Erykah Badu Crafted a New Version of Her Hit Song ‘Tyrone’ for Netflix’s ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ (Video)
thewrap.com“They Cloned Tyrone,” per a request from the film’s director Juel Taylor.“Everybody I’ve ever talked to, as soon as I told them the [movie’s] title, they were like, ‘So Erykah Badu doing the song?’ and I’m like, ‘Trust me, I’m trying.’” Taylor said, describing the early stages of developing “They Cloned Tyrone,” which is his feature film directorial debut and stars Teyonah Parris, John Boyega and Jamie Foxx.
At the time, he hoped he would be able to include a reimagined version of the Grammy-winner’s song. “You don’t really think it’s going to happen,” Taylor said. “Serendipitously enough, I was able to pitch it to her, and she responded immediately.
Thank God for Erykah Badu.”Getting Badu to sign on for the job was done with the help of “They Cloned Tyrone” producer and MACRO founder and CEO Charles D.
King, who’d previously worked with Badu on another project. “Our producing partner on this [film], Steven Love — the first movie he produced was called ‘The Land’ and that was the first movie MACRO actually financed,” King said. “Erykah played a seminal role in it.
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