Erykah Badu coined ‘woke’ in 2008. Now she weighs on MAGA leaders’ efforts to rebrand the term.

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    Erykah Badu coined ‘woke’ in 2008. Now she’s weighing in on MAGA’s efforts to rebrand the term.

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Erykah Badu coined the term “woke” in her 2008 song “Master Teacher.” She sits down with Ari Melber to discuss the GOP’s appropriation of the term, cannabis legalization and the worst advice she’s ever received.

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