
Rocking a perfectly picked mini-fro and Mars Blackman necklace [as a possible nod to her seven month old baby girl], the woman iStan for performed alongside her latest sperm donor Jay Electronica on Mos Def’s Ecstatic Tour at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood on Saturday.
Babble recently caught up with Madame Wheat Germ about homeschooling, tweeting during labor, raising her kids in a vegan household, and giving birth at home.
The food which fuels that learning is also a big concern for Erykah, who adheres to a vegan lifestyle both for herself as well as for her three children, which include daughters Puma Sabti, 5, and Mars Merkaba, 7 months. “When Seven was born I was a vegetarian and his father [Andre 3000]was too, so it was a natural progression for him in life to eat the things we eat,” she explains. “Puma is the same way. It’s just what’s in the house.”
The kids are also being taught to read the ingredients before they consume, though Erykah is quick to point out that she did not “in any way force them to have the same lifestyle,” adding, “I think they should know the benefits of having a healthy body.”
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