elevated even further with a livestream partnership. In a recent video invitation posted from her tour bus, Badu tells fans she has teamed with livestream platform Veeps to broadcast the December 6 Kings Theatre performance worldwide, directing fans to BaduWorldMarket.com and Veeps to buy access. That move is more than a one‑off promotion; Resorts World Las Vegas and her own tour press releases have emphasized that she helped pioneer at home livestream concerts during the pandemic, and this latest broadcast extends that entrepreneurial thread, knitting together touring, digital performance, and her Badu World Market brand.

Looking ahead just a couple of days adds more weight to this moment. Her official website schedules Nashville’s The Pinnacle on December 8 and the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Dallas on December 10, dates local outlets like Nashville Scene are touting as chances to experience the album that solidified her legend. Press materials from Resorts World Las Vegas frame the entire Mama’s Gun 25 campaign as both commemoration and proof of her ongoing influence, noting her parallel ventures in fashion, cannabis, livestreaming, and e commerce under the Badu World umbrella. There are no credible reports of new controversies or personal drama surrounding Badu in the past few days; the coverage has been cleanly focused on the tour, the anniversary, and her status as a cultural icon. Any rumors beyond that, particularly on unverified social media accounts, should be treated as speculation until confirmed by her official channels or major outlets.

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