This article is from the archive of our partner. The stunt was for a music video promoting her single Window Seat. In it, Badu removes her clothes as she strolls through the same block in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. After onlookers complained to the police, she was charged.
Erykah Badu Charged With Disorderly Conduct Over Nude Video | Billboard
By dallasnews Administrator. The Dallas singer's new video, for her single "Window Seat," features her disrobing in Dealey Plaza, then falling to the ground, nude, as if she'd been shot in the head. Lauren Phillips found the artist's endeavor more amusing than shocking. He added that he thought Badu had a lot of guts to pull off the project along with all of her clothes. Bernie Scholz, who is visiting from Germany with his wife, thought the whole thing was a publicity stunt -- and not much of one, at that. On dallasnews. People perform naked, pose, and it's considered art.
Badu reached a plea deal to settle a misdemeanor disorderly conduct citation issued after she released a music video, according to Dallas spokesman Jose Torres. The singer shed her clothes as she walked through Dealey Plaza until she was nude and then fell near where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Badu said the video was "shot guerrilla style," without a crew and in one take March 17,
Erykah Badu has been charged with disorderly conduct after stripping naked for her new music video. Shot in Dallas on 13 March, the video courted controversy from the start. Directors Coodie and Chike allegedly did not obtain permits for the shoot, which Badu said was done "guerrilla-style, [with] no crew, one take, no closet set, no warning".