--- title: Erykah Badu Kills Selfie Game with Frank Ocean, Solange description: Erykah Badu is currently on her 'Badu vs. Everything' tour and she's collected an impressive amount of selfies along the way. canonical: https://time.com/4873569/erykah-badu-selfies/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-01T20:40:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:47.799Z og:title: Erykah Badu Kills the Selfie Game with Frank Ocean, Solange og:description: From Solange to Frank Ocean og:url: https://time.com/4873569/erykah-badu-selfies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5404a7b61c29b967/6988d80597cdff8ba46b1d55/erykah-badu-selfies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: FYF Fest 2017 - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Erykah Badu Kills the Selfie Game with Frank Ocean, Solange twitter:description: From Solange to Frank Ocean twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5404a7b61c29b967/6988d80597cdff8ba46b1d55/erykah-badu-selfies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Erykah Badu's Summer Selfie Game Proves She's Your Favorite Singer's Fairy Godmother > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for FYF) Rich Fury—Getty Images for FYF  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 1, 2017 8:40 PM UTC [Erykah Badu](http://time.com/3511541/erykah-badu-makes-3-60-singing-in-times-square/) kicked off her “Badu vs. Everything” tour this spring after celebrating the 20th anniversary of [her iconic 1997 debut album _Baduizm_](http://time.com/3721124/jewel-pieces-of-you/) in February, but it looks like it’s not just fans who are excited about the Queen of Neo-Soul hitting the road again. While Badu’s been on tour, it looks like her downtime might be just as much fun as her performances, with many of this summer’s hottest artists ([Solange](http://time.com/4786319/solange-guggenheim-performance/), [Frank Ocean](http://time.com/4881176/frank-ocean-panorama-festival-tee-shirt/), and [Tyler the Creator](http://time.com/4876070/tyler-the-creator-flower-boy-review/) to name a few) making selfie cameos on her Instagram account. It wouldn’t be the first time that Erykah Badu has acted as a nurturing fairy godmother of sorts for musical artists; [Janelle Monáe counts her as a close friend](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-erykah-badu-janelle-monae-bet-experience-20150628-story.html), [Young Thug treasures her praise](http://www.complex.com/music/2016/11/young-thug-meets-andre-3000), and [Drake regularly calls her up for “tea time.”](http://www.mtv.com/news/2686545/erykah-badu-drake-itsroutine-but-you-caint-use-my-phone-mixtape/) With that in mind, here’s a look at Badu’s enviable selfie game this summer — you might not be able [to use her phone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2-mrsXgMM), but you can take a selfie. Erykah and Solange celebrated being Texas girls while performing together at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Frank Ocean and Erykah Badu connected at the FYF Festival. While in Los Angeles, Badu also hung out with Tyler the Creator, also shouting out his new album in another post. However, it wasn’t just the young artists that got love from Ms. Badu; she also met up with Mos Def in Paris. 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