Erykah Badu broke down in tears as she sobbed during an interview on the Tamron Hall Show this morning when a clip was played of her late grandmother.
The multi-Grammy Award-winning artist, 51, covered her face as she cried when host Tamron aired a video of her beloved family matriarch Thelma.
She tragically passed away back in 2020 and Erykah posted a touching tribute on social media at the time, and today's reminder of her relative seemed to hit home.
Tamron showed viewers a clip filmed a few years back showing four generations of Erykah's family as each person called for their "mom".
The video shows Erykah's daughter Puma calling for her, Erykah her mother Kolleen and Kolleen for her mother Thelma – it went viral on TikTok a few years back.
After it played the studio fell silent and Erykah began to cry before saying: "My mother was an improvement on her mother's design.
"And I am an improvement on my mother's design, and I see Puma being an improvement on mine."
As she began to sob, host Tamron also began crying as Erykah asked "you crying too?". "Yes, ma'am have you met me? Yes," she replied.
"I am a living breathing example of who she is," Erykah added. "These space tears. I'm speaking with a lisp because I've got these teeth in."
After the pair sobbed together, the live studio audience clapped for both stars.
Erykah herself is a mother of three children. She welcomed her first, son Seven Sirius Benjamin, back in 1997 – shared with rapper Andre 3000.
Taking to social media back in September 2020, she penned a touching tribute to her grandmother, saying: "The design that improved a design that improved a design and so on."
She added: "Then came my mother and then came me .. Well done Thelma Loyce Gipson. 93 Autumns. The great tribe leader of 4 siblings. 3 children. 5 grands. 9 great grands. 1 house.
"So much love. She was always a lady. And a lady always knows when to leave. I listened to her last heartbeat. I covered her body with crystals and flowers.
"Then sat outside her window for hours. Waiting for her to pass by and blow a kiss on her way to the next form. I sat out there with my mother and sisters and brothers."
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