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- ↑ Heaney, Gregory. Preteen Zenith at AllMusic . Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Erykah Badu is charged over nude music shoot - video". Nme.com. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
