Erykah Badu launches a 25th anniversary tour for “Mama’s Gun” Friday at Hollywood Bowl with guest Westside Gunn.

The Grammy winner recently completed touring on “Abi and Alan,” her collaborative album with the Alchemist and first release in a decade.

When Erykah Badu unveiled her highly anticipated sophomore album, “Mama’s Gun,” to the world on Nov. 18, 2000, she was in a period of transition.

The generational talent was three years removed from “Baduizm,” her paradigm-shifting first album, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and won two Grammys. She was also learning how to balance being a mother for the first time and her newfound, flourishing career. Meanwhile, she’d recently gotten out of a high-profile relationship with her son’s father, André “3000” Benjamin.

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