Erykah Badu has called out Beyoncé via a cryptic Instagram story claiming she “copied her look” and even went as far as to ask the singer’s husband for help.

Erykah has cryptically called out Beyoncé

Erykah has cryptically called out Beyoncé (Image: Getty)

Erykah Badu has a bone to pick with Beyoncé.

The 53-year-old singer has accused Beyoncé of copying her eccentric, bohemian style look for the second time in a year – but this time with braids.

On Wednesday, the 42-year-old R&B diva unveiled the limited-edition vinyl cover for her eighth studio album Act II: Cowboy Carter – which will drop on March 29.

Shortly after the new cover was revealed Enryah, a neo-soul songstress reposted it to her Instagram Story, along with the cryptic caption: “Hmmm.”

Erykah frequently rocked the beaded bang braids between December 2023 and February of this year, including on the January cover of D Magazine.

 

Beyoncé's new album cover was shared by Erykah

Beyoncé’s new album cover was shared by Erykah with a cryptic caption (Image: Instagram/erykahbadu/beyonce)

She has been sporting the unique plaited hairstyle as far back as 2010.

It only took two hours for the four-time Grammy winner to be so inundated by messages from Beyoncé’s 425M die-hard fan base that she desperately reached out to her husband Jay-Z.

“You gone let this woman and these bees do this to me?” Erykah penned along with a video of a man crying.

And while Beyonce and her husband kept their lips tight, her publicist Yvette Noel-Schure posted a montage of her rocking braided hairstyles throughout the years with the caption: “She slays. She slays. Now. Then. Always. act ii COWBOY CARTER 3.29 #criticswithoutcredentials.”

Erykah rocking the distinctive braided look

Erykah rocking the distinctive braided look (Image: Instagram/erykahbadu)

This accusation comes on the heels of another made by the Next Lifetime singer.

In July 2023, Eryka reposted a picture of the former Destiny Child star wearing a custom Ruslan Baginskiy silver boater hat during her 56-date Renaissance World Tour with the same enigmatic caption: “Hmm.”

The next story showed a picture of herself performing in her “favorite chrome mirror hat” with a more telling caption that read: “I guess I’m everybody’s stylist.”