Next month, Erykah Badu turns 53. The four-time Grammy Award-winner is now an international fashion icon. Over the last year, she has been photographed for the covers of Vogue, New York magazine, and GQ Germany. But this story is one that only a South Oak Cliff-raised writer can tell and only this magazine could publish. Because Badu is one of us. And, as we know from experience, she is always worth the wait.